Route of horse-drawn (blue) and rope-operated (red) wagonway sections, locations of collieries (circles) and archeological survey (green box)
Overview
Other name(s)
Brunton and Shields Railway
Service
Type
Coal wagonway
History
Opened
About 1826 (About 1826)
Closed
1920 (1920)
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Old gauge
4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) Scotch gauge[1]
The Seaton Burn Wagonway (originally known as the Brunton and Shields Railway) was from 1826 to 1920 a partially horse-drawn and partially rope-operated industrial railway with a gauge of 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) near Newcastle upon Tyne.
^Wood, Philip N. (2010). "Excavation on the Brunton and Shields Railway at Weetslade, North Tyneside". Industrial Archaeology Review. XXXII (2): 77–90. doi:10.1179/174581910X12817815916366. S2CID 110346408.
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