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27/01/2022 Further calls for Scotland-England timber traffic [RailFreight.com] UK timber extraction by rail lags behind European practice, but campaigners propose changes that would help redress the balance. Major reserves on the border between England and Scotland are maturing, and environmental and legal considerations are challenging the current preference for road delivery. The industry, however, has yet to be convinced. (Permalink) BSW Campaign for Borders Rail Carlisle Georgemas Junction Kielder Kronospan Railfreight Chester West Junction: Colas Rail 66843 gets the right of way from Chester Station at 17.30 on 11 May to access the coast line to Saltney Junction on a lengthy timber working to Kronospan at Chirk. This was the second worki ... David Pesterfield 11/05/2010 Georgemas Junction: Close up of the wagon loading equipment in use for the trial timber trains at Georgemas Junction, seen on 4th August 2020. Victa Railfreight 04/08/2020 Kielder Forest: A photograph taken looking north from the now infilled bridge towards Kielder station in 1950 with the Border Counties line heading for Riccarton Junction. Opened in 1862, the station was renamed Kiel ... Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1950 RailFreight.com
08/05/2011 Kielder scenic railway viaduct to reopen [BBC News] 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. (Permalink) Kielder Kielder Viaduct Kielder Viaduct: Kielder Viaduct looking northwest on 7 November 2007. John Furnevel 07/11/2007 Kielder Viaduct: 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 larges ... John Furnevel 07/11/2007 Kielder Viaduct: 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 ver ... Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) // BBC News