Chester-le-Street station was also mentioned in "Slow Train", the famous song by Flanders and Swann, written in July 1963.
"No churns, no porter, no cat on a seat,
At Chorlton-cum-Hardy or Chester-le-Street."
(Gorton was referred to as "Openshaw", part of the station's previous name of Gorton and Openshaw)
(Your struggles to find an association for Drumfrochar have my sympathy - I hope that this one will be easier!)