Wearhead station and train for Bishop Auckland on Last Day, 1953
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The photograph on this page of Wearhead station and train for Bishop Auckland on Last Day, 1953 by Walter Dendy, deceased as part of the Geograph project.
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Wearhead station and train for Bishop Auckland on Last Day, 1953
Image: © Walter Dendy, deceased Taken: 27 Jun 1953
View NW to buffers, with train headed by ex-NER Worsdell class C LNER J21 No. 65078 (built 4/1891 as No. 1554, renumbered in 1946 as 5078, withdrawn as BR 65078 in 2/57). The branch was closed completely to Wearhead that day (27/6/53), but remained open for goods as far as St Johns Chapel until 2/1/61. (See also my Image).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.750611
Longitude
-2.221201