Malcolm & Geoff, assisted by Dan, fastening down chairs to gauge
Thursday 31 October 2013
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Robert Stephenson Works Tour
Several buildings of the Robert Stephenson works are extant between Forth Banks & South Street, just south of Newcastle Central station. There are occasional tours of parts of the site. Kyle Allsopp took the following photographs during a tour last Saturday, 26 October 2013.
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| Office frontage on South Street |
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Monday 28 October 2013
We Were on the Telly Tonight
See last Wednesday's blog post, when Tyne Tees Dave brought reporter Lucy Taylor on a camera training session. The result was on the local ITV News tonight, and is available on ITV Player - click the still below or:
Bowes Railway News
The Bowes Railway is once more accessible to visitors and volunteers - see the Bowes Railway Blog for further information.
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| Frank & Phil working on WST (photo courtesy of the Bowes Blog). |
Sunday 27 October 2013
Saturday 26 October 2013
Tomorrow's Trains
Sir Cecil A Cochrane will haul trains from Andrews House for Sunniside and Causey at 11 am, 12.30, 2 and 3.30 pm GMT this Sunday. There will be no passenger trains beyond Causey due to track relaying on East Tanfield bank.
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| Cochrane shunting in April 2012 - good luck to shunter Dan in his new job (photo courtesy of Carl Chambers) |
Friday 25 October 2013
Thursday 24 October 2013
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Tuesday 22 October 2013
Monday 21 October 2013
Ashington Workshops
A photograph recently unearthed and sent in by our south east Northumberland correspondent, Neil Morgan:
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| An overhead view inside NCB Ashington workshops - do you know the year? |
Sunday 20 October 2013
Saturday 19 October 2013
Tomorrow's Trains
Sir Cecil A Cochrane will haul trains from Andrews House for Sunniside and Causey at 11 am, 12.15, 1.45, 3 and 4.15 pm this Sunday. There will be no passenger trains beyond Causey due to track relaying on East Tanfield bank.
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| Cochrane passing the signalbox during the gala (photo courtesy of Ken Snowdon) |
Friday 18 October 2013
Track Across Time Exhiibition
Tanfield art critic Matthew Pickering has sent these preview snaps:
Thursday 17 October 2013
Wednesday 16 October 2013
Tuesday 15 October 2013
Annual Boiler Checks
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| Graham checking the thickness of Twizell's firebox ..... (inspection by Graham Morris Engineering, 07734560802) |
Monday 14 October 2013
Sunday 13 October 2013
Saturday 12 October 2013
Tomorrow's Trains
Sir Cecil Algernon Cochrane will haul trains from Andrews House for Sunniside and Causey at 11 am, 12.15, 1.45, 3 and 4.15 pm this Sunday. There will be no passenger trains beyond Causey due to track relaying on East Tanfield bank.
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| Dan & Steve using Cochrane to shunt their train at Marley Hill carriage shed last Sunday morning |
Friday 11 October 2013
Friday Jobs
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| Ian posing on Cochrane for a visiting photographer (Cochrane being steam tested following tube work) |
Thursday 10 October 2013
Photo Quiz from the Journal
Sent by Neil Morgan - where and when were these youngsters working on this job?
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Sleeper Replacement at Causey Bridges
Vic clearing one end of a sleeper; new volunteer Dave digs out the other
Today we're at Causey car park bridges, so Vic can't help as much
Tuesday 8 October 2013
NER Carriage Repatriation (3)
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| Lifting from the trailer at its Durham destination |
Monday 7 October 2013
Victorian Photography
A first at Tanfield Railway in this millennium - a visiting photographer using the wet glass plate collodion process to to take shots and immediately process the plates in a portable darkroom set up outside Marley Hill shed.
The bellows camera in use with the wet glass plate collodion process
NER Carriage Repatriation (2)
The following shots of a NER 7 compartment carriage body being extracted from a garden at Wiggenhall St Germans, Norfolk, are courtesy of Stewart Waugh & Mark Pearce:
Sunday 6 October 2013
Saturday 5 October 2013
Tomorrow's Trains
Sir Cecil A Cochrane will haul trains from Andrews House for Sunniside and Causey at 11 am, 12.15, 1.45, 3 and 4.15 pm this Sunday. There will be no passenger trains beyond Causey due to track relaying on East Tanfield bank.
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| Cochrane at Andrews House in February 2012 (photo courtesy of Dave Hewitt) |
Friday 4 October 2013
Thursday 3 October 2013
Wednesday 2 October 2013
A Wet Wednesday on the Way
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| Track maintenance south of Causey Level Crossing - Bill & Geoff waiting for Vic to remove a sleeper |
