Newsbourgh

Newsbourgh is the terminus and headquarters of the South Western Heritage Railway. It was built by the London and Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1877 and opened in 1879.

History
Newbrourgh was a small country town established in 1788 but was built on industry, with over 14 businesses in just over 20 years and when the London and Brighton & South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) laid a new line to Newbourgh (the terminus), this became the town's main workplace (20 when the line was built, 180 by 1925). When the 20th century came, the fleet operating the line was worked by 2 G class 2-2-2 locomotives, withdrawn by 1908, and replaced by four R. J. Billinton-designed E6 0-6-2 side tank locomotives. In 1915, Billinton entered the line's roster as a passenger locomotive but mainly handled milk trains.

Preservation
Newsbourgh station was preserved one year after the line was closed by British Rail in 1982 as a part of the South Western Heritage Railway. It is painted in the typical livery for a station in the Southern Railway era.

Basis
Newsbourgh has no basis but the name comes from combining New castle and Middles bourgh. Its closest basis is Pickering, in the North Yorkshire Moors. It too has a railway station, now used by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) since 1973.