[4] The original main line connected Witton Park Colliery with Stockton, and ran close to the village of West Auckland.
[9] The original route between Shildon and St Helens Auckland ran over the Brusselton Incline, where a winding engine was installed to haul wagons up the steep gradients on each side.
[17] There was a locomotive depot, situated on the north side of the line to the east of the station, between the St Helen's Colliery and the Dilks Street underbridge (grid reference NZ201271).
[20] At the time of the 1923 Grouping, there were 29 locomotives allocated to West Auckland, which was now responsible for the sub-depots at Wearhead, Wear Valley Junction and Stanhope.
[2] At the start of 1948, the LNER was nationalised, and West Auckland fell within the new North Eastern Region of British Railways.
[23] The Class J25 locomotives were mainly used for banking westbound trains on the South Durham and Lancashire Union line up to Stainmore Summit.