In Episode 48 of the excellent Green Signals podcast, presenter Richard Bowker takes a trip with GBRf CEO John Smith on the North Blyth to Fort William alumina train (the ‘Alcan tanks’), starting at c.17:00 minutes into the above video, it showcases the route from Springburn, near Glasgow to Spean Bridge, near Fort William in Scotland, which is excellent to see and well worth a watch.
It would be good, if Green Signals is to have another ‘jolly’ on camera, to perhaps see the Northumberland end of this interesting freight route that would have a good overlap with the progressive opening of the Northumberland Line, and could showcase a route that this campaign is aiming to see become a reality.
Can Nigel, Richard, and Steff make it happen? Hopefully so!
Thanks for reading, RH.
The Northumberland Coast Loop 