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Spring Terrace, NORTHALLERTON, DL7 8UP

View SW, on the upper line towards Northallerton station and the ex-North Eastern ECML to York and the South. This Class F freight is headed (perhaps unusually) by an A1 Pacific (No. 60153 'Flamboyant') has come off the main line from York, which is seen above heading for Darlington, on the Low Level avoiding-line and is heading for Eaglescliffe and probably Newport Yard, Thornaby. An enormous amount of freight traffic ran through Northallerton to Tees-side as well as along the ECML, making Northallerton one of the busiest junctions in the whole country.

Carrying the main London to Edinburgh east-coast railway line over Springwell Lane. This section of the line connecting York to Darlington was opened in 1841. I presume this lovely skew bridge dates from then. When electrification came in additional work was done to the bridge as can be seen by the concrete on top.

Springwell Lane crosses three railway lines in a couple of hundred metres. First it goes under the descending line from Northallerton station (to the left) to Teeside. It then goes over the unmanned level crossing taking the low level goods line to Teeside avoiding the station. In the distance beyond the cars is the bridge taking the electrified London to Edinburgh high level line.

There is an OS benchmark Image on the left hand side of the bridge at the junction of the bridge wall and the steps providing trackside access from the lane.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm32850

The train headed by Class 66 number 66089 is on freight line bypassing Northallerton station

Over Springwell Lane. The skew bridge is possibly original, dating back to the 1840s, but was heavily modified when the east coast main line was electrified in the late 1980s. New brick supports have been added to this side of the bridge and the large grey concrete slab laid.

This bridge was built in 1846-7 by the Great North of England Railway Co. It carries the main East Coast Line from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley. Springwell Lane is little more than an unmade access road to the small number of houses along here, and is riddled with pot-holes. The concrete top was added when the line was widened in the 1960's. It was electrified in 1990.

The bridge carries the East Coast Main Line over Springwell Lane. There is an OS benchmark Image on the inside wall of the bridge on the left hand side of the lane

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm32848