Beamish Museum: Railway wagons & coaches

Railway wagons & coaches in Beamish Museum.

Rail cranes

1913 Smith & Rodley No. 91554

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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding

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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard

1917 Coles 22 Ton Steam Crane

See Beamish Museum: Coles rail crane

Chaldrons

Londonderry Railway 4 tonners

The museum has a number of chaldrons built in the 1870s (with some over-hauled/rebuilt) for the Londonderry Railway (denoted by the letter L). They are numbered:

• 12
• 25
• 189
• 328
• 521
• 829
• 1115
• 1209
• 1210
• 1219
• 1220
• 1221
• 1281
• 1357
• 1828
• 1833

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  328
  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  1828 & 829
  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  328, 1219, ?, 1828, 521, 1209, 1210, 12 & 829
  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  328, 1219, ?, 1828, 521, 1209, 1210, 12 & 829
  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  328, 1219, ?, 1828, 521, 1209, 1210, 12 & 829
  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  1219
  On the town railway, signal box siding (bottom right)
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  1821 & ?
  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  ?, 829, 1220, 328
  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  ?, ?, 12, 1115
  Colliery railway
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  328, 521, ?
  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  (bottom left) Loaded with coal under the Colliery pit head
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard

No. 189 at the entrance

Chaldron No. 189 is mounted as a static dsiplay at the museum's entrance, see Beamish Museum: Entrance area#Chaldron wagon & steps

Hoppers

Grey 5-plank

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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  Inside the coal drop (Town railway)
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  Inside the coal drop (Town railway)

NER No. 64994

• 1900 North Eastern Railway 4 wheel 10.5 ton 5 plank coal hopper
• Ex-NCB 1285 - current number 64994 is fictitious

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  On the town railway, goods shed S siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding

NER No. 46153 (46152)

• 1903 North Eastern Railway 4 wheel 20 ton 10-plank coal hopper
• Erroneously numbered 46153, the correct number being 46152

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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (front of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (front of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (rear of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (rear of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding

NER (NCB) No. 1319

• 1902 North Eastern Railway 4 wheel 15 ton 6-plank coal hopper

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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (middle of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (middle of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (middle of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (middle of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding

NER No. 54556

• North Eastern Railway 4 wheel 20 ton 8-plank mineral hopper No. 54556

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  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (front of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (front of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (rear of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding
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  (rear of 3)
  On the town railway, signal box siding

Bowes (NCB) No.s 308, 572 & 782

• Three Bowes Railway 4 wheel 10 ton 6-plank coal hoppers
• On loan from Bowes Railway, April 2009 - March 2011

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  On the Colliery Railway, under the pithead tipper
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  (red) On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  Rake in the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village

Bowes (NCB) No. 1289

• North Eastern Railway 4 wheel 10 ton 6-plank coal hopper
• On loan from Bowes Railway, February 2012 - June 2014

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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village

Open wagons

P&JR No. 122

• Bowes Railway (Darlington Wagon & Engineering Co.) 4 wheel 10 ton 6-plank open
• Pontop & Jarrow Railway
• On loan from Bowes Railway, February 2012 - June 2014

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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard

Bowes (NCB) No. B39

• Bowes Railway 4 wheel 3 plank (drop side) goods wagon
• On loan from Bowes Railway, March 2011 - September 2012

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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  Rake in the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard

Bowes No. B49

• Bowes Railway (Watts, Hardy & Co.) 4 wheel 2 plank (drop side) general materials wagon
• On loan from Bowes Railway, March 2011 - September 2012

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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  Rake in the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard

Colliery elevated spoil railway wagon

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Side tippers

ACC No. A 14/9

• 1920 Ashington Coal Company 4 wheel side tipper

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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard

Basic vans

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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding

Great Eastern Van

• 4 wheel. Great Eastern van, from Port of Tyne. Rebuilt at Bowes railway in 1980's, donated to Beamish. Dismantled at Beamish 2019.

