Bowes Railway
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Historic Springwell incline brakeman’s cabin restored
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THE restoration of the self-acting incline brakeman’s cabin at the top of the Bowes Railway’s Springwell incline, supported by Heritage Lottery funding, has been completed. It was the first incline on the 1826 Bowes system running between Springwell Yard and the bank foot at Wardley. It was a self acting (gravity) incline and depended on…
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