As part of the Railway200 series written in the December 2024 edition of The Railway Magazine, on pages 18 and 19, is a feature for Railway200 entitled ‘Coal trains, first and last?’, written by Bob Gwynne, railway author and one of the team at the National Railway Museum. Ancient Greece is where it all began.Continue reading “New Year’s Eve 2024: #Railway416 in the Valley of the River Blyth”
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Merry Christmas 2024 from the Northumberland Coast Loop Campaign
I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, it has been a fantastic year for the Northumberland Coast Loop campaign. Thank you for all your support and backing our proposal for regular rail services between Newcastle and Berwick via Bedlington; it is a obvious next step after the Northumberland Line, giving greater withinContinue reading “Merry Christmas 2024 from the Northumberland Coast Loop Campaign”
‘The Seven Counties Rambler’ Railtour by the SRPS in March 2025
Way back in 2017, the ‘Bound for Craigy’ Railtour by the Branch Line Society worked a section of its quite epic trip, which starting in Kings Cross to Edinburgh over what is now being campaigned for as the Northumberland Coast Loop, which is the alternative route between Newcastle and Berwick via Bedlington. Between Newcastle and Berwick,Continue reading “‘The Seven Counties Rambler’ Railtour by the SRPS in March 2025”
NERA: Things to see on the Northumberland Line, a FREE Guide and restating the case for the N.C.L?
The North Eastern Railway Association (NERA) has launched a free guidebook to coincide with the opening of the Northumberland Line later this month (15th December 2024). It is an excellent small publication, being 20 pages in length, but it is packed full of key information and dates, well worth downloading (and printing off if youContinue reading “NERA: Things to see on the Northumberland Line, a FREE Guide and restating the case for the N.C.L?”
Railtours via Bedlington for Railway200? Realising the Region’s Rich Rail Heritage
This recent article from North East Bylines, a ‘Whistle-stop tour of the Stockton and Darlington‘ shows quite clearly how much of the S&D survives as a passenger carrying route, particularly the section from Shildon in the west to Eaglescliffe and towards Middlesbrough. While the obvious focus of the Stockton and Darlington Railway’s 200th anniversary willContinue reading “Railtours via Bedlington for Railway200? Realising the Region’s Rich Rail Heritage”
The Northumberland Coast Loop 