Clarence Railway
Started as the Tees and Weardale Railway it changed its name to the Clarence Railway in 1828.
It opened in various bits between 1833 and 1835.
Steam working was started in 1838.
The line ran from Coxhoe to Port Clarence, with a branch to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and was a rival to it; and hence any coal from Shildon to Simpasture, the junction, had to be worked by horses, as it had no running powers, and the Stockton and Darlington would not supply engines.[1]
The first outside-cylinder engine ever made with horizontal cylinders was put on the Clarence line (the builder may have been Hackworth and Downing)[2]
1844 the line was leased to the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway
1851 it was absorbed by the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway
See Also
Sources of Information
- Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990