Bowes Railway, Gateshead
HD video of the Bowes Railway, Springwell, Gateshead
The Bowes Railway, built by George Stephenson in 1826, is the world's only preserved operational standard gauge cable railway system. It was built to transport coal from Durham pits to boats on the River Tyne.
Days of Steam in County Durham Stations & Railways United Kingdom
A journey back through time, to revisit the glorious days of steam in County Durham.
Stations and locations featured :
1. Consett 2. Darlington 3. Chester le Street 4. Evenwood 5. LNER Poster 6. Stanhope 7. Durham 8. Stainemore 9. Hartlepool 10. Hartley Main Colliery 11. Durham 12. Durham 13. Wolsingham 14. Darlington 15. St. John's Chapel 16. Sunderland 17. Bowes 18. Bishop Auckland 19. Sunderland 20. LNER Poster 21. Gainford 22. Durham Elvet 23. Darlington 24. Durham Elvet 25. Durham Elvet 26. Durham 27. West Hartlepool 28. West Hartlepool 29. Gateshead 30. South Shields 31. Darlington 32. Darlington 33. North Road 34. Gateshead West 35. Ebchester 36. Pontop 37. Wearhead 38. Croft Spa 39. Low Fell 40. Durham 41. Durham 42. Durham 43. Hartlepool 44. Barnard Castle 45. Aycliffe 46. LNER Poster 47. Etherley 48. Darlington 49. South Durham 50. Waterhouse's 51.Darlington 52. Cockfield 53. Darlington 54. Darlington 55. Wingate 56. Evenwood. 57. Spennymoor 58. Elvet 59. Eastgate 60. Gainford 61. Hunwick 62. Hunwick 63. Hylton.64. Lamesley 65. Lintz Green
THE BOWES RAILWAY.wmv
HAD A LITTLE TIME TO SPARE WHILST IN GATESHEAD AND VISITED THE BOWES RAILWAY AN EX COLLIERY LINE WITH A MIX OF STANDARD AND MIXED GAUGED UNDERGROUND LOCOS TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AT bowesrailway.co.uk
Tanfield and Bowes Railway path then along Tyne
Quarter of video is a bit cloudy, had no anti fog inserts left and had waterproof back on camera.
Bowes railway. 22s last steaming
the last day of steam at bowes railway (for now).
big thanks to all the people at the railway for your help.
chris ryan rhys bob john rob
Bowes railway 3/5/17
had a great time here,you should visit if you haven't trains only run on special days though, i know its a bit late but gotta upload something eh
My first helicopter experience: Tanfield Railway, Gateshead UK
Honestly, I am an aviation fan but not a helicopter fan. I don't really know much about the helicopters. One more fact, I can't really fly any rotor vehicles even RC drones. However, this was my first time on a helicopter flight ever. The flight was a sight seeing and very short flight but it was a wonderful experience in my life. Steep turns were really amazing, unforgettable.
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The bowes Railway
2016 visit to the Bowes Railway
NEWCASTLE METRO TRIP - Part Two
After lunch on the sea front at Whitley Bay, our small party of enthusiasts continued their journey on the Metro. [My last trip on this line had been in the 1940s on one of the blue electrics, as far as Whitley Bay to see Uncle Dick and family.]
We continued and disembarked at Percy Main a short walk to the North Tyne Railway, on which we travelled, to visit the Stephenson Railway Museum.
Our Peckett loco was formerly JD Hammer of the North Norfolk Railway. Also in steam was a large Bagnall saddle-tank which I had last seen at work on the West Somerset Railway, but that's another story.
Stations passed through were:-Whitley Bay-Cullercoats-Tynemouth-North Shields-Meadow Well & Percy Main.
After our visit we continued along the circular route, with an extra ride to Gateshead just so we could cross the Tyne on the new bridge.
n.b. the original music to this video was was 'Why Aye Man' a Geordie song by Dire Straits - it was removed by Warner Bros. due to Copyright problems.
Bowes Railway 1990
During a visit to the Bowes Railway in September 1990 I filmed the only preserved SG rope incline in action. Starting at Blackhams Hill Engine House we view wagons being lowered and then being hauled back up the Springwell Incline. Halfway down the incline we see Pelaw Main Junction, where the current tourist trains divert to a platform, and finally we see a tourist train leaving Springwell over the level crossing at the foot of the incline.
Bowes Railway - a line side tour
24th July 2011 a line side tour of the railway starting with the front engine rejoining the train having taken on water.
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W.S.T takes a passenger Train on the Bowes Railway (17/10/09)
Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST W.S.T takes a passenger train on the Bowes Railway
End of NER 1967
The end of steam in the North East came in early 1967. Here we see a BR-built but LNER-designed class K1 no. 65050 on an empty hoppers train at Penshaw North shortly before the end. A BR diesel shunter (later class 08) then takes a short trip working through Howden-on-Tyne in early 1967. LNER 2-8-0s worked until the end in the North East, this class O1 being seen at Hartlepool Junction.
Also at Hartlepool Junction is another LNER 2-8-0, this time one of the wartime “WD” type bought by the LNER. Tender first working was common at the end, here a former NER 0-6-0 of class J27 passes on a long mineral train
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Brake van rides at the historic Bowes railway in Springwell Gateshead 2003
Bowes Railway Rope Haulage 29 8 99
Wagon rope haulage at Bowes Railway
River Team
The River Team is a tributary of the River Tyne in Gateshead, England.
Its source is near Annfield Plain, where it is known as Kyo Burn. Then changing its name again to Causey Burn as it flows underneath the famous Causey Arch. It then flows past Beamish Museum in County Durham (where it is known as Beamish Burn) then crosses the border into Gateshead flowing through Lamesley. Continuing on into the Team Valley, the river flows through a culvert in the middle of the roundabout underneath the A1 road, it then continues through the Team Valley Trading Estate through a covered culvert, before emerging to the surface halfway along.
It then flows through the site of the 1990 National Garden Festival, before finally discharging into the River Tyne in Dunston. This area is known as Teams, after the river.
The River Team has long been regarded as one of the most polluted rivers in the area due to the discharges from Sewage works near Lamesley and heavy industry in the Team Valley. It is called The Gut by the residents of Dunston. However considerable improvements have now been made and the river is relatively clean.
Prior to the last Ice Age, the lower part of the River Team actually formed the lower part of the River Wear, with a combined Tyne-Wear river continuing to the coast from Dunston. The ice diverted the River Wear to its current course towards the coast at Sunderland, with the smaller River Team flowing along its former course towards the River Tyne.
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