Whittonstall Railway diorama

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    Aricle by Dunalastair, July 4, 2023."....the Whittonstall Railway. This was a narrow gauge electric railway in the north east, near Chopwell. It linked drift mines to the west with the main colliery complex. German shareholding favoured electric traction, as with the SG Harton electric railway whose locomotives were similar (but bigger). The Harton system lasted into NCB days, but the Whittonstall system was later converted to cable haulage, more typical of the NG colliery lines in the area. The line was buried in a wooded valley..."
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    RMweb
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    Link: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/180129-whittonstall-railway-diorama/
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 3 weeks, 5 days ago
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