Looking north to Fishburn coke works, possibly in the 1970s |
1961 OS map showing the East Coast Main line, Teesside route, & the colliery branch to Fishburn at top right. (Incidentally, note Sedgefield station 3 miles from its village) (National Library of Scotland) |
A 1950s Hunslet diesel on a train at Fishburn |
A colliery wheel as a reminder of Fishburn's former industrial life |
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The map also shows the trackbed of the N.E.R. branch from the Ferryhill-Stockton line (crossing the East Coast Main Line) to Windlestone Colliery, just south of Chilton. A bit of the trackbed can be glimpsed from trains today. I wonder if the line (and Windlestone Colliery) was ever photographed.
According to the Durham Mining Museum, which has a photo of the colliery, (http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/w018.htm) Windlestone Colliery closed in 1924. I don't remember & can't find any shots in books. Google shows 1 or 2 of the colliery but none of the railway. Ask the Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust.
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