Date: 11/04/2011

Two Mark 1 railway carriages are being moved hundreds of miles to a museum in Northumberland. The coaches are being transported from Okehampton in Devon, with the first scheduled to arrive at The Heritage Centre in Bellingham on Tuesday.

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Railway coaches return to museum

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Northumberland museum gets a blast from the past this week when its old Mark 1 railway coaches return to the site.

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The former Bellingham station in September 2003, seen from the doorway of Bellingham Heritage Centre. The station building is in use as council offices. At the far end of the platform the old goods shed still stands, with the base of the former stone signal box, now converted for use as a store, just visible in the council yard beyond the fence. See image [[45381]]
Location: Bellingham (North Tyne)
Company: Border Counties Railway
24/09/2003 John Furnevel

The station building at Bellingham (closed to passengers in October 1956) standing on the single platform. Photographed in May 2006.
Location: Bellingham (North Tyne)
Company: Border Counties Railway
25/05/2006 Clive Barlow

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