Riverside Yard: Operating Instructions About This page contains instructions for operating both the Skowhegan & Athens and Riverside Yard. The first four sections are common to either, the final two sections are specific to the individual layouts. Movement To move the loco, and any connected stock, click on the left or right button [see below], either click once to move one 'space', or hold down to move further. Movement will only be allowed if there is free track available. Points Click on the numbered button corresponding to the number of the point you wish to change. Coupling Coupling is automatic. Uncoupling Cars may be uncoupled over any one of the four uncouplers [see image left]. Skowhegan & Athens - Operating as a switching puzzle The challenge is to swap the three cars in the train with the three cars in the sidings in the minimum number of moves. Each siding is 2 cars long. The move counter will automatically count each change of direction.
Railway map of Northumberland, UK - Waggonways These maps show the pre-1974 boundaries of Northumberland, after which North Tyneside Council became an independent local authority. Newcastle upon Tyne has been independent since the 1400s. Islandshire, Norhamshire and Bedlingtonshire were enclaves of Durham until 1844.National Grid references are shown to the nearest kilometre square. Please observe the COPYRIGHT of this website. Click the keymap to view overlapping maps. Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Here is the rest of the map if Internet Explorer does not show a Horizontal Scroll Bar. History of Railways in Northumberland - including the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and the North British Railway. Gazetteer placenames are now on each map page. Waggonways Home Page
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Disused Stations:Belmont Junction Notes: The station opened as Belmont to serve as the junction between the main line from Gateshead to Darlington and the branch to Durham, whose station was on Gilesgate. From 1852 the station was known as Belmont Junction. The single-storey station building, stone-built with a series of gables facing the tracks, was located in the ‘V’ of the junction, and a subsidiary building stood on the ‘up’ (east side) line. The OS 1856 map does not indicate that the station had platforms. In June 1849 eight main line trains called on weekdays in each direction, and six on Sundays. Belmont Junction station ceased to have a purpose when the North Eastern Railway’s Bishop Auckland branch was opened from Leamside, on which the present-day Durham station is found. Despite its early demise traces of the station at Belmont Junction remained until the 1970s. The south-western end of the line was in Weardale, on the moors just south of Stanhope. Sources and bibliography:
History of Railways in County Durham - Waggonways This refers to the pre-1974 boundary of County Durham, after which Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Darlington, Stockton on Tees and Hartlepool became independent local government authorities. Part of North Yorkshire is now in County Durham.National Grid references are shown to the nearest kilometre square. Please observe the COPYRIGHT of this website. Category D - The 1951 plan to demolish coal mining villages in County Durham. www.disused-stations.org.uk - lists and photos of closed railway stations in the UK. From the 1600s wooden waggonways took coal from pits in North Durham to staiths on the Tyne at Stella, Derwent Haugh and Dunston. Staiths were sheds at the river bank where valuable loaded coal waggons could be kept under cover. Wayleaves were financial agreements between landowners and those seeking permission to build a waggonway over their land. Cuttings and embankments (cuts and batteries) were made to gain an even road for the horses.
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The Newbottle Waggon Rail Way Map | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog Map Title In August 2000 the museum was given a map of the ‘Newbottle Waggon Rail Way’ . This wagonway was built to transport coal in horse drawn wagons from John Newsham’s Newbottle Colliery to coal staiths on the River Wear at Galley’s Gill. The map itself dates to 1817, being drawn just 5 years after the wagonway was built. The wagonway is shown twice, as a true representation of the route and in a linear form showing distances between given points along the route. View of the Wearmouth Bridge For most, if not all, of its existence the map has been stored rolled up. The map today Why all the fuss? The Nesham family acquired the lease for mining at Philadelphia in 1734, initially in partnership with John Hylton. Newbottle Colliery In 1811 John Douthwaite Nesham began a policy of major investment in his colliery interests which included sinking the Dorothea Pit at Philadelphia, close to the existing Margaret Pit. The Staiths at Sunderland Wagon, horse and driver as shown on the map
NZ3545 maptile, Murton, County Durham - Waggonways Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland. Please observe the COPYRIGHT of this website. Waggonways Home Page Placenames in maptile NZ3545 Chapman Code DUR=County Durham