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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard

GWR No. 95861

• 1917 Great Western Railway (Swindon) 4 wheel 10 ton diagram V.16 Mink A (TOPS VVO) ventilated van

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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding

NER No. 108653

• 1880 North Eastern Railway 4 wheel 15 ton diagram G8 (TOPS VVO) non-ventilated tranship van

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  On the town railway, goods shed S siding

WD No. 47877

• 1918 War Department (Cravens Railway C&W Co., Sheffield) 4 wheel 10 ton LNWR diagram 88 non-ventilated tranship van

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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village

Specialist/departmental vans

NER No. 44842 (44824)

• 1895 North Eastern Railway (York) 4 wheel 10 ton diagram V1 birdcage brake van
• Originally numbered 44824, restored with erroneous number 44842

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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding

NER No. 92189

• 1899 North Eastern Railway (York) 6 wheel packing/tool van

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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding

RNAD No.s 9 & 18

• 1913 Royal Navy (Harrison & Camm) 4 wheel 5 ton non-ventilated ammunition van
• Ex-Royal Naval Armaments Depot, Gosport (internal use)

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  9 & 18
  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  9 & 18
  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  18
  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding

Flat wagons

Chaldron barrier wagon

One of the Londonderry 4 ton chaldrons has been converted to a flat wagon, for use as a barrier wagon between chaldrons and other rolling stock/locos (which have dissimilar buffer heights).

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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard

BSC No. 66

• Great Western Railway (Swindon) 8 wheel 30 ton 50' Macaw B bogie bolster
• Ex-British Steel Corporation Tube Works (No. 66)
• At Buckinghamshire Railway Centre:
  • Mocked up as the Maharajah's saloon in the Granada TV series The Jewel in the Crown
  • Converted to a well wagon to carry boilers
• At Beamish:
  • I-beam deck added, for use as a carrier for an ice rink chiller unit

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  In the Beamish Engine Works (Colliery)
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  In the Beamish Engine Works (Colliery)
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village

NER No. 03938

• 1901 North Eastern Railway 4 wheel flat wagon (fitted with grooves for carrying a horse drawn fire engine)

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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  On the Colliery Railway, main yard

Chassis

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  Pockerley Waggonway run around loop
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  Pockerley Waggonway run around loop

Tank wagons

Consett Iron Company No. 41

• 1917 Ministry of Munitions (Chas Roberts, Wakefield) 4 wheel 10 ton Class A (TOPS TTO) benzole tank
• Originally MoM No. 125, restored as Consett Iron Company Limited (second hand owner), with fictitious No. 41

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  On the town railway, iron works shed road (N)
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed north siding
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  On the town railway, goods yard storage siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding
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  On the town railway, goods shed N siding

Other

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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village
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  In the Colliery railway sidings north of Pit Village

Pockerley Waggonway stock

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  Pockerley Waggonway
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  Pockerley Waggonway
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform
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  Pockerley Waggonway run around loop
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  Pockerley Waggonway run around loop
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform
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  Pockerley Waggonway
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform
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  Pockerley Waggonway platform

Coaches

GER No. 5

• 1898 Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon (built for Princess Alexandra)
• On hire from Furness Railway Trust

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  On the town railway, leaving the station heading east
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  On the town railway, station platform
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  On the town railway, leaving the station heading east
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  On the town railway, station platform
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  On the town railway, station platform
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  On the town railway, station platform
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  On the town railway, west of the station platform
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  On the town railway, leaving the station heading east
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  On the town railway, station platform
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  On the town railway, heading east past the east footbridge
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  On the town railway, leaving the station heading east
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  On the Town railway, eastern track

NER No. 818 (3071)

• 1903 North Eastern Railway Clerestory Composite
• Liveried as (and features parts from) No. 818, but in reality is No. 3071

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  On the town railway, under the west bridge
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  On the town railway, station platform

Unknown

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  NER four-wheel steam crane
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  modern replica