Barnard Castle station, with trains 1953
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Barnard Castle station, with trains 1953
Image: © Walter Dendy, deceased Taken: 12 Aug 1953
View east on the island platform, with two trains: on the left, Worsdell NER J21 0-6-0 No. 65068 (built 12/1890 as No. 300, 1946 LNER No. 5068, withdrawn 6/54) on a Darlington - Kirby Stephen - Penrith train; on the right is NER A8 4-6-2T No. 69851 (built 10/1913 as No. 2144, withdrawn 11/58) on a Sunderland - Middleton-in-Teesdale train. Barnard Castle station was closed 30/11/64 (passengers), 6/4/65 to goods, following closure of the Middleton line; the Darlington - Penrith line over Stainmore closed 20/1/62 and that from Bishop Auckland from 20/6/62.
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