Page 1 of 1
Alston Branch
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:48 am
by addax61024
Hi
I was browsing on Flickr and I came across a 1920s map of David MacBrayne ferry services in Scotland. The map also shows railway lines. Towards the bottom of the map, the Alston branch seems to diverge into two branches to reach the Newcastle - Carlisle main line. I was only aware of the Alston branch going to Haltwhistle. Is this map correct?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N ... otostream/
Re: Alston Branch
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:36 pm
by Percy Main
addax61024 wrote:Hi
I was browsing on Flickr and I came across a 1920s map of David MacBrayne ferry services in Scotland. The map also shows railway lines. Towards the bottom of the map, the Alston branch seems to diverge into two branches to reach the Newcastle - Carlisle main line. I was only aware of the Alston branch going to Haltwhistle. Is this map correct?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N ... otostream/
There was a mineral line from Lambley on the Alston Branch to Brampton Junction on the Newcastle and Carlisle.
Re: Alston Branch
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:37 pm
by PinzaC55
Brampton Junction station in 1977 with the course of the Brampton Railway disappearing off to the right behind the derelict signalbox.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinzac55/3528836199/
Re: Alston Branch
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:36 pm
by addax61024
Thanks for that. I wasn't aware of the Lambley lines existence. I Imagine this was colliery owned rather than NER?
p.s. - pinzac55, you have some wonderful photos on your flickr stream. I'm glad someone had the foresight to capture things like the B&T, pre metro; and other places which had only just disappeared during my formitive years.
Re: Alston Branch
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:11 pm
by 60041
addax61024 wrote:Thanks for that. I wasn't aware of the Lambley lines existence. I Imagine this was colliery owned rather than NER?
They were originally owned by Lord Carlisle who had extensive coal mining interests in the area. Stephenson's Rocket ended its working life on these lines sometime in the 1860's.
Re: Alston Branch
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:40 pm
by PinzaC55
The line from Lambley Station to Lambley Colliery was built by the NER in 1865 and owned by it's successors until closure.
Re: Alston Branch
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:58 pm
by R. pike
Re: Alston Branch
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:04 pm
by 52D
Good to see the terminology Jetty used for real on a map. It joins Wharf as another nautically based rail word.
Re: Alston Branch
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:54 pm
by Percy Main
PinzaC55 wrote:The line from Lambley Station to Lambley Colliery was built by the NER in 1865 and owned by it's successors until closure.
. . . and I seemed to remember it survived the closure of the rest of the former Brampton Railway, and a section of it remained into the 1960s as a run-round loop for Lambley Station.
Re: Alston Branch
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:24 pm
by PinzaC55
Percy Main wrote:PinzaC55 wrote:The line from Lambley Station to Lambley Colliery was built by the NER in 1865 and owned by it's successors until closure.
. . . and I seemed to remember it survived the closure of the rest of the former Brampton Railway, and a section of it remained into the 1960s as a run-round loop for Lambley Station.
Yes. I walked the line in 1991 and there is a remarkable object there but I don't want to identify it for fear of sparking a goldrush.