Reedsmouth
A panoramic view of Reedsmouth from the south-east in the early 1900s.
- NY 865820
- 002/09/1861 Opened
- 15/10/1956 Closed (Passengers)
- 01/09/1958 Closed (Goods)
Reedsmouth from the south. The BCR on the left is served by two platforms, the Wansbeck Valley Railway to the right by one. (Unknown)
LNER Class J21 No 5111 with a Riccarton train at Reedsmouth. (Unknown)
Engine shed and coal stage from the south in LNER days. (Unknown)
Class J21 0-6-0 No 65035 on the turntable in 1952. (Unknown)
Border Counties platforms looking north. (Unknown)
Class J21 No 65042 with a train for Scotsgap. Note large water tank over station building. (Unknown)
Signal box and station building with water tank above viewed from the south-west. (Unknown)
View of station from the north west, with the Border Counties tracks in the foreground. (E E Smith)
Looking north from the Border Counties platforms with the engine shed in the distance. (E E Smith)
An 8 car DMU at Reedsmouth on an excursion from Newbiggin, via the Wansbeck Valley line, to Bellingham for the Redesdale Show on 22/09/1962. The train is pictured to the south of the station on the Border Counties line during the reversal neccesary to access the line north to Bellingham.
(Brian Johnson)
The 8 car train ex Newbiggin leaving Reedsmouth northbound for Bellingham. (Brian Johnson 1962)
A second DMU, of 4 cars, from Blyth for the Redesdale show on the Wansbeck line Platform.
(Brian Johnson 1962)
The 4 car train ex Blyth approaching the engine shed as it departs for Bellingham.
(Brian Johnson 1962)
Class J27 0-6-0 No 65819 arriving from Bellingham on a good's trip on 13/09/1963. (Brian Johnson)
65819 runs round it's train prior to departure for Morpeth. (Brian Johnson)
Station viewed from the former trackbed of the Border Counties looking south in 2004. The signal box and station building, minus it's water tank, have been converted into houses. (Les Hull).
View looking south between former Border Counties platforms 2004 (Les Hull)
Station viewed from the south in 2007 (Alastair Greason)
The former engine shed has been converted for agricultural use. 2007 (Alastair Greason)
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