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Superb piece of history

Great piece of histoty.

My playground as a young lad would have been 12 when this was made.

Ken, Bob and Ray. Three proper railwaymen and real gentlemen. All missed.

This is absolutely fantastic, thanks for sharing 😍 I'm a Byker lass living in Howdon, Wallsend now😍

Very many thanks for this, and the music too. The line beyond Stanhope doesn't look to be in bad nick considering the length of time since regular cement trains ended. Is it too much to expect the eventual return of trains to Wearhead? Not in my lifetime I fear, but what a cracking journey that would be behind a NER G5 from Bishop Auckland. All the best..

George Milburn’s my father in law and he often reminisces about these days! Tells us all about his shunting days and times on the trains! Thanks for a great video!

Is the missing rail due to metal thieves? That was my first suspicion, but you could have removed it officially to do repairs elsewhere. I was going to ask how far you could take a light locomotive & brake-van. It seems you could get to Eastgate. Is that right?

So sad to see line like that. I can remember cement trains using it. Wish it could be brought into use again

The video was uploaded 12 years ago. A joy to watch.

Fascinating, we live where the timber storage yards were. Looking on old maps a siding runs diagonally through what is now our back garden

He says it's a class 31 is not it's a class 24

It's a travesty that this beautiful and scenic stretch of line is being allowed to decay.

I was pleased to see Ayton station and yard which I used to visit occasionally back in the 1970/1980s and well remember penmanshiel tunnel collapsing in which 2 local lads died. Interesting to see the old cement works at Oxwell mains prior to it being modernised. I used to wonder how anyone could live in the local cottages there as they were permanently under a grey cement dust and not so good for the lungs. Thanks for sharing video appreciate it.

Noticing the 03 in the shunt neck at Berwick put shudders down my spine. Memories of ferrying 03s from Gateshead to Tweedmouth and Berwickback passenger in the1970s and return the next day. Usually when on 06:00 control orders.

I thought it was starting with the theme tune to Bonanza!

lose the music and give us a bit of commentary about weardale

5:05 did anyone bring a hrdge trimmer?

Thank you for the footage a place close to my heart.

What a fabulous video. Come on Weardale Railway it is time to restore the railway all the way to where the track runs out and then onwards to Westgate or Weardale itself.

is there one of north closing and the staithes?

Amazing look back at some of the old branch line. thank you for filming this for future enthusiasts....best wishes Tony

Excellent video.

no 8K UHD?? what crap is this!!

Superb, brilliant commentary.

That's begging to be turned into a preservation line

Two bodies, a JCB and a dumper truck to be precise.

Lovely nostalgic film. It's a shame this branch, and a lot like it, have gone forever. And not forgetting the J27. Thanks for sharing it.

i did not know wickham trolleys could go that fast lol.

did u say that the dead bodies of two work men r still buried in the tunnel that collapsed???

is this u who is talking driving the train in the vid

lose the so called music that & the irratic film speed spoiled it completely

Hi Ken I wonder if you had any footage of my dad Frank Milburn who was a fireman at blyth,I also rode the wannie line on the footplate to west woodburn around my 9th birthday with my dad . I think it was august 11th 1966.a lot of people where taking film as I remember

Interesting to see this, but oh dear! The constant speeding up and slowing down was vertigo inducing and the least said about the speeded up handheld section the better.

that's pretty cool to see unthank road level crossing get opened for once, normally there's no train there cos the line is closed and trains only run up to stanhope

Gone but not forgotten..a great shame that all these rural country lines closed in the 60s by Beeching!

What's the music used at the beginning please?

Nice vid are they planning on re-using this stretch of track?

Great to hear a real Morpethian accent. As a native of the town, it's great to delve into it's past.

I'm guessing my dad may have known those lines Ian Wilson.

Kens a living legend!

absolute gem..............Cheers

Fabulous. I am publishing my Mother-in-law's memoirs of her childhood holidays in Woodburn. She was born in 1922 and grew up in Blyth. You can find the blog by searching for elaineleighton on Blogger.

Yay! Nice to hear an accent from home. Quite moving in a wistful kind of way. I did a school project at the start of my last year in junior school - it was about the last run of the Wansbeck Piper in October 66. It's nice to see a bit of film that shows the reality of the line, rather than the jam-packed last day when everyone, of course, somewhat late in the day, realised what they were about to lose.

Hoi I'm Scottish and I understood every word the gentleman was saying.

Great video!

Fantastic video! Thanks for putting it on UA-cam :) Hoggy

My Late Father Tommy Barlow Worked On These Lines With Ken Hedley

Great vid..but that was a class 25 on the ballast near ayton! Magic stuff!

Fantastic old footage.