North East
"The Lady Augusta" at Heatherslaw Mills
on the Heatherslaw Light Railway
(Photo © 2000 David Enefer)
- Aln Valley Railway Society
- Project to reopen the 3 mile (4.8km) line from Alnmouth to Alnwick.
- Beamish
Museum
- Beamish (near Durham). Open air museum with a standard gauge
electric tram route about 1½ miles (2.3 km) in length, and a working
replica of an early 19th century steam hauled waggonway about 260
yards (240 m) in length.
- Bowes
Railway
- Springwell (near Gateshead) to Wrekenton: 1 mile (1.6 km)
including a rope worked incline, unique in UK preservation.
Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled.
- Heatherslaw Light Railway
- Heatherslaw Mill (near Coldstream) to Etal village: about 1¾
miles (2.8 km). 15 inch (381 mm) gauge. Steam hauled.
- North Tyneside
Steam Railway
- Stephenson Railway Museum, North Shields to Percy Main: about
1¾ miles (2.8 km). Standard gauge. Steam hauled. At the time of
writing (May 2008) was operating only between Museum and Rising Sun
Bridge (about 500 yards, 450 m) pending repairs to the Coast Road
(A1058) overbridge.
- Saltburn-by-the-Sea
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- Miniature Railway
Valley Gardens: 15 inch (381 mm) gauge line about 680 yards (620 m)
in length. Diesel hauled with steam outline locomotives.
- Cliff Lift Lower Promenade (opposite the Pier) to
Marine Parade: the oldest surviving water-balance cliff lift in the
UK, with a rise of 120 feet (37 m).
- Tanfield Railway
- Sunniside to East Tanfield: 2½ miles (4 km), with a short branch
to the principal station at Marley Hill (between Gateshead and
Stanley). Standard gauge. Usually steam hauled.
- Weardale Railway
- Stanhope to Wolsingham: 5¼ miles (8.5 km). Proposed extension to
Bishop Auckland, a further 10¾ miles (17.3 km); possible future
extension to Eastgate, giving a total line length of 22¼ mile
(35.7 km); possible future extension of services to Darlington over
Network Rail lines. Standard gauge. Diesel hauled; steam haulage
planned to commence in 2008.
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©
2000-2008 Glyn Williams
