Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive


Pre WR photos of Bedale (2)
Here are more photos of Bedale station and surrounding area prior to the Wensleydale Railway taking over the station

Ref - 10777
Photo - Brian Redhead
A wooden oil-lit distant semaphore signal near Bedale (1978)
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Ref - 10777
Photo - Brian Redhead
A wooden oil-lit distant semaphore signal near Bedale (1978)
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Ref - 10779
Photo - Brian Redhead
Special excursion train from York to Redmire passing Bedale Signal Box (17/06/1978)
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Ref - 10780
Photo - Brian Redhead
Special excursion train from York to Redmire at Bedale Station (17/06/1978)
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Ref - 10781
Photo - Brian Redhead
A special train at Bedale Station (--/09/1978)
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Ref - 10782
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Bedale Signal Box (04/10/1978)
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Ref - 10783
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Turnout to Bedale Oil Dock looking west. (04/10/1978)
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Ref - 10784
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Signal Gantry opposite Bedale Station (04/10/1978)
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Ref - 10785
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Signal Gantry opposite Bedale Station (04/10/1978)
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Ref - 10786
Photo - Unknown Photographer
A stone train going through Bedale Station (04/10/1978)
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Ref - 10787
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Loco 47363 with a stone train seen from Bedale Signal Box going towards Redmire (25/10/1978)
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Ref - 10788
Photo - Unknown Photographer
A Home Signal just east of Bedale Station (27/10/1978)
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Ref - 10794
Photo - Brian Redhead
The signal gantry opposite Bedale Station has had it signal arms removed. Date unknown but probably early 1980s (1980s)
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Ref - 10798
Photo - Brian Redhead
A stone train passing Bedale Station. Date unknown, but probably during the 1980s or early 1990s (1980s)
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Ref - 10799
Photo - Brian Redhead
A empty stone train passing Bedale Signal Box and Crossing. Unknown date put probably during the 1980s or early 1990s (1980s)
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Ref - 10800
Photo - Brian Redhead
A stone train passing Bedale Signal Box. Unknown date put probably during the 1980s or early 1990s (1980s)
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Ref - 10801
Photo - Brian Redhead
A maintenance gang's Wickham trolley at Bedale. Date unknown, but probably during the 1980s or early 1990s (1980s)
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Ref - 10793
Photo - Brian Redhead
An old signal post which has been removed from its original location ready to be scrapped. Thought to date from late 1983 (1983)
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Ref - 4289
Photo - David Haxby Collection
Bedale Signal Box (04/12/1983)
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Ref - 4290
Photo - David Haxby Collection
North Eastern Railway elevated shunt signal, Bedale (04/12/1983)
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Ref - 4291
Photo - David Haxby Collection
North Eastern Railway elevated shunt signal, Bedale (04/12/1983)
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Ref - 10795
Photo - Unknown Photographer
A ticket for a Dales Seaside Special Train from Bedale and Northallerton to Scarborough on 27 July 1986 (27/07/1986)
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Ref - 10796
Photo - Brian Redhead
A special excursion DMU train at Bedale station. Undated, but could be the Bedale to Scarborough special of 27 July 1986 (27/07/1986)
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Ref - 10797
Photo - Brian Redhead
A special excursion DMU train at Bedale station. Unidentified, but could be the Bedale to Scarborough special of 27 July 1986 (27/07/1986)
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Ref - 3389
Photo - Nick Whelan
Nick Whelan took this photo of Bedale level crossing and signal box in April 1987, whilst on the last train to go up the dale. (--/04/1987)
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Ref - 3394
Photo - Nick Whelan
Nick Whelan took this photo of the train approaching Bedale in April 1987, whilst on the last train to go up the dale. (--/04/1987)
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Ref - 3395
Photo - Nick Whelan
Nick Whelan took this photo of Bedale crossing in April 1987, whilst on the last train to go up the dale. (--/04/1987)
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Ref - 11340
Photo - Ernie's Railway Archive
Bedale with double headed coal train with 37667 and 37668 (06/12/1988)
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Ref - 11347
Photo - Unknown Photographer
37515 and 37516 pass Bedale signal box with a Limestone train from Redmire in Feb 89 (--/02/1989)
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Ref - 11346
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Bedale station looking rather derelict - early 1990s (99/99/1990)
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Ref - 10803
Photo - Unknown Photographer
An Engineer's Trolley at Bedale (1991)
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Ref - 10804
Photo - Unknown Photographer
A maintenance gang's Wickham Trolley at Bedale (1991)
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Ref - 10805
Photo - Unknown Photographer
The Bedale Signalman preparing to exchange the train staffs for the special excursion train going up the dale to Redmire - Date unknown but probably circa 1991 (1991)
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Ref - 10807
Photo - Unknown Photographer
The special excursion train returning back at Redmire with loco 20028 'Bedale' leading - Date unknown but probably circa 1991 (1991)
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Ref - 10809
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Found scratched into a pane of glass in Bedale signal box, the name T.H.J. Allan with date May 26th 1886. He was a signalman on the line and lived at Bedale. Unfortunately that pane of glass no longer exists (1991)
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Ref - 10802
Photo - Brian Redhead
A stone train passing Bedale Signal Box (01/03/1991)
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Ref - 10810
Photo - Unknown Photographer
The Bedale outer home coming from Leeming Bar (06/07/1991)
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Ref - 10811
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Bedale Station Yard (06/07/1991)
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Ref - 10812
Photo - Unknown Photographer
The sign at Bedale indicating the split between the Castle Hills Junction section and the Bedale to Redmire section of the line (06/07/1991)
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Ref - 12817
Photo - Alan Grange
Bedale Signal Box and crossing (--/09/1993)
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Ref - 12818
Photo - Alan Grange
Bedale station - looking very derelict and overgrown (--/09/1993)
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Ref - 10813
Photo - Andrew Pearson
Line west from Bedale signal box. (08/04/1995)
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Ref - 10814
Photo - Andrew Pearson
Bedale signal box and crossing in the distance (08/04/1995)
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Ref - 10815
Photo - Andrew Pearson
Bedale Station from Bedale Level Crossing (08/04/1995)
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Ref - 2117
Photo - Michael Metcalfe
AFV 430's on Bedale crossing heading for Northallerton. (24/09/1997)
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