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
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with train headed by ex-NER Worsdell class C LNER J21 No. 65078 (built 4/1891 as No. 1554, renumbered in 1946 as 5078, withdrawn as BR 65078 in 2/57).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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