2. The Tyne Valley & Durham coast-20.08.14

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After a reasonable breakfast at our hotel, Andy and I started out early on the second and final day of our trip. We started off heading west to capture a couple of things we passed by the previous evening as we were so late arriving. We then retraced our steps east along the Tyne Valley to Newcastle and then south following the former North Eastern’s Durham coastal line ending up at Teeside. Finally, after a stop at the delightful Teeside Airport station, we paused at Darlington before heading from home that was reached pretty late! Thanks to Andy for a great, diverse and pretty intensive two-day trip even if the overnight accommodation was not up to the usual standards!
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Haltwhistle signal box (Restored) (NE, not known) 
 Haltwhistle signal box must rank almost one of the most impressive on the railway network even if it has been out of use since 1993! The North Eastern Railway opened the box in 1901 with it being constructed on a narrow brick base with the timber top cantilevered out over the track in an effort to save space. To the rear of the box was access to the bay platform for the former Alton branch that was shut by BR in May 1976. Today the box is Grade II listed and in use as an office, see…. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1156313 
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156443, NT 07.45 Dumfries-Newcastle (2N12), Haltwhistle station 
 Standing on Haltwhistle station’s cast iron footbridge looking west gives a commanding view of the station and its associated buildings. 156443 leaves the station working the 07.45 Dumfries to Newcastle service. To the right is the former station building and in the background is the preserved and restored former water tower. 
 Keywords: 156443 07.45 Dumfries-Newcastle 2N12 Haltwhistle station Northern Trains
Former water tower, Haltwhistle 
 Andy walks around and inspects the former water tower at Haltwhistle station now located in between the station car park and the up platform. According to Historic England the building dating from 1861 was designed by Peter Tate and built by R. Wylie and Co. for the North Eastern Railway Company. It has an Iron water tank on a stone base (red ashlar sandstone on front and right returns; dressed sandstone on rear and left return). Cast iron water columns. It is Grade II listed so its future is assured but there is currently a local debate as to how it should be used in the future; watch this space! 
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142094, NT 08.24 Newcastle-Carlisle (2N09), Bardon Mill station 
 Taken looking into the light at Bardon Mill station, Pacer 144094 arrives with the 08.24 Newcastle to Carlisle Northern service. Notice that both the semaphore arms are pulled off not for the passage of the train but because the signal box was switched out. Also, notice the rather jaunty temporary speed restriction sign on the up line! 
 Keywords: 142094 08.24 Newcastle-Carlisle 2N09 Bardon Mill station Northern Pacer
Bardon Mill signal box (NE, 1874) 
 Dating from 1874 Bardon Hill signal box is recognised as one of the earliest surviving NER Type N1 signal boxes still in existence and is Grade II listed. As is usual notice that the box is unmanned on the day of our visit with the block section switched out. 
 Keywords: Bardon Mill signal box 1874 North Eastern Railway
Bardon Mill signal box (NE, 1874) 
 Bardon Hill signal box is, in common with a number of early North Eastern boxes built to a symmetrical design and is a particularly early example. The box is switched out creating a relatively long block section between Low Row (to the west) and Heydon Bridge (to the east). 
 Keywords: Bardon Mill signal box 1874 North Eastern Railway
142071, NT 09.24 Newcastle-Carlisle (2N13), Hexham station 
 Back in 1978 as a schoolboy, I undertook an Eastern Region railrover with a friend. For one of our overnight breaks, we stayed at Hexham Youth Hostel. On arrival at the station following our stay we were greeted with this scene, see….. https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/25366388604/x40066-up-freight-hexham-station Some thirty-six years later on a very similar summer’s morning I replicated the scene nearly getting the composition spot on; not bad from memory! Whilst a Class 40 from 1978 is a little more exciting than a Pacer the photographic comparisons are interesting in themselves. 142071 is working the 2N13 09.24 Newcastle to Carlisle Northern service. 
