View of the cable return wheel within a pit at the head of the gravity incline, Bowes Railway, north east England, UK

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The line from Springwell Colliery ran down to the river Tyne at Jarrow staithes. Loaded coal trucks descending the incline pulled up empties, the speed being controlled by a brakesman applying a brake to the cable return wheel at the head of the incline. The line used a combination of locomotives and rope haulage, the locos being employed on the less steeply graded sections at the start and end of the route.

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Size: 4835px × 3213px
Location: Bowes Railway, SSpringwell Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 7QJ, England, UK
Photo credit: © Washington Imaging / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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