The winter 1950 working timetable for services between Alnmouth and Berwick upon Tweed which includes Chathill is shown below: Downloadable PDF The summer 1955 working timetable showing all movements in and out of Newcastle...
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The fictitious Otterburn station on the Rede Valley is based on Chathill station on the Newcastle...
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Mallard 75 has brought together the 6 remaining LNER A4 pacific locomotives. With two of these set...
Read MoreLast night Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society had their annual outing to Roy Jackson’s Home t0 see the progress on Roy’s Retford layout. I must say. on behalf of my fellow club members, it was a very enjoyable...
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Those of you that have checked out my locomotive fleet will have seen an odd-ball amongst...
Read MoreRoy Jackson has been building an EM scale model of Retford in the 1950’s for some time. I first came across this amazing layout a number of years ago in Model Railway Journal. At the time trains were running but little was...
Read MoreWithout doubt Newcastle Central Station is one of the landmark railway stations in the British Isles. It is approached from the south by either one of two magnificent bridges across the river Tyne which afford splendid views...
Read MoreI’ve just caught up with Michael Portillo on BBC iplayer as he explores the borders, travelling south down the East Coast Main Line from Berwick to Newcastle, and then in the next episode from Newcastle to Carlisle. The...
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