Westoe Lane station, South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway on Last Day, 1953
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The photograph on this page of Westoe Lane station, South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway on Last Day, 1953 by Walter Dendy, deceased as part of the Geograph project.
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Westoe Lane station, South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway on Last Day, 1953
Image: © Walter Dendy, deceased Taken: 22 Nov 1953
View NW, towards South Shields staithes by the (electrified) freight-only line just visible on the left. The SS&WCR passenger service terminated here from Whitburn Colliery; it ceased from this day (22/11/53). For details see Image The locomotive is a Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-6-0ST, No. 7749 of 1952.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.991537
Longitude
-1.42279