Recent post by Alex Coomber on TRAIN SIDING.

Alex Coomber Alex Coomber on Train Siding: As part of the new electrification scheme of the line after the Second World War. The second single bore 308yd long Thurgoland
Tunnel was...

Alex Coomber on Train Siding: As part of the new electrification scheme of the line after the Second World War. The second single bore 308yd long Thurgoland
Tunnel was...

As part of the new electrification scheme of the line after the Second World War. The second single bore 308yd long Thurgoland Tunnel was built by the LNER in 1947 and completed by the new British Railways in 1948. It is now used by walkers and cyclists on the Trans Pennine Trail.