Leamside Line

[PinzaC55]

I'm currently working on a computer simulation of the Leamside line set in a roughly 1961 period. The lack of photos is a bit depressing but I was just wondering whether anyone here knows of a decent video of the line at any time ? Anything up to closure would be a big help.

[PinzaC55]

Here is a video of recent progress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeZBw2xKcZU

[HannahMurray]

There is not a lot of information and photos on the Internet on this subject, but you can still find it. I remember stumbling across articles and photos once in my research days, but it takes time to find something useful!

[PinzaC55]

The really tough bits are the coal mines and Lambton Cokeworks. With the latter the last 25" OS map is from 1946 but the works was rebuilt in 1951 and I have not found any plan from that date until closure. Photos are few and there are no videos. I'm ashamed to say that although I lived locally I didn't explore the Lambton network while I could have.

[Mickey]

I have some amateur film shot around the Lambton colliery system transferred to dvd featuring NCB 0-6-0 & 0-6-2 tank locos 'in steam' working around the Lambton colliery system between 1966-1969 hauling trains of coal and coke wagons. I forget which dvd this film is featured on but it's published by Transport Video Publishing without going through my dvd collection to try and find the film?. I have seen the film sequence maybe half a dozen times over the last 5-6 years and it's pretty good to watch the Lambton colliery sequence which mite bit tagged onto a dvd of the end of B.R. steam in 1968 with the NCB Lambton colliery retaining 0-6-0 & 0-6-2 tank engines in service until early 1969 before withdrawing them.