A little gem! The pick up goods doesn't seem to be generating much business with just the odd wagon added and sadly would seem to make little commercial sense.
5705Seahorse in most locations you wouldn't get much traffic for pick-up goods trains, but they had to be run as timetabled even if there was no paying traffic. BR's Speedlink service had the same problem. It was the local trip workings that cost more than the they earned.
Bowes station closed in January 1962 - the line that closed in November 1964 was the Middleton-in-Teesdale line, so the film must have bits from two periods spliced together - The Ivatt 2-6-0 from January 1962 or earlier (1961/62 was a very snowy winter, I seem to recall, having just managed a trip over the line in late 1961 before snow closed it) and the DMU from 1964 (is that Middleton station in the film?).
Lovely filming, evoking an era now sadly gone
Excellent material...Thanks for sharing...Bob
Beautiful footage, thanks for sharing.
Barnard Castle station and the line should never have been closed.
Exactly.
Mothball it until ready for upgrade, and then reinstate for future use.
But money talks, short sighted attitudes often prevail.😢
A little gem! The pick up goods doesn't seem to be generating much business with just the odd wagon added and sadly would seem to make little commercial sense.
5705Seahorse in most locations you wouldn't get much traffic for pick-up goods trains, but they had to be run as timetabled even if there was no paying traffic. BR's Speedlink service had the same problem. It was the local trip workings that cost more than the they earned.
Bowes station closed in January 1962 - the line that closed in November 1964 was the Middleton-in-Teesdale line, so the film must have bits from two periods spliced together - The Ivatt 2-6-0 from January 1962 or earlier (1961/62 was a very snowy winter, I seem to recall, having just managed a trip over the line in late 1961 before snow closed it) and the DMU from 1964 (is that Middleton station in the film?).
yh
don't you think its wierd that my ancestors built this lol
What is the music?
The music is from Pennine Steam in the 60s Volume 1.
*Boots Of Spanish Leather*