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9th April 1970

On Thursday 09/04/1970, a 4-car DMU, with Class 104 driving vehicles (rear is still in green livery) and Class 101 centre trailers, calls at Boldon Colliery, then in Co. Durham, with 1620 Newcastle-Sunderland. South Gosforth had four Class 104 DMCs on this date which would leave in October / December 1970. Graeme Phillips Collection.

19th July 1983

E53212 E54381 arriving at Boldon Colliery (Tyneside) with the 14:55 Newcastle-Sunderland on 19/07/1983. In the background, the horizon is dominated by Monkton Coke Works. Boldon Colliery station was renamed Brockley Whins in 1991, and it became part of the Tyne & Wear Metro system when the Sunderland extension was opened in 2002. Graeme Phillips Collection.

19th July 1983

Cars E54365 E53164 are just about to enter Boldon Colliery station, Tyne & Wear, with the 07:39 Middlesbrough-Newcastle on 19/07/1983. Behind the train is a bridge carrying the line from Tyne Dock to Consett, which crossed the Newcastle-Sunderland line at what was known as Pontop Crossing - in this view, it is still protected by semaphore signals, but these were replaced in the mid-1980s. Boldon Colliery station was renamed Brockley Whins in 1991, and it became part of the Tyne & Wear Metro system when the Sunderland extension was opened in 2002. Graeme Phillips Collection.

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