Railway Herald
On 14th September 2019, due to engineering works at Calton Tunnel at the east end of Edinburgh Waverley Station, ECML Services had to be diverted via Carstairs, Carlisle and the Tyne Valley. Here, LNER Class 43/2 HST No. 43310, with No. 43295 at the rear, passes under the 1896 Grade II gantry cabin signal box on its approach to Hexham station (which opened in 1835 and is one of the oldest railway stations in the world, built to link the lead mines of the North Pennines to the Tyne Docks at Blaydon), heading the 07:30 London King's Cross to Aberdeen service and overtaking Northern Class 156 Metro-Cammell 'Super Sprinter' No. 156485, working the 11:45 Hexham to Hexham Service.
Mike Brook