 Keywords: 142071 09.24 Newcastle-Carlisle 2N13 Hexham station Northern Trains Pacer
Hexham signal box (NE, 1918) 
 Hexham signal box is a remarkable structure being one of just two remaining over-line elevated type designs. There were once a number of these in the northeast with just two remaining, the other being at nearby Wylam. Hexham's box is located to the east of the station and is Grade II listed and once controlled an extensive yard the site of which I am standing on to take the photograph that is now occupied by some large retail outlets that looked as though they were on the verge of opening with construction all but complete. The date of construction of this fine structure is in dispute. The SRS suggests that it be circa 1918 but Historic England states it to be 1896; further evidence is needed to be gleaned on this! 
 Keywords: Hexham signal box 1918 North Eastern Railway
Prudhoe signal box (NE, 1872) 
 The North Eastern Railway built a number of these tall boxes throughout their network usually in an effort to aid sighting for the signalmen. Indeed, this box once controlled an extensive number of sidings to the southwest as well as controlling access to the dye works that was located behind the box on the banks of the River Tyne. Today, the Type N1 box dating from 1872 controls just a small number of semaphores around the station from its forty-five lever frame much of which will now be redundant with a lot of white-painted levers (oou). 
 Keywords: Prudhoe signal box 1872 North Eastern Railway
156496, NT 07.08 Glasgow Central-Newcastle (1E95), Prudhoe station 
 156496 arrives at Prudhoe station passing the impressive forty-five lever frame NER 1872 signal box. It is working the 07.08 Glasgow Central to Newcastle service, a joint operation between ScotRail and Northern. The train will have taken the Glasgow and South Western Railway route from Glasgow via Kilmarnock and Dumfries to Carlisle and thence along the Tyne Valley route to here on the western outskirts of its destination. Just behind the trees in the background to the right of this photograph is the River Tyne. 
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156475, NT 10.22 Newcastle-Carlisle, Prudhoe station 
 156475 stands at Prudhoe station waiting to leave with the 10.22 Newcastle to Carlisle service. It is about to pass under the wrought iron footbridge a number of which can be found at stations on the Tyne Valley route all built to the same basic design. It was notable how much the signal mast shook from side to side when the arm was pulled off and when being returned to danger; a little disconcerting for any passengers in such close proximity climbing or descending the footbridge steps! 
 Keywords: 156475 10.22 Newcastle-Carlisle Prudhoe station Northern
Wylam signal box (NE, 1897) 
 Wylam signal box is the second example of an over-line, elevated type structure, once a popular design for the North East with the only other surviving signal box of this design located at Hexham seen earlier in the morning. Along with the wrought iron footbridge on which I am standing it is a Grade II listed structure. What a grand and commanding spot it must be to be a signalman! 
 Keywords: Wylam signal box 1897 North Eastern Railway
142086, NT 10.45 Hexham-Nunthorpe (2N18), Wylam station 
 Two Grade II listed structures for the price of one! Both the footbridge and the 1897 North Eastern Railway signal box seen here are both on Historic England’s register so their future is secure even when the semaphores on this line are replaced in the not too distant future. I suspect that the Pacer in the form of 142086 working the 10.45 Hexham to Newcastle service will not be recorded by them when it to is declared surplus to requirements in the next two or three years! 
 Keywords: 142086 10.45 Hexham-Nunthorpe 2N18 Wylam station Northern Trains Pacer
Blaydon signal box (NE, not known) 
 Blaydon signal box is a NER Type N2 design with a Mckenzie & Holland forty-three lever frame. It is a little incongruous from this angle appearing to face the wrong way. Its ‘front’ now faces trees where once there were the lines of the former passenger route via Scotswood railway bridge and Elswick to Newcastle Central with the lines in the foreground being the former freight-only route towards Dunston and then Gateshead. The former route was closed by BR in 1982 with all traffic diverted to the latter. 
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Blaydon signal box (NE, not known) 
 Another view of Blaydon signal box with the former freight route to Gateshead passing the old 'rear' of the box. These are now the only lines now in operation with the former ‘front’ of the box facing the trees. I do not have a note of the date of construction of the NER Type N2 box but I suspect it to be around 1900 unless anybody can supply me with the information? 
