Unidentified single track railway

[lazonbytunnel]

Deerness valley perhaps? Think that was single line, no idea about turntables.

The terrain looks good for Deerness Valley, don't know about the turntable though.

 

[30907]

The terrain looks good for Deerness Valley, don't know about the turntable though.

It (Edit: Waterhouses) doesn't appear to have had one, so it's plausible.

 

[lazonbytunnel]

Hardly definitive but the right sort of landscape perhaps.

 

[Rescars]

It doesn't appear to have had one, so it's plausible.

AIUI, passenger trains ran only as far as Waterhouses, with freight running on beyond. No obvious means of turning a passenger loco at Waterhouses, but others may know more about the operating practicalities.

 

[Harvester]

AIUI, passenger trains ran only as far as Waterhouses, with freight running on beyond. No obvious means of turning a passenger loco at Waterhouses, but others may know more about the operating practicalities.

Locos on passenger trains ran round at Waterhouses. There is a photo of a G5 tank doing so in a publication ‘The Lost Railways of County Durham‘. Also mentioned is that the branch was double track to a point a quarter of a mile beyond Ushaw Moor station! If correct the line would be single for just under 3 miles, onward to Waterhouses.

 

[30907]

AIUI, passenger trains ran only as far as Waterhouses, with freight running on beyond. No obvious means of turning a passenger loco at Waterhouses, but others may know more about the operating practicalities.

Sorry, that's what I mean - previous post edited for clarity.

My ancient (RCH) map doesn't show the route beyond - IIRC it included a rope-worked incline.