Date: 20/01/2013

PLANS for a heritage trail along the old railway line between Barnard Castle and West Auckland are being revived. A previous attempt to launch a South West Durham Heritage Corridor based around the railway line stalled in 2008.

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Plans backed for heritage trail on old railway line

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PLANS for a heritage trail along the old railway line between Barnard Castle and West Auckland are being revived.

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67636 at West Auckland on 13 October 1962, some 4 months after the station had lost its passenger service. The V3 had worked into nearby West Auckland Colliery on the first stage of the Durham Railtour which it had handed over to B16 no 61418.
Location: West Auckland
Company: Stockton and Darlington Railway
13/10/1962 K A Gray

The trackbed of the Bishop Auckland - Barnard Castle line in a cutting on the western edge of Cockfield Fell, looking south west in September 2010. The general formation and cutting sides still look fairly neat, given the photograph was taken 58 years after closure.
Location: Cockfield
Company: Stockton and Darlington Railway
13/09/2010 Brian Taylor

NER 0.4.4T 67258 on Middleton-in-Teesdale train at Barnard Castle.
Location: Barnard Castle
Company: Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway
13/04/1951 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow