1953

NY8539 : Wearhead station and train for Bishop Auckland on Last Day, 1953

taken 71 years ago, near to Wearhead, County Durham, England

Wearhead station and train for Bishop Auckland on Last Day, 1953
Wearhead station and train for Bishop Auckland on Last Day, 1953
View NW to buffers, with train headed by ex-NER Worsdell class C LNER J21 No. 65078 (built 4/1891 as No. 1554, renumbered in 1946 as 5078, withdrawn as BR 65078 in 2/57). The branch was closed completely to Wearhead that day (27/6/53), but remained open for goods as far as St Johns Chapel until 2/1/61. (See also my NY8539 : Last Train waiting to leave Wearhead for Bishop Auckland).

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Photographer
Walter Dendy, deceased   (more nearby)
Contributed by
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
27 June 1953   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 12 August, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 858 395 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:45.0366N 2:13.2721W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 858 395
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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