Station Name: TWEEDMOUTHold62.jpg) On 28 June 1957 J39 No.64917 is seen at the down platform on the 9.56am passenger service to St Boswells. The station buildings and former hotel (far right) adjoin this platform. The Gresley-designed 0-6-0 loco was built by Beyer Peacock Ltd, Gorton, in October 1936 and first carried the LNER number 1536, later being renumbered 4917; British Railways added the ‘6’ prefix. The loco was withdrawn from 52D, Tweedmouth shed, on 3 December 1962, to be cut up at BR Darlington Works, North Road in July 1963. The passenger train service to Kelso and St Boswells survived a little longer than the loco, being withdrawn in June 1964.
Photo by Les Turnbull  A 4-6-0 draws an up express through Tweedmouth station circa late 1950s. The down platform verandah and the Newcastle & Berwick Railway’s Station Hotel, long closed, can be seen.
In this view at Tweedmouth circa 1950s V2 60836 is turning. The V2 Gresley-designed 2-6-2 was built in September 1938 at the LNER’s Darlington works and originally carried the number 4807. In later LNER years she was renumbered 836, then 60836 by British Railways. On 31 December 1966 she was withdrawn from 62B, Dundee Tay Bridge shed, and cut up on 7 July 1967 at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Inslow Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Also in view are a snowplough and two condemned wagons that sat in the yard at Tweedmouth for many years; one was an LNER fish wagon in blue and the other was a sulphuric acid tank.
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old18.jpg) On 6 August 1957 J72 No.68682 shunts at the south-eastern end of Tweedmouth station and is seen at the down platform. The Worsdell-designed loco was built at the NER Darlington works in March 1900, and formerly carried the numbers 1733 and 8682. She was withdrawn in December 1959 from 52D, Tweedmouth shed, and cut up in the same month at BR Darlington Works, North Road.
Photo by Robin Barbour courtesy of Bruce McCartney  Seen in front of the terrace of Newcastle & Berwick Railway enginemen’s cottages, adjacent to Tweedmouth shed, on 6 August 1957 is J72 No.68725. The 0-6-0 tank was built for the NER by Armstrong Whitworth, Scotswood (Newcastle upon Tyne) in April 1922, a few months before the NER became part of the LNER. During LNER days she carried the numbers 2318 and 8725. On 30 April 1960 she was withdrawn from 52D, Tweedmouth shed, and she was cut up the following month at BR Darlington Works, North Road.
Photo by Robin Barbour courtesy of Bruce McCartney old53.jpg) A1 No.60153 ‘Flamboyant’ heads a down train through Tweedmouth in July 1959. The up (north-east) platform is beyond the train, with its LNER running-in nameboard and the prominent glazed platform roofing installed by the NER in 1906 in place of the former trainshed. The station’s main passenger facilities were on the down platform, to the right. In the distance is the locomotive repair shop, formerly the Newcastle & Berwick Railway goods shed. The Peppercorn-designed 4-6-2 was built in BR’s Doncaster works in August 1949. After a short life of just over 13 years she was withdrawn from 50A, York North shed, on 2 November 1962, and returned to her birthplace in Doncaster to be
cut up in March 1963. Photo from John Mann collection old17.jpg) In this undated view Gresley-designed A4 4-6-2 ‘Union of South Africa’ is seen at Tweedmouth on ‘The Capitals Limited’. The loco was built at the LNER works at Doncaster and allocated the number 4488, and later renumbered 8. In BR ownership, as No.60009 she continued her duties on prestige East Coast main line workings but was withdrawn from 61B, Aberdeen Ferryhill shed, on 1 June 1966 and is now preserved on the Severn Valley Railway.
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by Henry Hedley
old43.jpg) Tweedmouth station, looking south-east along the down platform on 15 August 1961. The North Eastern Railway glazed verandahs, installed in 1906 to replace the overall roof (trainshed) can be seen, painted in BR(NE) white and ‘Oriental Blue’. The former Station Hotel is on the far right. The BR standard 2MT loco No.78049 is pausing at the station with a train to Kelso. At Tweedmouth the Kelso trains had to reverse when travelling in either direction, and only the down platform was used. Trains from Kelso entered the station on the down platform and the loco ran round the train to haul it to Berwick. Trains from Berwick ran through the station on the up line to a point level with the engine shed and propelled the train back into the down platform; it then ran round its train, recoupled and set off north-westwards onto the branch. This procedure was necessary because the only lockable points were south of the station. The 2-6-0 loco was built at Darlington works in November 1955. After little more than a decade in service she was withdrawn from 64A, St Margarets shed (Edinburgh), on 31 August 1966, and cut up the following December at Motherwell Machinery and Scrap, Inslow Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire.
Copyright photo from Colour-Rail old48.jpg) The frontage of Tweedmouth station is seen from the forecourt, looking east in April 1961. The building was designed by Benjamin Green, the architect of almost all of the Newcastle & Berwick Railway stations, which were to be built of sandstone ashlar. Whereas the other stations were more of a Tudor character, Tweedmouth was given a Jacobean treatment, with shaped (‘Dutch’) gables. A classical portico provided a dignified entrance for passengers – even though they had to share the forecourt with coal sidings and trucks.
Copyright photo by Nigel Mundy old49.jpg) A northbound goods at Tweedmouth is seen from the down platform in April 1961.
Copyright photo by Nigel Mundy old25.jpg) Looking north-west from a down train which has just passed through Tweedmouth station in July 1961 and is approaching the North signal box. The splitting signals at the approach to Tweedmouth Junction, where the Kelso and St Boswells line diverged to the left, can be seen in the background. Photo by KA Gray courtesy of Bruce McCartney Click here for Tweedmouth station Gallery 4:
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