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Photocopies and photographs

Reference: D/Ph 469 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Rail services to Eastgate Cement Works and Eastgate station

Covering Dates: 1975, 1978

Access: Open

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  • Photocopies and photographs
    • Photographs relating to British Rail Freight Service, Eastgate Cement Works and Eastgate Station (Ref: D/Ph 469)
    • Photographs of 1975 visit (Ref: D/Ph 469/1)
    • Photographs of 1978 visit (Ref: D/Ph 469/2)

Catalogue Description

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Catalogue Contents

Photographs relating to British Rail Freight Service, Eastgate Cement Works and Eastgate Station (Ref: D/Ph 469)Photographs of 1975 visit (Ref: D/Ph 469/1)Ref: D/Ph 469/1/1

Photograph of class 37 diesel locomotive of a freight train at Eastgate Station covered with fog, with a man in his late fifties, wearing a cap, standing beside it, on a platform, with his back towards the camera, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/2

Photograph of class 37 diesel locomotive stationed at Eastgate Station, with '9D 03' numbers in front and '37035' number on its side. On the platform, beside the station building is parked a white or cream Morris 1100, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/3

Photograph of a freight train at Eastgate Station in the fog, with the shape of a viaduct in the background. A man wearing a dark coat and hat is walking alongside the train, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/4

View of Wolsingham Station looking from the signal box, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/5

Photograph of a woman, with her back turned towards the camera, taking a photograph of class 37 diesel locomotive approaching Wolsingham Station. The locomotive has '6K 20' number on the front, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/6

View of Wolsingham Station, looking towards the signal box, with two lines of railways, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/7

Photograph of Wolsingham signal box with two women walking between two lines of railways, with a viaduct in the background. Opposite the signal box, on the other side of the railways, are wooden steps with a lamp post and a notice: 'limit of shunt', n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/8

Photograph with a front view of Wolsingham signal box. Number 43 is written on the front wall of the box, n. d., [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/9

Photograph of the right side of class 37 diesel locomotive, facing the camera, with part of its number starting with '6', pulling line of wagons disappearing on a curve in fog, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/10

Photograph with a view from the cab of a locomotive over single track railway in front of it, with trees on both sides, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/11

Photograph taken from the side window of a locomotive, while on the move, heading towards station buildings in the distance, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/12

Photograph taken from the side window of a locomotive approaching a station, probably Eastgate, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/13

Photograph taken from the side window of a locomotive while in motion, with single track railway in front of it, approaching a viaduct, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/14

Photograph taken from the side window of a locomotive in motion, with a single track railway in front of it, running towards a pedestrian bridge and some station buildings. The second railway track has been dismantled with only wooden sleepers left, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/15

Photograph taken from the side window of a locomotive, looking back towards the wagons full of sand, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/16

Photograph of a locomotive driver changing the railway switch, taken from a locomotive's cab. Eastgate Blue Circle Cement Works buildings can be seen in the misty distance, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/17

Photograph of a locomotive driver opening gates on the railway crossing, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/18

Photograph of a notice on the side of a brick building, probably by the railway crossing, issued by the [Broadwood] and Limestone Company and addressed to lorry drivers, insisting that the gates are kept closed at all times, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/19

Photograph of ruined buildings and installations of Blue Circle Cement Works near Eastgate, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/20

Photograph of ruined buildings and installations of Blue Circle Cement Works near Eastgate, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/21

Photograph of ruined buildings and installations of Blue Circle Cement Works near Eastgate, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/22

Photograph of ruined buildings and installations of Blue Circle Cement Works near Eastgate with a lonely sheep standing in the middle, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/1/23

Photograph of an industrial rail siding, probably near Eastgate Cement Works, with two separate empty freight wagons, n. d. [1975]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Photographs of 1978 visit (Ref: D/Ph 469/2)Ref: D/Ph 469/2/1

Photograph of crowds coming out of the train at Eastgate, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/2

Photograph of a passenger train at Eastgate with crowds gathered on the platform, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/3

Photograph of a passenger train at Eastgate with crowds photographing it from the railway track, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/4

Photograph of the open gate of the switch box at Eastgate with people gathered around looking inside it, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/5

Photograph of the interior of Eastgate switch box, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/6

Photograph with a general view of Eastgate Station and a passenger train with crowds gathered around it, taken from the viaduct. It also captures the point where the double railway track turns into a single track, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/7

Photograph of a round station clock on the platform-side wall of the station building at Eastgate Station, with North Eastern Railway (NER) logo on it, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/8

Photograph of the crowded interior of Weardale Line passenger train, the carriage of which has a separate section for the driver, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/9

Photograph, taken from a train in motion, of empty freight wagons on the sidings of Witton Park Ballast Works, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/10

Photograph taken from a train of a scrap yard of Wolsingham Steel Works, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 469/2/11

Photograph taken from a train window while passing Wolsingham signal box, n. d. [1978]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)



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