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406]
or the Boulby line and the smaller on is for Skinningrove BSC Works.

BELOW: Tod Point Jn heading for Redcar Bulk Terminals, the disused former R

Redcar Mineral Terminal Arrival and Departure Lines are in the foreground.

BELOW: Further along the branch the scene is changing with demolition of the

e Works; the Sinter Plant is left (since blown up) and the Blast Furnace right.

BELOW: The Bulk Terminals, (the old Iron Ore and Coke Terminals - the Mine

eral Terminal was off photo left). Once there were many more tracks here.

BELOW: Returning from the terminals with 66198 on the Ore Departure Line,

approaching Tod Point Jn - the Arrival Line (right) was done on our arrival.

BELOW: Left is Member No1 (who, when asked what he thought of the tour, s

said: ''One word ……….……… excellent'') with your Treasurer, Ian Mortimer.





PREVIOUS: Our youngest steward, Archie Lewis, is clearly enjoying the tour.

BELOW: Back at York in the evening. NEXT: Martyn 'Mapman' Brailsford.









PREVIOUS: No caption needed, really; our Fixtures Secretary, Kev Adlam

m looks very pensive. BELOW: Rebecca & Michelle from Martin House.

BELOW: Our member and railway photographer/

/journalist Iain Scotchman (left) at the buffet.

This aims to be a summary and explain the route in complex/less familiar areas. T&T = 'Top and Tail'.

.70016 + 66955 & 66010 (T&T). Doncaster P4 - 1st X/O to Down Fast - Marshgate Jn - Down Main - Colton
North Ladder - Down Leeds - Holgate Jn - Down Slow (York Avoiding Line) - York Yard North - York Yard
North No1 - Skelton Jn - Down Slow - Thirsk P2 - Down Slow - Longlands Jn - Northallerton P2 - Yarm P2 -
Stockton Cut Jn - Bowesfield Jn - Thornaby East Jn - Down Arrival/Up Departure - Tees Yard Departure
Road 8 (12m 39ch) .DETACH 70016 & 66955, ATTACH 60092 TO FRONT; 60092 &:66010 T&T. - Transfer
Line 3 - Tees Up Yard Road 21 (12m 59ch) (rev) - Long Link (east of the yard) - Up Goods No2 - Thornaby
East Jn - Bowesfield Jn - Hartburn Jn - Hartlepool South Works Arrival/Departure - 0m 28ch - Plate Sidings
Road B13 (second from mainline) - 0m 62ch - Old Quadway Loop left hand Line - Dumb End Loop, left
line, to 1m 79ch (REV) - 20" Pipe Mill end of line (23ch from points) - Dumb End Loop left Line - end of
line 2m 08ch (rev) - as outward - Old Quadway Loop left line - Plate Sidings Road B12 (nearest mainline)
- Norton South Jn - Hartburn Jn - Bowesfield Jn - Down Saltburn (formerly Down Main initially) - Down
Saltburn Fast - Down Saltburn (both were Down Main) - South Bank Jn - Down Goods - Beam Mill Line -
Lackenby approach loop left line - Slag Road Level Crossing - Lackenby No2 Grid - Siding No7 (7th from Up
Main) to 19m 49ch, .DETACH 60092 and 66010; .ATTACH BSC:loco 'Ed Murray' No39 (RR 10255). -
Lackenby No4 Grid bypass line, clear of X/O to works lines 19m 73ch (rev) - X/O to Works Lines - 2nd X/O
between the level crossings to left hand Line - Teesside Beam Mill - right hand Loop Line - Teesside
Beam Mill, to site of run round loop removed points, 66ch from No4 Grid bypass reversal (rev) - return to
Lackenby No4 Grid bypass line 19m 73ch (rev) - No4 Grid bypass - shunt towards No2 Grid .DETACH.
.10255, ATTACH 60092 + 66198 to front in tandem. - Siding No9 (through upper short loop line, 9th
across from the Up Main) - Lackenby approach loop left line - Slag Road Level Crossing - Beam Mill Jn -
Up Goods - South Bank Jn - Up Saltburn (previously Up Main) - Middlesbrough P1 (break).

.66094 & 66198 T&T. Middlesbrough P2 - Down Main - Down Skinningrove - Crag Hall - NR boundary
(first LC on TRACKmaps 2 p48A 2020) 34m 18ch (rev) - Up Main - Grangetown Jn - Down Goods clear of
18m 68ch (rev) - Down Main - Redcar Ore Terminal Jn - Ore Arrival Line - terminal single line (right of
former Coke Pad) - signal box site - left hand Loading Line ('A' Line) 21m 71ch to the headshunt points
.DETACH 66094. (rev) .66198. - Ore Departure Line - Up Main - Whitehouse Jn - Up Saltburn Slow (was
Up Goods) - Newport East Jn - Up Saltburn - Bowesfield Jn - Stockton Cut Jn - Yarm P1 - Up Longlands
Loop - Thirsk P1 - Up Slow - Tollerton - Up Fast - Skelton Bridge Jn - Up Slow - Skelton Jn - Down Fast -
0m 19ch - Up Fast - York P3 - Marshgate Jn - Down Fast - 2nd X/O to Down Slow - Doncaster P4.

