Bellingham Heritage Centre hopes train will boost tourism [The Journal]
Date: 15/04/2011
He had the task of transporting a 66ft long, 32-tonne 1950s railway carriage on the back of his wagon more than 400 miles from Okehampton in Devon to Bellingham in Northumberland.
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The Journal
Railway Coaches Return to Station Yard, Bellingham, Northumberland. Part 1
Neil Denham Video
This video, by Neil Denham of Bellingham, shows the arrival of a Mk 1 railway coach at the Heritage Centre at Bellingham on Wednesday 13 April 2011. The coac...
Railway Coaches return to Station Yard, Bellingham, Northumberland. Part 2
Video Pt 2
The second of two Mark 1 railway coaches arrives by road from Okehampton, Devon, to The Heritage Centre at Bellingham, Northumberland. The coaches will be us...
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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
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
Location: Bellingham (North Tyne)
Company: Border Counties Railway
25/05/2006 Clive Barlow
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Tags: x Bellingham Heritage Centre x Bellingham (North Tyne) x Okehampton
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| 12/02/2014 | Network Rail denies Dawlish plan [Railnews] |
| 10/02/2014 | Network Rail chooses Dawlish alternative route [BBC News] |
| 11/04/2011 | Old railway coaches return to Northumberland museum [BBC] |