 Keywords: Blaydon signal box North Eastern Railway
Blaydon signal box (NE, not known) 
 There is a number of contemporary photographs on the internet showing this side of Blaydon signal box when it actually faced railway tracks rather than trees! This was the front of the box with the former direct route into Newcastle Central via the Scotswood bridge and the north bank of the Tyne passing directly where I am standing. This line was shut by BR in 1982 with all traffic diverted via the rather long-winded route along the south bank of the Tyne via the newly opened Metro Centre station. All of the building this side of the hip end in view here is new and does nothing for the aesthetics of the otherwise classic NER design. 
 Keywords: Blaydon signal box North Eastern Railway
Ryhope Grange Junction signal box (NE, 1905) 
 On the Durham coast route, Ryhope Grange signal box is seen in its full rather rundown state! This former NER box dating from 1905 is very much on borrowed time as Network Rail’s plan to resignalled this line is about to begin with control moving to the York RSC. Perhaps with its future having been sealed for a few years, no expense was lauded on it with it still having some rather old and tatty wooden window frames! 
 Keywords: Ryhope Grange Junction signal box North Eastern Railway
66601, 14.47 Seaham Harbour-Oxwellmains, Seaham Harbour NZ432485 
 Despite being some distance from the harbour itself this location is named as such! 66601 ‘The Hope Valley’ waits at Tarmac’s Seaham Harbour facility to leave with the 14.47 empty cement wagons train to Oxwellmains cement works just south of Dunbar. This photograph is taken from a footpath that runs adjacent to the long siding that diverges from the Durham coast route at Dawdon Junction and is that remains of a number of industrial lines that served the now closed collieries and the coking plant that once were significant employers in the area. Like so much of the traditional industries of this part of the country, nearly all have closed and have been pysically erased from the landscape but their heritage lives on. 
 Keywords: 66601 14.47 Seaham Harbour-Oxwellmains Seaham Harbour NZ432485 The Hope Valley
NER tiled route map (c. 1900), Hartlepool station 
 Another of the few remaining North Eastern Railway ceramic tiled maps is seen at Hartlepool station. These once numerous maps were installed at stations throughout the company’s network with just a handful still on display. They were produced for the NER by Craven, Dunhill & Co. Ltd. Jackfield near Ironbridge. 
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Frontage, Hartlepool station 
 The refurbished frontage of Hartlepool station has improved its appearance as have general environs around the immediate area. Four million pounds was spent back in 2010 to undertake this work prior to the town hosting the prestigious Tall Ships race. Unfortunately for me, at the same time, the town’s three mechanical signal boxes were swept away so I missed a photographic record of these. 
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Greatham signal box (NE, 1899) 
 Greatham is a small village located midway between Hartlepool and Billingham. The signal box is located at the end of a long lane from the village that led to the now-closed Cerebos (later owned by Sharwoods of curry fame) salt factory. Consequently, the level crossing now sees very little traffic. The box is a classic NER box with its characteristic hipped roof dating from 1899. It is due for closure in the next few years as the Durham Coast route is modernised by Network Rail. 
 Keywords: Greatham signal box North Eastern Railway
142084, NT12.45 Hexham-Nunthorpe (2N26), Greatham station (Closed 25.11.91) 
 Greatham station was opened by the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway in 1841 at a pretty remote and somewhat remote location some distance from the village it professed to serve. It was downgraded to an unmanned halt and survived the Beeching cull in large part due to the adjacent Cerebos salt factory many of whose workers used the station for commuting. Unfortunately, under BR traffic declined with a hopeless stopping pattern put in place that meant nobody was able to use the station with eventual closure by stealth coming on 24.11.1991. 142084 rattles through the remains of the station working the 12.45 Hexham to Nunthorpe service. 
 Keywords: 142084 12.45 Hexham-Nunthorpe 2N26 Greatham station Closed 25.11.91 Northern Trains Pacer
Class 180, GC 11.21 London King's Cross-Sunderland (1N92), Greatham crossing 
 Looking south-west at Greatham level crossing sees Grand Central’s 11.21 King’s Cross to Sunderland service passing at some speed towards the end of its journey from London. The train is passing the doomed 1899 North Eastern Railway signal box that is to shut in the coming few years as modernisation finally catches up with the Durham Coast route! 
