Hudson Road N.E.R. (1998 - )

[Jon Grant 4472]

The NER served several North Sea ports and built a number of freight vehicles specially equipped to transport wounded soldiers to hospital. The one at the front of the train in this photo was a modified brake-end elliptical roof passenger coach, which could be added to any train heading in the right direction. The second was an express-rated bogie covered wagon fitted for stretchers inside




Armoured cars and 18-pounder guns were built in Railway Shops up and down the country, using the tools and machines normally used to build and repair locomotives. This meant there was a constant flow of new equipment to the ports.

Armoured cars and support vehicles (modified metal kits and scratchbuilt)



18-pounder artillery battery (scratchbuilt)



Platoon of the Durham Light Infantry, which recruited heavily in the area. I later found out that troops did not march over stone/brick bridges for fear of dislodging the masonry with the regular thump-thump. Instead the walked over in irregular file








Jon