:Details must be checked:..1406 CONNECTIONS (Paul Stewart) [email protected] .Please mention BLN.

1986] 26-28 Aug 10.00-17.00; Barrow Hill Roundhouse 150+2 Gala: Celebrating the Roundhouses's 150th
anniversary; it became a museum in 1998. Home and visiting locos in the Roundhouse and yard with cab
visits, train rides on the Springwell branch, turntable demonstrations, Deltic Preservation Society depot
tours, railway trade/society stalls, food & drink stands, historical enactments of Roundhouse characters &
children's activities. Adult £15; Child £8; Family £44 (2A&3C) on the door or https://bit.ly/3Jgiesh (with fee).

1987] London Transport Museum Hidden London: https://bit.ly/3xogDKV more dates are now available
to book and a new Shepherd's Bush walking tour. It opened in 1900, the Western terminus of the new
Central London Railway. This cut through the centre of London linking the western suburbs with the City.
From Shepherd's Bush, passengers could catch a tram to go further on one ticket, making it West London's
most important transport hub in the early 20th century. The station has had several renovations and
upgrades, so it is almost unrecognisable from the original. Behind closed doors and grilles, the old station
corridors and lift shafts are still there. Visit one of the best examples of original Central line design, learn
about the line's history, the third deep Tube railway to be built in London, see the engineering behind
cooling the famously warm line and how these passageways were used in unexpected ways 80 years ago.

CONTACT DETAILS: See BLN 1397 or full list in BLN 1350 (18 Apr 2020) on our website or via BLN Editor:
●Editor: Paul Stewart [email protected] 4 Clarence Close, MALVERN, WR14 3HX 01684 562862 07790 652351.
●Bookings: Mark Gomm [email protected] 84 Mornington Road, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 6EL 07983 541887.
●Sales: Graeme Jolley [email protected] Dolbryn, Penegoes, MACHYNLLETH, Powys, SY20 8NN. 07484 646542.
● MAPS: By permission of National Library of Scotland http://maps.nls.uk/index.html ●Printed by Willow Printing & Design Ltd

[email protected] 75/79 Back Cross Lane, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9YE 01925 222449.
●Published by the Branch Line Society, 10 Sandringham Rd, STOKE GIFFORD, BS34 8NP.

X.158] BLS Niedersachsen Explorer (9-11 Sep) UPDATE: With thanks to our organiser, Paul Griffin.
Note that from the timings received it is not always possible to identify departure or arrival times.
Timings in italics are connections to or from the tour. We appear to have most of what we wanted, but
are requesting clarification in some areas. The rules on masks in Germany change frequently, no one
knows what the situation will be, but our organisers' approach is that unless requested by the
authorities, they do not require masks to be worn on our railtour. Spaces remain see website to book.

Lüneburg P4 d 09.30.. Friday 9 September 2022
Lüneburg Hafen.. 10.00.. railtour starts
Lüneburg 10.30..
Bleckede Hafen and Bleckede Süd
Bleckede a 11.30.. Industry West (to Coca Cola factory line; blocked beyond.)
d 12.30..
Lbg DB a 13.30.. railtour terminates
d 15.00..
Hützel
Winsen (Süd) 16.30..
a 18.00..

Winsen DB d 18.20..
Lüneburg a 18.33..

Saturday 10 September 2022

Lüneburg d 09.28 or 09.32.. Soltau (Süd).. a 13.00..
Winsen DB a 09.38 or 09.47.. d 14.00..
a 15.00..
Winsen (Süd) (railtour starts).. d 10.00.. Bergen* d 16.00..
Niedermarschacht  11.00.. a 17.30..
Celle (tour terminates) d 18.08..
Winsen (Süd) a 11.30.. Celle DB a 19.24..
d 11.45.. Lüneburg

Includes Tönnhausen Hafen. *It is unclear if we shall be permitted to do any of the branch to Bergen
Lagerbahnhof following receipt of this email (extract, translated into English): The journeys on
September 10th, 2022 to Bergen (b Celle) camp station CANNOT be carried out, as passenger journeys
are prohibited on this section of the route. Please take this into account when planning. However, our
German organisers have allowed an hour here so that they can try and travel at least part of the
branch, but obviously not to the Camp station.

Sunday 11 September 2022

Lüneburg d 08.34.. Beckedorf a 15.30.

Uelzen a 08.56.. Munster (Örtze)‡. a 17.00.

.d 09.09.. Lüneburg 21.00.

Celle .a 09.46.. or earlier on service trains:

Celle (railtour) .d 10.00.. Munster (Örtze) d 18.21.

Wittingen DB**. .a 12.00.. Uelzen a 18.52.

.d 12.30.. d 19.01.

Celle Nord 14.30.. Lüneburg a 19.24.

**Includes Wittingen Hafen. ‡The possibility of visiting the former station at Emminger Weg (outside
the military area) is being investigated. Time is available for this. All times may be subject to change.