Roundtrees Sidings

Roundtrees Sidings 4mm/EM

Roundtrees Sidings is based in the mid 1980s on Tyneside. The Tyne & Wear Metro started running in 1980. British Rail had running rights over the network to service the Rowntree Macintosh factory at Fawdon and ICI at Callerton (now the Airport branch). Vans with distinct white roofs where allocated to the Chocolate factory and the ICI traffic had barrier vehicles as it was industrial Explosives.

Photos courtesy of Mike Bissett

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