The Westoe Colliery Railway 1988

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6 жыл бұрын

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@MarkInLA Жыл бұрын

If I had the $ and room I'd model this intriguing rail facility, here in the US..I love the trackage, tunnel(s), and machinery, and even the sooty look to it..I'm a 'point to point' switchback guy, not a roundy-rounder. This is my style.. with lots of necessary moves to be made to run a RR realistically....

@sanddancer62 Ай бұрын

My granddad used to work at westoe colliery and harton colliery untill he retired

@stephensmith4480 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff. That system of letting the empty wagons run down a gradient and through a set of spring point, to run back in the opposite direction was used on the Coal Tips, at Garston when I worked there in the early 90`s.

@jkirk888 3 жыл бұрын

A hidden gem this. Fascinating.

@aarontearle1 2 жыл бұрын

I live in South Shields and moved here long enough ago to see parts of the system in operation. It is sad to think there is no trace of the railway nor the colliery left. We in the North East seem very good at erasing our industrial heritage.

@majorpygge-phartt2643 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps someone should show some of this old footage in the local schools, especially as some of the kids dads and granddads will have worked at the pits. Or perhaps it could be shown at a museum.

@andrewb1152 11 ай бұрын

I reckon the line, with its loop round to near the beach, should have been kept as an add-on to the metro, adding a couple of extra stations for the town.

@majorpygge-phartt2643 2 жыл бұрын

Someone should make a working model layout of this old system, unless someone somewhere already has. And it should have live overhead working which would have plenty of arcing just like the real thing.

@rickydowning2194 5 жыл бұрын

It’s mad to think that an industry that was king was completely wiped out in just 30years

@meme4013 4 жыл бұрын

@James Henderson why would that matter

@Beatlefan67 2 жыл бұрын

Great video - thanks for sharing.

@Tom-Lahaye 4 жыл бұрын

Model railways curves on a real size railway.

@captainboing 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking just that. You could model it realistically for a change 😂

@Beatlefan67 2 жыл бұрын

@@captainboing Absolutely - my railway is inspired by this line (not copied I hasten to add!)

@johnhenfrey5936 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, wish it could have lasted longer.

@JohnSmith-qv3ll 3 жыл бұрын

Really don't know what to say, pure history wish I had visited when I was in Newcastle bored

@JintySteam1 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to the electric loco? Please tell me it got preserved.

@tgwrailwayvideos9916 3 жыл бұрын

No.10, No.9, No.4, No.2 and No.1 survived into preservation, however No.1 was scrapped at Bowes Bridge in 1979. None of the English Electric Locomotives (No.11 - No.15) survived and were scrapped between 1989 and 1992. No.10 and No.4 are in much better condition than the others, as No.4 can run on batteries, No.10 is reliveried into NCB Green. No.9 has started to be restored as well.