Tyne Yard (TY) is a railway yard in Birtley, England, on the East Coast Main Line, operated by DB Cargo UK. The yard is the major freight yard of the North...
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Hebburn (redirect from Hebburn-on-Tyne)
Hebburn is a town in the South Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It was formerly in County Durham until 1974 with its own urban district from...
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upon Tyne (Tyne Yard) and Berwick, totalling 95 minutes booked stoppage time. The crew changed over at York; and at the water stop at Tyne Yard Tornado...
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Nottingham: Toton Yard Port Talbot: Margam Knuckle Yard (opened 1960) Swansea: Swansea Burrows Sidings Tyne & Wear:Birtley: Tyne Yard, Lamesley (opened...
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stops at stations, but with four water stops en route at Grantham, York, Tyne Yard and Berwick, totalling 95 minutes booked stoppage time. Because motorways...
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stopped at the yard to attach, or detach traffic. These included many long-distance services such as Dover to Tyne Yard, and Eastleigh to Tees Yard. The loss...
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a Scottish engineer from Aberdeen who founded major shipbuilding yards on the Tyne. He became a public benefactor who funded notable buildings that still...
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British Rail Mark 1 Mark 1 Open First on Commonwealth bogies at Tyne Yard in March 2009 Interior of a Mark 1 SO (Second Open) Colne Valley Railway In...
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ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchisee for North East England and...
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Tyneside Control Centre Bensham 1858–1964 Low Fell Sidings Low Fell Lamesley Tyne Yard Birtley Chester-le-Street Plawsworth Durham opened 1857 Lanchester Valley...
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HMCS Haida (category Ships built on the River Tyne)
Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. at their shipyard in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 29 September 1941 with the yard number 41. The destroyer was launched on 25 August 1942...
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extra point and two field goals (a 38-yarder and a 33-yarder, both in the third quarter). In the 2012 season, Tynes made a career-high 33 field goals out...
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20 December 1923 at the Armstrong Whitworth Shipbuilders Ltd yard in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the fifth of Cunard's six "A" class liners. Due to unforeseen...
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Jarrow (redirect from Jarrow on Tyne)
Around 1,000 ships were built at the yard, they also produced small fishing boats to catch eel within the River Tyne, a delicacy at the time. Jarrow Town...
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Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead (category Metropolitan boroughs of Tyne and Wear)
Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon...
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Swan Hunter (category Companies based in Tyne and Wear)
three main yards: The Neptune Yard at Walker-on-Tyne inherited from Wigham Richardson (opened in 1860 and closed in 1988) The Wallsend West Yard at Wallsend...
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(Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd), as hull 1768 at the Neptune Yard, Walker-on-Tyne (Low Walker), and launched on 8 August 1945. The ship, largest cable...
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Park TS Tyseley DMU depot TW Tunbridge Wells West Station DEMU depot TY Tyne Yard VR Vale of Rheidol Railway (Aberystwyth) Steam locomotive depot WA Warrington...
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in 1965. "Liner Wrecks - P&O - Socotra (1)". linerwrecks.com. "Socotra". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 8 October 2021. "SS Socotra [+1915]". Wrecksite. Retrieved...
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Willington Quay (redirect from Willington on Tyne)
the yard in 1933. Eltringham's ship yard, the site of which was bought in 1912, was formerly on the banks of the River Tyne in the village. The yard was...
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891 ton tanker, built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1924 for the British Tanker Company. While under charter to the merchant...
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North Shields (redirect from Chirton, Tyne and Wear)
in the Borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth...
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who returned the ball nine yards to the Green Bay 34-yard line. The Giants gained five yards on three plays and then sent Tynes out to try his fifth field...
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The Tyne–Wear derby, also known as the Wear–Tyne derby or the North East derby, is a local derby between the association football clubs Sunderland and...
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The history of Newcastle upon Tyne dates back almost 2,000 years, during which it has been controlled by the Romans, the Angles and the Norsemen amongst...
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Brazilian cruiser Bahia (category Ships built on the River Tyne)
laid on 19 August 1907 in Armstrong Whitworth's Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne yard. Construction took about a year and a half, and she was launched on 20...
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HMS Bicester (L34) (category Ships built on the River Tyne)
the Second World War. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. laid down her keel at their Tyne yard on 29 May 1940, as Admiralty Job Number J4210. The ship was named after...
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Bay (since 1970) Builder Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay on Tyne Yard number 66 Launched 22 December 1942 Completed 14 July 1943 Maiden voyage...
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first on 19 August 1907 in Armstrong Whitworth's Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne yard, followed by Rio Grande do Sul 30 August 1907. Construction took about...
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