The best part of the railway system was the country branch line. Sadly lost forever the sounds of a loose coupled goods as it went about its daily work, shunting each wayside goods depot on the way. Lots of great memories in this lovely video.
Thank you so much for that upload. I live just a short walk from Woodburn station, and have walked sections of that line on many occasions. The film is from my year of birth, and it's so special that we can see how it looked then. Thanks for preserving that.
Whilst I travelled on the back-to-back, "taping" double-headed (Nos. 43000 and 43063) from/to Newcastle, hauling the last enthusiasts' special train to Woodburn in the film shown, some years earlier I rode my bran-new "Dawes Galaxy" bike from Newcastle and to the almost abandoned Scotsgap(?) station. Later, on another visit not so long before closure, J27 No. 65860 headed the "pick-up" goods and was recorded in bitterly cold conditions that soon affected my tape-recorder's speed. We also found a very tall disused lattice signal, whose lamp was however still attached to a long chain and handle. This lamp was hauled back up the post and filmed descending at "a-rate-of-knots'! One winter, well after line closure, another school friend and I walked along the trackbed from near Scotsgap and into Morpeth, where the remainder of the journey to Newcastle Uni. was by bus. En route, it got so cold at ground level, our bootlaces froze.
Nice to see the guard using his shunting pole knocking wagons off and loose shunting, something that was an everyday occurrence on bread and butter trip jobs not every train was on the mainline pulling express trains ,
Great little film! Seeing an engine working tender-first seems so implausible, particularly when you consider all the footage and photos showing otherwise. Obviously it's impossible to do otherwise on so many, or most, of the branches
Many thanks for posting this video, especially it shows the track layout at the Morpeth end of Scotsgap Junction. Will you be posting anymore videos like this please?
The best part of the railway system was the country branch line. Sadly lost forever the sounds of a loose coupled goods as it went about its daily work, shunting each wayside goods depot on the way. Lots of great memories in this lovely video.
Brilliant, love the Wannie Line, please post more if you have them.
Wonderful footage, just looked up the J27 on BRDatabase, a tired old engine with a service life of 46 years, scrapped in 1967.
Great video, I would love to see this line reopened.
Thank you so much for that upload. I live just a short walk from Woodburn station, and have walked sections of that line on many occasions. The film is from my year of birth, and it's so special that we can see how it looked then. Thanks for preserving that.
Surely the best to date quality footage of the Wanny Line.
Fantastic filming (a real treat). Hard to believe that it is as 'recent' as 1966.
Whilst I travelled on the back-to-back, "taping" double-headed (Nos. 43000 and 43063) from/to Newcastle, hauling the last enthusiasts' special train to Woodburn in the film shown, some years earlier I rode my bran-new "Dawes Galaxy" bike from Newcastle and to the almost abandoned Scotsgap(?) station. Later, on another visit not so long before closure, J27 No. 65860 headed the "pick-up" goods and was recorded in bitterly cold conditions that soon affected my tape-recorder's speed. We also found a very tall disused lattice signal, whose lamp was however still attached to a long chain and handle. This lamp was hauled back up the post and filmed descending at "a-rate-of-knots'! One winter, well after line closure, another school friend and I walked along the trackbed from near Scotsgap and into Morpeth, where the remainder of the journey to Newcastle Uni. was by bus. En route, it got so cold at ground level, our bootlaces froze.
What a gem. Thank you.
Nice to see the guard using his shunting pole knocking wagons off and loose shunting, something that was an everyday occurrence on bread and butter trip jobs not every train was on the mainline pulling express trains ,
if only all vintage footage could be like this without someone talking over it!
Great little film!
Seeing an engine working tender-first seems so implausible, particularly when you consider all the footage and photos showing otherwise. Obviously it's impossible to do otherwise on so many, or most, of the branches
Fabulous!! Well edited and many thanks for sharing.
Lovely.
Thank you!
Cracking footage!
Lovely footage, loved the detonators on the line right at the end!
That J27 just sets up the whole thing from the start. Wonderfully off beat!!!
Many thanks for posting this video, especially it shows the track layout at the Morpeth end of Scotsgap Junction. Will you be posting anymore videos like this please?
Hi, Yes I have more footage to post but it needs some work first.