STEAM TRAIN MEMORIES
"DERWENT HAUGH"

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This network of NCB lines connected the Coking Plant at Derwent Haugh situated on the

south bank of the River Tyne to coal staithes on the river bank & the disposal point at Swalwell

There was also a line running south to Marley Hill Colliery

The entire system was closed in 1986

No.7165/44 Robert Stephenson Hawthorn 0-6-0ST Light engine at Swalwell Disposal
16th May 1968
No.7169/44 Robert Stephenson Hawthorn 0-6-0ST Engine at Swalwell Disposal
16th May 1968
NCB No.75167 RGB 0-6-0ST No.2755/44 Light engine at Swalwell Disposal
16th May 1968
NCB No.75167 RGB 0-6-0ST No.2755/44 Shunting wagons at Swalwell Disposal
16th May 1968
No.27 National Coal Board 0-6-0ST Light engine at Derwent Haugh
16th May 1968
No.27 National Coal Board 0-6-0ST Light engine at Derwent Haugh
16th May 1968
Remains of 0-6-0T locomotive at Derwent Haugh
16th May 1968
No.41 National Coal Board 0-6-0PT at Derwent Haugh MPD
16th May 1968
No.27 National Coal Board 0-6-0ST Light engine at Derwent Haugh Coking Plant
16th May 1968
No.27 National Coal Board 0-6-0ST Light engine at Derwent Haugh Coking Plant
16th May 1968