Alston Branch

[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/

[Percy Main]

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.

[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/

[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.

[60041]

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.

[PinzaC55]

The line from Lambley Station to Lambley Colliery was built by the NER in 1865 and owned by it's successors until closure.

[R. pike]

I have this..

[52D]

Good to see the terminology Jetty used for real on a map. It joins Wharf as another nautically based rail word.

[Percy Main]

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.

[PinzaC55]

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.