Marsden station, South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway, 1953

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South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway

  • Description

    "View SE, towards Whitburn Colliery: National Coal Board (ex-Harton Coal Co.), South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway from Westoe Lane (South Shields), closed completely five months later (23/11/53). The train of ancient ex-NER carriages, used by ordinary passengers as well as miners, stands at the platform without locomotive. (See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2043788). (This image was used by BBC TV in one of Michael Portillo's 'Bradshaw' series in 2012)." Photo by Ben Brooksbank, 1953.

  • Owner

    Ben Brooksbank

  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)

  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License

  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3783569
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Pat Thomson
    Last modified: 7 years, 8 months ago
    Viewed: 1094 times
    Picture Taken: 1953-06-28

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