Date: 08/05/2011

A 19th Century railway viaduct which has been shut for more than 50 years is being brought back to life in the depths of Northumberland this summer.

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Scenic railway viaduct to reopen

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A 19th Century railway viaduct which has been shut for more than 50 years is being brought back to life in Northumberland this summer.

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Photograph taken in Border Counties territory in the late 1960s, showing part of the magnificent Kielder Viaduct with the photographer's car (a 1968 Cortina Mk 2) parked in the foreground (or vice versa).
Location: Kielder Viaduct
Company: Border Counties Railway
// Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Kielder Viaduct looking northwest on 7 November 2007.
Location: Kielder Viaduct
Company: Border Counties Railway
07/11/2007 John Furnevel

The northern extremities of Kielder Water seen looking south from the ramparts of Kielder Viaduct on the former Border Counties Railway on 7 November 2007. At 200 billion litres, Kielder is the largest man made lake in Europe.
Location: Kielder Viaduct
Company: Border Counties Railway
07/11/2007 John Furnevel

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