Seaham Harbour INDUSTRIAL derails, runaways, gravity & steam shunts 1963

Industrial railways were developed to carry heavy, bulky minerals such as coal.
This shows how it was done, often over much greater distances than this.
We also see some very old long suffering but surviving equipment.

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