 Keywords: Class 180 11.21 London King's Cross-Sunderland 1N92 Greatham crossing Grand Central
Belasis Lane signal box (NE, 1929) 
 A truly industrial scene on the north bank of the River Tees sees the CF fertiliser factory dominating the background who specialises in the manufacturing of things such as Ammonium Nitrate. Also in the background, between the two larger CF fertiliser buildings is the famous Middlesborough transporter bridge. In the foreground is the superb NER Belasis signal box that controls the twin-track ‘siding’ from the junction with the mainline at Billingham Junction to the Haverton Hill chemical plant at Seal Sands. Notice that this 1929 box is over a later and simpler design with a simple gabled rather than the more complex (and expensive) hipped roof of the earlier types. It appears that the box is unmanned at the time of our visit with the rather substantial roller shutter firmly down protecting the door! 
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Billingham signal box (NE, 1904) 
 The North Eastern Railway characteristically constructed a number of tall signal boxes but Billingham’s is an extreme example that would offer the signalman some commanding views across the gardens of the Teeside town! Built in 1904 it controls a number of semaphores, Billingham Junction where the branch to Haverton Hill diverges and the level crossing seen in this photograph. Unfortunately, like all boxes on the Durham Coast route, it is due for replacement over the coming few years with demolition likely due to the complex nature of maintaining such a grand structure. 
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66701, 12.45 Drax-Tyne Coal Yard (4N61), Billingham crossing foorbridge 
 Despite the resignalling of the Durham Coast route between Sunderland and Teeside coming sooner than later Network Rail has invested in some new mechanical signalling. The rather over-engineered galvanised signal posts seen here with their vast sighting boards represents NR's approach to replicating Victorian technology in the twenty-first century! The submissive post to the left permits access to the Haverton Hill branch itself controlled by Belasis signal box. The taller post that is pulled off is for the route towards Sunderland. 66701 is seen leading the 4N61 14.45 Drax power station to Tyne Coal Yard empties. I am not sure if this train will be collecting coal to return to Drax or biomass with the power station now into stage two of its complete conversion to burning the pulped wood pellets imported through Port of Tyne. 
 Keywords: 66701 12.45 Drax-Tyne Coal Yard 4N61 Billingham crossing footbridge GBRf GB Railfreight
66717, 13.58 Tyne Dock-Drax, Billingham crossing 
 66717 ‘Good Old Boy’ leads the 6H32 13.58 Tyne Dock to Drax power station train past the impressive Billingham signal box passing under the characteristic North Eastern Railway footbridge. It is likely that the wagons are carrying imported biomass that is now fuelling Drax power station, in part at least. I do not know the reporting number of this particular working unless anybody can advise. 
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Norton-on-Tees signal box (NE, 1897) 
 The first of four signal boxes within a very short distance of each other in the northern part of the Teeside town of Stockton-on-Tees. Norton-on-Tees signal box is another of the North Eastern Railway’s taller boxes that, in this case, was constructed in 1897. It controls a level crossing on a quiet road leading to a new housing estate and some farms. The pub, directly across the road from the box is named The Norton and on its front wall hangs a pub sign showing the signal box in all its full glory! 
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Norton East signal box (NE, 1870) 
 Norton East signal box is in a very sorry state being boarded up but surprisingly vandalism free especially as it is located adjacent to a public foot crossing and seemingly unmanned. Despite appearances, the box is operational and can be brought into use rapidly if required. It is at the eastern side of a triangular junction that has a box at all three junctions. This is the only remaining type of junction remaining on the national network. 
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Norton West signal box (NE, 1910) & Andy driving R282 WLE 
 Norton West Junction signal box is a later and simpler North Eastern Railway design dating from 1910. It controls the semaphores at the western side of the triangular junction and the level crossing. The line coming from the northwest leaves the ECML just south of Ferryhill and usually carries only freight but also is a useful diversionary route. Indeed, two years ago (2012) it was a diverted Grand Central service that was involved in a SPAD incident here at Norton West whereby it crossed the level crossing in the foreground with the barriers raised having passed the protecting bracket signal NW36 whilst it was at danger. Andy is seen piloting his Nissan Micra across the level crossing towards me. 
