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Rail trucks loaded with coal leaving Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. A common sight during the 1960s and 1970s was to see rail trucks loaded with coal. The rail system was vital to the coal industry for the national distribution of its product. The colliery, the buildings of which can be seen in the background, opened in 1927 and eventually closed in 1994.