Looking down the last traceable section of the waggonway. From here the route has been built on. But it would have run alongside what is today Chester Road. A bridge dating from 1855 which carried the waggonway over one of the access roads into Bish
Looking east from near the summit of Foxcover bank in the direction of the last photo. The trees towards the centre of the above image are the ones in the previous image. A short walk from the summit lies Hastings Hill, where a Prehistoric burial si
The site of Foxcover engine in March 2021. The waggonway would have run right to left at this location. The A19 cuts through the course of the waggonway near here. To follow the waggonway from here, you must cross the road bridge in the picture, the
The trackbed running through Foxcover plantation/black woods. This shot is looking back up Foxcover bank towards Foxcover engine. A junction existed near here where a short line ran to Cummings Quarry.
The quarry can still be seen to this day, but there is no trace of the line that served it. If you are heading down the incline in the direction of Herrington the quarry can be seen on the right.
A section of "Fish bellied" rail found just off the trackbed of the waggonway. This type of track was laid on square stones instead of long wooden sleepers. Many early railways were built using this type of track.
The approximate site of Herrington Engine and coal depot, located at the foot of Foxcover bank. From here, the course of the waggonway has been lost under Herrington park. But the course can be picked up again on the western edge near the miner’s me
The miner’s memorial sits roughly on the site of Herrington pit, which opened in 1874 and closed in 1985. The waggonway east from here closed in around 1870, but the section from here heading west remained open as part of the Lambton, Hetton & J
The next major point of interest on the route is the Lambton engine works at Philadelphia. Today, a lot of the former buildings still stand. But, the area has been sold for redevelopment. An old shed complete with its original shed doors. This can
The locomotive erecting shop. This part of the works is private-land the picture was taken from the trackbed which passes alongside the works. Even after closure of the Lambton system in the mid 1980s the works remained open to repair locomotives fr
Between the erecting shop and running sheds (pictured above) lay Newbottle Colliery/ Neasham main Colliery/ Dorothea pit. It was open from 1816 to 1956. Sadly, the above sheds were demolished in around 2017. They did not only house industrial engine
In 1995 the remains of a wooden waggonway were discovered close to the site of Firebrick works, which was once part of the extensive colliery complex which occupied Elba park. The above sculpture shows what was discovered. The tracks have since been
The two tunnels at Riverside park. The left-hand tunnel was from the Penshaw Branch, which replaced the Lambton Waggonway. The right hand came from the Hetton colliery railway.
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