Former colliery railway at Tanfield Lea
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Former colliery railway at Tanfield Lea
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 24 Jan 2022
Looking west along the route of the old railway, which is now a footpath. It runs up to Tantobie and White-le-Head, which is where it the colliery used to be; The coal trucks ran down by graviry on a rope haulage to Tanfield Lea colliery.
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