Aln Valley Railway Society

Akeld

  • NT 956300
  • 24ml 63ch
  • 02/05/1887 Opened for Goods
  • 05/09/1887 Opened to Passengers)
  • 1901 Signal box closed and replaced by dwarf frame in the station veranda.
  • 22/09/1930 Passenger service withdrawn.
  • 29/03/1965 Closed

 

 

 

 

Akeld viewed from the road (A697) bridge looking east towards Wooler, 1964. (J Fleming Collection)

 

 

 

 

Akeld viewed from the east. (Unknown)

 

 

 

 

The veranda extension which housed the dwarf frame at Akeld. (Unknown)

BR Standard Class 2MT 2-6-0 No 78025 at Akeld. The engine carries the headboard for the Oxford University Railway Society Easter Tour 1964 conveyed in an additional brake van.(Robert Goundry)

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