Last Train to Consett
Last Train to Consett
A regional news report records the journey of the last passenger train from Newcastle to Consett.
(1984)
(2’51”)
On this day in 1842, 182 years ago, horses hauled 4,916 water barrels and 464 spoil skips up nine working shafts at Saltwood Tunnel, a total lift of 555,192 feet (105 miles) for a cost of about £37.
A regional news report records the journey of the last passenger train from Newcastle to Consett.
(1984)
(2’51”)
Forgotten Relics records and celebrates the UK's disused railway structures, still standing as monuments to the period of ambition, courage and endeavour during which they were built.
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