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Norton West signal box (NE, 1910) 
 A view looking east of the gabled end of the 1910 Norton West signal box. The box is one of three at all corners of the triangular junction with the junction heading off to Norton South seen in the distance. The whole area is due for ‘upgrading’ in the next few years with the semaphores and boxes swept away. 
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Norton South signal box (NE, 1870) 
 A very tricky signal box to get to is Norton South Junction that is located in the middle of a housing estate with no trackside access. Consequently, I have had to make do with this rather poor image taken standing on a wall looking across gardens using my zoom lens on full! However, it was important to secure a photograph as at this time it was the oldest operational signal box on the network dating from 1870. However, the historical significance of this will not save the signal box as it is due to be replaced as the whole Durham Coast route is due to be modernised with control moving to the York Signalling Centre. Thus, the curtain will come down on nearly one hundred and fifty years of consistent operation; it’s an interesting thought that there are few things done the same today as they were back in Victorian times. 
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43484, GC 12.53 London King's Cross-Sunderland (1N93), Stockton-on-Tees station 
 Andy secures his photograph of Grand Central’s 12.53 King’s Cross to Sunderland service as it passes through Stockton-on-Tees station. At the rear is buffer beam fitted HST power car 43484. I must admit that we were a little disappointed with Stockton-on-Tees station given its significance and pivotal role in the early developments of the railways. 
 Keywords: 43484 12.53 London King's Cross-Sunderland 1N93 Stockton-on-Tees station Grand Central HST
Bowesfield signal box (NE, 1905) 
 The impressively large Bowsfield signal box is seen taken standing looking over a wall of a recently completed housing estate. The box is a typical later design of North Eastern box dating from 1905 with its simpler lines. It contains a number of IFS panels no longer controlling semaphores at the busy triangular junction just to the right in this view. The last time that I took a photograph of this box was from a passing Class 101 DMU back in 1980, see…… https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/29786104604/bowesfield-signal-box-north-eastern 
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142019, NT 15.55 Saltburn-Darlington (2D19), Eaglescliffe station 
 Northern Pacer 1420019 leaves Eagelscliffe station working the 15.55 Saltburn to Darlington service. Eaglescliffe is a busy station in the leafy suburbs just southwest of Middlesborough. It is at the junction where two lines that both later join the ECML diverge the first south towards Northallerton via Yarm and the second west to Darlington via the fabled Teeside Airport station. 
 Keywords: 142019 15.55 Saltburn-Darlington 2D19 Eaglescliffe station Northern Trains
Urlay Nook signal box (NE, 1896 E) 
 According to the SRS the curiously named Urlay Nook signal box dates from possibly 1896 and this would fit as it is an example of North Eastern’s Type C2a structure with its hip roof. The box was supposed to have been closed last year (2013) but due to issues with the replacement automatic barriers and sighting problems, it has been awarded a stay of execution. 
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Urlay Nook signal box (NE, 1896 E) & boom gates 
 The driver of the Landrover probably does not realise that he’s crossing a historically significant level crossing one of just two remaining boom crossings in operation on the national network! Urlay Nook crossing is controlled by the doomed 1896 (est.) signal box that should have been closed and demolished by now and the boom gates replaced by automatic barriers. However, due to sighting and safety issues caused by the angle of the approaching roads to the crossing this has been delayed and a re-think is now being undertaken. 
 Keywords: Urlay Nook signal box North Eastern Railway
Urlay Nook signal box (NE, 1896 E) & boom gates 
 The boom gates at Urlay Nook represent just one of the remaining two crossings of this type still in operation, the other at Cutsyke near Castleford; a place that Andy and I have on our to-do list! The last time I was at this location was over thirty years ago then passing on a train travelling from Whitby to Darlington, see….. https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/29786104804/urlay-nook-signal-box-urlay-nook

NB Andy and I did visit Cutsyke box four years later in 2018, see..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/23791611404/cutsyke-signal-box 
 Keywords: Urlay Nook signal box boom gates North Eastern Railway
Andy & W282 WLE, Teeside Airport station (UK's least used station) 
 A station that Andy and I have been keen to visit for a number of years is Teeside Airport on the line between Darlington and Eaglescliffe. Its claim to fame is that last year it was mainland UK’s least used station with just eight passengers. Indeed, it has been topping the least used station statistics for the last few years sharing this accolade along with such others as Shippea Hill and Dorking West. Andy is looking pleased that he has made the visit to this infamous station and that his Nissan Micra also features in the photograph! 
