Hello Tyne Dock to Consett,
Can anyone help?
When the main route to Consett was closed because of accident or engineering works, the ore trains would use the Deerness line. I did, at one time, have a photograph of a train coming off the ECML at Deerness Junction on a previous PC which fell over.
How did trains get to the Deerness? Did they travel on the ECML from Gateshead to Durham or did they continue down the Leamside Line to Belmont Junction and join the ECML at Newton Hall Junction?
Cheers,
Bob