Date: 24/04/2013

A HERITAGE railway could soon be hauling trains into the county town of North Yorkshire. Plans to build a new temporary railway platform at Romanby, Northallerton, for the Wensleydale Railway are expected to be given the go-ahead by local councillors. The platform made of scaffolding and boarding - would be on railway land to the south-east of the line, accessed via Springwell Lane. And it would allow the Leeming-based railway to realise its long-held dream of taking services into Northallerton. [From Richard Buckby]

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Heritage railway looks to Northallerton

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A HERITAGE railway could soon be hauling trains into the county town of North Yorkshire.

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The race track is the unofficial name given to Britains longest straight stretch of main line, being that part of the ECML covering the 30 miles or so betweeen Northallerton and York, of which two thirds is almost dead straight. View is from the down platform at Northallerton on 3 October 2008 as a Freightliner class 66 heads south towards York with coal hoppers. The train is signalled for the up slow line beyond the platform.
Location: Northallerton
Company: Great North of England Railway
03/10/2008 John Furnevel

The level crossing that took the Northallerton - Garsdale line across the old A1. View east towards Northallerton at Leeming Bar in 1982.
Location: Leeming Bar
Company: Bedale Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway)
/02/1982 John McIntyre

Hawes station. N.E.R. 0.4.4T 67331 arriving from Northallerton.
Location: Hawes
Company: Hawes Branch (Midland Railway)
// G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow