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Newcastle and Gateshead councils approve Network Rail's plan to start the £4m work this summer.
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High Level Bridge: The High Level bridge, among others, at 12.20 in the morning. It may be hard to find remains of the tunnel from Manors, but the Quayside is a buzzing location 24/7.
Ken Strachan 26/07/2021


High Level Bridge: The road deck of the High Level Bridge is briefly quiet as a Pacer trundles above, nearing the end of its run from Middlesbrough to Newcastle on 26th June 2017.
Mark Bartlett 26/06/2017


High Level Bridge: Three tracks and three trains on the High Level Bridge in 1987. 3-car and 2-car Met-Cams pass a light engine Class 31 above the River Tyne.
Bill Roberton //1987

If approved work could take place on the iconic Victorian landmark between August and next March.
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High Level Bridge: Newcastle's High Level Bridge in 1986, with an ECML HST passing over.
Bill Roberton //1986


High Level Bridge: The High Level bridge, among others, at 12.20 in the morning. It may be hard to find remains of the tunnel from Manors, but the Quayside is a buzzing location 24/7.
Ken Strachan 26/07/2021


High Level Bridge: Three tracks and three trains on the High Level Bridge in 1987. 3-car and 2-car Met-Cams pass a light engine Class 31 above the River Tyne.
Bill Roberton //1987

In tonight's episode (Monday, 13 September) of 'The Architecture the Railways Built', presenter Tim Dunn explores the history of Newcastle's High Level Bridge which spans the river Tyne.
(Permalink) Ballochmyle Viaduct High Level Bridge Laigh Milton Viaduct Newcastle The Architecture the Railways Built Tim Dunn


High Level Bridge: The road deck of the High Level Bridge is briefly quiet as a Pacer trundles above, nearing the end of its run from Middlesbrough to Newcastle on 26th June 2017.
Mark Bartlett 26/06/2017


Laigh Milton Viaduct: Looking across the historic Laigh Milton Viaduct in October 2020. It spans the River Irvine, five miles west of Kilmarnock. Built by the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway in 1812 it closed in 1846 when the ...
John Yellowlees 24/10/2020


Ballochmyle Viaduct: Caley Jumbo 57359 crossing Ballochmyle Viaduct on 4 August 1951 with a relief mineral train from Barony Pit.
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 04/08/1961

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