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    The Alston Line was a 13-mile (21 km) single-track branch line, which linked Haltwhistle in Northumberland with Alston in Cumbria. The line was constructed...
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    Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in north Devon. The South Tynedale line runs from Alston in Cumbria, down the South Tyne Valley, via Gilderdale, Kirkhaugh...
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    opening of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway's branch line to Alston. Following the demise of the line and closure of the coal depot in the late 1970s, the...
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    the branch line to Alston, in Cumbria, which was 13 miles (21 km) in length. Part of the southern section of the Haltwhistle to Alston line has been reopened...
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    Alston is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor. It is located at about 1,000 feet (300 m) above...
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    carry its Alston line, a branch line which linked Haltwhistle in Northumberland and Alston in Cumbria. The branch diverged from the Tyne Valley line (the NCR's...
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    and a narrow bridge. Trains still run to Bere Alston railway station on the picturesque Tamar Valley Line between Plymouth and Gunnislake, and trains reverse...
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    the market town of Alston, in Cumbria, England. It was originally on the Alston Branch Line, which ran between Haltwhistle and Alston. It was opened by...
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    Bere Alston railway station serves the village of Bere Alston in Devon, England, 10+1⁄4 miles (16.5 km) north of Plymouth on the Tamar Valley Line to Gunnislake...
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    are diesel powered. The entire line is single track past St. Budeaux Junction. The line from St Budeaux to Bere Alston was opened for passenger traffic...
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    Sample of the hit single Problems playing this file? See media help. Gerald Alston (born November 8, 1951) is an American soul/R&B singer, and the lead singer...
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    citizen. A post office has been in operation at Alston since 1910. Alston incorporated in 1910. Alston was the location of the murder of resident Isaiah...
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    village of Langley. The line never proved popular, with passenger services ending in 1930, and closing completely in 1953. The Alston branch covered 17 miles...
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    steam-hauled services. This included the Alston line between Haltwhistle and Alston where the class operated until the line closed in 1976. Later services were...
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    by George Barclay Bruce, a Victorian engineer who was involved in the Alston line before leaving for India to pioneer railway construction there. It is...
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  • 54°50′27″N 2°28′22″W Alston railway bridge  Alston line (until May 1976), South Tyne Trail, South Tynedale Railway (from Jul 1983) Alston Moor 1852 54°49′17″N...
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    Slaggyford was historically a railway station on the Alston Line, which ran between Haltwhistle and Alston. The station served the village of Slaggyford in...
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    Walter Emmons Alston (December 1, 1911 – October 1, 1984), nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball manager in Major League Baseball who managed the...
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    some more remote areas, such as 77011 which worked the Haltwhistle - Alston line from 1955. Cooke, B.W.C., ed. (June 1954). "British Railways Standard...
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    and connected it to the main line at Bere Alston. This became the Callington branch, and the PD&SWJR operated the line itself through a subsidiary company...
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    Lambley was served by Lambley railway station on the Alston Line from Haltwhistle to Alston. The line opened in 1852 and closed in 1976. Since 1983, a narrow...
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  • Richard Alston (born November 20, 1980) is an American former professional football wide receiver and return specialist who played for the Cleveland Browns...
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    Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh. Although the Standard Gauge Alston Line from Haltwhistle to Alston passed through Kirkhaugh, there was no station here when...
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    Slaggyford was served by a railway station on the Alston Line from Haltwhistle to Alston. The line opened in 1852 and closed in 1976. Since 1983, a 2...
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    in store at Cambridge. In 1965 79963 and 79964 were trialled on the Alston Line, but couldn't haul parcels vans and had heating problems in winter. 79961...
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    is located on the alignment of the former Alston Line, which ran from Haltwhistle to Alston, until the line's closure by the British Railways Board in...
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    Lambley was a railway station on the Alston Branch Line, which ran between Haltwhistle and Alston. The station, situated 4+3⁄4 miles (8 km) south-west...
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  • Sir Richard Alston CBE (born 30 October 1948) is a British choreographer. He has been resident choreographer and artistic director for the Ballet Rambert...
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  • completing its Alston branch, running from Haltwhistle; the primary purpose of the line was to serve the lead mines in the hills between Alston and Nenthead...
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    Levan Shawn "Shizz" Alston Jr. (born September 21, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Vëllaznimi of the Kosovo Superleague. He played...
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