 Keywords: Andy W282 WLE Teeside Airport station UK's least used station Nissan Micra
142025, NT 16.30 Saltburn-Bishop Auckland (2D41), Darlington station 
 The 16.42 Saltburn to Bishops Auckland Northern service pauses at Darlington’s platform four. The train is being worked by 142025. Darlington station remains a firm favourite of mine having a pleasant atmosphere and of a classic design that has not been ruined except for the recent installation of platform barriers. 
 Keywords: 142025 16.30 Saltburn-Bishop Auckland 2D41 Darlington station Northern Pacer
82230, GR 17.25 Newcastle-London King's Cross (1Y47), Darlington station 
 DVT 82230 brings East Coast’s 17.25 Newcastle to London King’s Cross service into Darlington station under its grand arch. The station was designed by T. E. Harrison, the chief engineer, and William Bell, the architect of the North Eastern Railway and was opened in 1887 named Darlington Bank Top replacing the poorly sited and inadequate station a short distance to the north. 
 Keywords: 82230 17.25 Newcastle-London King's Cross 1Y47 Darlington station East Coast DVT
82230, GR 17.25 Newcastle-London King's Cross (1Y47), Darlington station 
 82230 emerges from Darlington station into the lovely evening sunshine getting the 17.25 Newcastle to King’s Cross south away from the station. I took a very similar photograph back in May 1978 when on my Eastern Region railrover but the motive power was a little different then, see……. https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/25366364404/x55010-13-10-edinburgh-london-kings 
 Keywords: 82230 17.25 Newcastle-London King's Cross 1Y47 Darlington station East Coast DVT
91115, GR 17.25 Newcastle-London King's Cross (1Y47), Darlington station 
 91115 ‘Blaydon Races’ propels the 1Y47 17.25 Newcastle to King’s Cross away from Darlington station in some welcome evening sunshine after what had been a rather cloudy and dull day. Notice the CrossCountry Voyager arriving to the extreme right of the photograph. 
 Keywords: 91115 17.25 Newcastle-London King's Cross 1Y47 Darlington station East Coast IC 225 Blaydon Races
142022, stabled, Darlington station 
 142022 sits quietly at one of Darlington’s south facing bay platforms awaiting its next turn of duty. Whilst the south-facing platforms are still in use even if the centre two roads have been removed, the ones to the north of the station have been filled in now being part of the station car park following the closure of the routes to Barnard Castle (1964) and Richmond (1969). 
 Keywords: 142022 Darlington station Northern Pacer
Class 220, XC 11.25 Plymouth-Dundee (1S49), Darlington station 
 Two unidentified CrossCountry Voyagers depart from Darlington station as a dispatcher does his job observing operations. They are working the 1S49 11.25 Plymouth to Dundee service that still has over two hundred miles to complete its journey having already covered three hundred and eighty-two, not a journey that I would fancy doing in a glorified DMU! 
 Keywords: Class 220 11.25 Plymouth-Dundee 1S49 Darlington station CrossCountry Voyager
Reproduction running in sign, Darlington North Road Museum station 
 Darlington North Road station was the site of the original station to serve the town opening in 1842. It is closely linked to the historically important and famous Stockton and Darlington Railway. This photograph is taken through the railings of a sign that is actually on the platforms owned and operated by the Head of Steam Museum. 
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Andy, Darlington North Road station 
 The final photograph of our epic two-day trip sees Andy standing on Darlington’s North Road station platform. In the background is the 1842 train shed that is Grade II listed. It is no longer used as part of Network Rail and Northern’s station but being part of the Head of Steam museum that occupies the former goods shed to the left. All that is left for us now is to make for home in Andy's Micra, a fair way from here in the northeast to Northamptonshire! 
 Keywords: Andy Darlington North Road station

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