Recent post by Alex Coomber on TRAIN SIDING.

Alex CoomberThe South Tyne Trail.
It opened in 1852. It closed in 1976.
Haltwhistle to Alston.
Haltwhistle, Featherstone, Coanwood, Lambley, Slaggyford and Alston.
Built to serve collieries and lead mines in the South Tyne Valley. The steeply graded 13 mile Haltwhistle to Alston Branch Line was opened by the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway in 1852. Featuring the graceful Lambley Viaduct. The railway finally closed in 1976. But since then. The entire route has been reopened as a footpath and cycleway while the southern section has also been reopened as a Narrow Gauge Railway.