Marsden station, South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway, 1953
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Marsden station, South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway, 1953
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 28 Jun 1953
View SE, towards Whitburn Colliery: National Coal Board (ex-Harton Coal Co.), South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway from Westoe Lane (South Shields), closed completely five months later (23/11/53). The train of ancient ex-NER carriages, used by ordinary passengers as well as miners, stands at the platform without locomotive. (See also Image]). (This image was used by BBC TV in one of Michael Portillo's 'Bradshaw' series in 2012).
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Image Location
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54.973672
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