Lines Worked By The Coal Companies
In 1912 the Abermain Coal Co. constructed a branch line to Abermain No.2 Colliery at Kearsley. This branch line and the existing Abermain No.1 Colliery sidings were then worked by the Abermain Co. using their own locomotives to the exchange sidings at Abermain where the East Greta Co. (& later SMR) would then work the trains to and from East Greta Junction. In 1923 Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd opened Abermain No.3 Colliery on this branch.
When opened by the AA Co. Hebburn No.1 Colliery was worked by locomotives owned by the AA Co. which shunted the trains to and from a set of exchange sidings that were adjacent to Weston Station. In 1918 the Hebburn Limited (the successors to the AA Co.) constructed a branch line from the exchange sidings to Hebburn No.2 Colliery, and this line was also worked by Hebburn Ltd using their own locomotives. In 1924 the Hebburn branch was further extended to Elrington Colliery which was jointly owned by Hebburn Ltd & BHP. This extension was also worked by the Hebburn locomotives to the exchange sidings at Weston.
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