Next Item
Searched for: broompark
Back to results
Start new search
Deerness Valley Branch
General view of the NER Deerness Valley Branch line leaving the Bishop Auckland Branch, shortly after the tracks were lifted. On the left are a group of railway cottages and a large water tank. On the right is the site of Broompark Colliery.
Location: Bishop Auckland
County: Co Durham
NEG7122
RN0248 on 3/4/2013 said:
“ All buildings had been removed and trains were still entering the site in the 60,s but just to shunt and turn around. The only structure on that coal field was this conveyor for loading coal onto trucks and trains as Broompark was only used as a lay down area for coal after the fire in 1904.
http://www.davidheyscollection.com/userimages/roy-lambeth-67690.jpg ”
“ All buildings had been removed and trains were still entering the site in the 60,s but just to shunt and turn around. The only structure on that coal field was this conveyor for loading coal onto trucks and trains as Broompark was only used as a lay down area for coal after the fire in 1904.
http://www.davidheyscollection.com/userimages/roy-lambeth-67690.jpg ”
Comments