By Ian Forsyth, Newhaven & District MRC
Fence Houses is a busy National Coal Board (NCB) shed in the coalfield area of the Industrial North East to the south west of Sunderland.
NCB locos are serviced and repaired here as well as being based at the shed.
Fence Houses is mainly a NCB site but there is a busy transfer of empty and full coal wagons from the BR system, although no BR loco are based here they can be coaled and watered as required.
Many of the materials needed to run a coal mine and its industries are also supplied by rail, so steel beams, pipes etc will arrive at the small yard. There may even be a short rail tour arriving!
NCB traffic can run on all lines, the line at the back of the layout is a shared user line with BR and this is the only line BR locos are allowed to use.
Many of the locos are kit built. Many RTR models are also used but all stock is weathered and detailed. Working signals are by Dapol.
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