A last minute find on Realtime Trains is the presumed test train starting at Middlesbrough Sidings at 08:35 this morning (8.1.25), due to reach Bedlington at 14:30, then taking the Hepscott Line towards Butterwell Junction, where presumably it takes refuge in the former disposal point sidings between 14:49.5 and 14:54.5, before heading back to Hepscott by 15:03, taking a trip to Morpeth between 15:32 and 15:34.5, then passing back through Bedlington around 15:45 to head back to Middlesbrough.
If you’re able to, why not try to catch it, especially on the rarer sections of track such as the Morpeth North Curve?
The Northumberland Coast Loop 