I can also confirm, this is definitely Croxdale viaduct and Burn Hall in the background. I live close by and earlier today I took a copy of this picture in hand and stood on what I believe to be the actual spot this picture was taken from. I found it quite interesting. I would have loved to have taken a replica picture myself for comparison purposes, but the view of the bridge from that particular vantage point is now completely obscured by a hillside full of well established 40 – 50 foot high evergreens. The trees were clearly not around in those earlier days of the photograph. Now intrigued, I will research further for my own amusement. Thanks to all contributors, and a special thanks to that camera man/woman?
This is Croxdale viaduct where the main east coast line crosses the river Wear about 3 miles south west of Durham City centre. The camera in this view is pointing roughly northwards. The village of Sunderland Bridge is about 1/2 Mile eastwards on the other side of the main A167 (formerly A1) route. The fine building in the background is Burn Hall which until recently was a roman catholic retreat but has since been converted into private dwellings.
I am not sure of the location. However the locomotive seams to be accelerating so that would support Graeme Cooks view that it is the south side of Sunderland Bridge Viaduct, the train would be accelerating after the slow for Durham station and the sharp curve of the viaduct immedeately afer the station. The train is very interesting, it is a Pullman train, there were only two Pullmans per day The Tees-Tyne Pullman this train departed Darlington at around 10:00 a.m. and The Queen of Scots Pullman this train departed Darlington at around 3:00p.m..The Norhbound trains left Darlington at about 5:30p.m. for The Queen of Scots and about 9:00p.m. for The Tees-Tyne. Every time I saw tha Tees-Tyne steam hauled it was always a Kings Cross based A-4, every time I saw the Queen of Scots steam hauled it was a Leeds Neville Hill A-3. Looking at the photograph I feel the locomotive has a coal-rail rather than a high sided tender, so if the train is the southbound Queen of Scots the locomotive could be either 60036 Colombo, 60074 Harvester or 60081 Shotover, Neville Hills other A-3″s having high sided tenders.
Yes, Dave Summerfield – it is not Yarm. Not sure where it is. There appears to be quite a nice building in the background. I do know, however, that the steam engine is an A3.
Was Croxdale Hall / Burn Hall ever used as a Maternity Hospital in the 1940s
I can also confirm, this is definitely Croxdale viaduct and Burn Hall in the background. I live close by and earlier today I took a copy of this picture in hand and stood on what I believe to be the actual spot this picture was taken from. I found it quite interesting. I would have loved to have taken a replica picture myself for comparison purposes, but the view of the bridge from that particular vantage point is now completely obscured by a hillside full of well established 40 – 50 foot high evergreens. The trees were clearly not around in those earlier days of the photograph. Now intrigued, I will research further for my own amusement. Thanks to all contributors, and a special thanks to that camera man/woman?
This is Croxdale viaduct where the main east coast line crosses the river Wear about 3 miles south west of Durham City centre. The camera in this view is pointing roughly northwards. The village of Sunderland Bridge is about 1/2 Mile eastwards on the other side of the main A167 (formerly A1) route. The fine building in the background is Burn Hall which until recently was a roman catholic retreat but has since been converted into private dwellings.
I am not sure of the location. However the locomotive seams to be accelerating so that would support Graeme Cooks view that it is the south side of Sunderland Bridge Viaduct, the train would be accelerating after the slow for Durham station and the sharp curve of the viaduct immedeately afer the station. The train is very interesting, it is a Pullman train, there were only two Pullmans per day The Tees-Tyne Pullman this train departed Darlington at around 10:00 a.m. and The Queen of Scots Pullman this train departed Darlington at around 3:00p.m..The Norhbound trains left Darlington at about 5:30p.m. for The Queen of Scots and about 9:00p.m. for The Tees-Tyne. Every time I saw tha Tees-Tyne steam hauled it was always a Kings Cross based A-4, every time I saw the Queen of Scots steam hauled it was a Leeds Neville Hill A-3. Looking at the photograph I feel the locomotive has a coal-rail rather than a high sided tender, so if the train is the southbound Queen of Scots the locomotive could be either 60036 Colombo, 60074 Harvester or 60081 Shotover, Neville Hills other A-3″s having high sided tenders.
Yes Dave, I am sure you are right. It is Sunderland Bridge viaduct taken from the South and the building in the background is Burn Hall.
Dave you are almost certainly correct that this is Croxdale/Sunderland Bridge Viaduct. The building in the background looks like Croxdale Hall
Yes, Dave Summerfield – it is not Yarm. Not sure where it is. There appears to be quite a nice building in the background. I do know, however, that the steam engine is an A3.
This is not Yarm viaduct – it could be Sunderland Bridge viaduct near Durham.
Even from a distance I can tell this is an A3. The “Flying Scotsman” perhaps?