(07 Jul 2014, 8:34 pm)nk55 wrote Having searched google, all i can come up with for the " LIME " brand is the old stanhope to the coast railway path was built to ferry materials between the lime kilns in weardale & east castle ( nr greencroft ) to the coast ( sunderland ). The 78 follows as close as possible the old railway line from consett to stanley and lambton lion park to sunderland. The 8 follows as close as possible from stanley to waterview park and hastings hill to sunderland.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/16182218@N...381759462/
Photos of the kilns.
http://dre.durham.gov.uk/pgDre.aspx?&SEARCH=By+Keyword&TERM=Lime+kilns
List of kilns in Co Durham.
For what is a massive route, it seems strange to have named it after a tiny portion of the route.