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Weardale Railway - Definition

The Weardale Railway was set up to operate trains along the once North Eastern Railway branch from Bishop Auckland to Wearhead in County Durham. The first train along the railway since it was set up as a preserved railway ran in July 2004.

Locomotives

  • Diesel Locomotives
    • BR Bo-Bo Class 20 no. 20189 - on hire from RT Rail
  • Diesel Multiple Units
    • BR Class 141 units 141103 and 141110

External links

British Heritage and Private Railways
England

Appleby - Avon Valley - Barrow Hill - Battlefield Line - Birmingham Rly. Mus. - Bluebell - Bodmin & Wenford - Bowes - Bredgar & Wormhill - Buckinghamshire Rly. Centre - Bure Valley - Chasewater - Chinnor & Princes Risborough - Cholsey & Wallingford - Churnet Valley - Cleethorpes - Colne Valley - Coventry - Dartmoor - Dean Forest - Derwent Valley - Didcot - East Anglian Rly. Mus. - East Kent - East Lancs. - East Somerset - Ecclesbourne Valley - Eden Valley - Embsay - Epping-Ongar - Foxfield - Glos. Warks. - Great Central - Isle of Wight - Keighley - Kent & East Sussex - Lakeside & Haverthwaite - Lappa Valley - Launceston - Lavender - Leighton Buzzard - Lincolnshire Wolds - Lynton & Barnstaple - Mangapps Rly. Mus. - Mid-Hants - Mid-Norfolk - Mid-Suffolk - Middleton - Midland Rly. Centre - National Rly. Mus. - Nene Valley - North Norfolk - North Tyneside - North Yorkshire Moors - Northampton & Lamport - Northampton Ironstone - Paignton & Dartmouth - Peak - Plym Valley - Ravenglass & Eskdale - Ribble - Romsey, Hythe & Dymchurch - Rutland - Seaton Tramway - Severn Valley - Sittingbourne - Somerset & Dorset - South Devon - South Tynedale - Spa Valley - Swanage - Swidon & Cricklade - Telford - Walthamstow - Weardale - Wensleydale - West Somerset - Wisbech & March

Scotland

Alford Valley - Bo'ness & Kinneil - Caledonian (Brechin) - Keith & Dufftown - Leadhills & Wanlockhead - Isle of Mull - Royal Deeside - Scottish Industrial Rly. Centre - Strathspey

Wales

Bala Lake - Brecon Mountain - Bridgend Valley - Cambrian Rly. Soc. - Cambrian Rly. Trust - Corris - Fairbourne - Ffestiniog - Gwili - Llanberris Lake - Llangollen - Pontypool & Blaenarvon - Rhyl - Snowdon Mountain - Swansea Vale - Talyllyn - Vale of Glamorgan - Vale of Rheidol - Welsh Highland - Welshpool & Llanfair

Isle of Man

Douglas Horse Tram - Groudle Glen - IoM Steam - Manx Electric - Snaefell

Channel Islands

Alderney Railway

Northern Ireland

Donegal - Downpatrick - Giant's Causeway

Example Usage of Weardale
curiouspidge: @GIRL_GEEKS_NE Checking #uksnow reports to see if I'll be able to get home for Xmas - are you anywhere near Weardale?
jaygow: Weardale is truly snowed in!! no cars are getting up Harperley Bank, our only road out of here!!
thekitparade: All of Weardale seems to be on the 101 to Stanhope. But it's under control, I'm armed with tea & gingerbread.
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