Around Marley Hill

Malcolm making pins for Horden's linkages
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Sunday Begins

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Preparing No.2 for the day's work

Cleaning Services RFP

The Tanfield Railway Company LTD

Request for Proposals 

Title: Request for Proposals for Cleaning Services

Description: The Tanfield Railway Company Ltd is seeking proposals from qualified companies to provide general cleaning services in its public facing buildings. The service provider will arrange the cleaning of each of these buildings following each operational day, or prior to the next operational day following all scope requirements.

Closing Date: Friday 7th February 2020 at 5:00pm

Full details can be seen here: Tanfield Railway Company Ltd RFP - Cleaning Services

Causey Woods

A work party spent the day at Causey Arch station, in part preparation for the tercentenary replica waggonway on the original 1725 route:

Dennis & Howard removing a fence

Links Checked

I've checked the connections from thelinks page on this TR blog.   This page has over 300 links to websites which I've found of interest, to do with North East England, railways, people, industry, history, etc.

For example, test your knowledge with a NE quiz on the England's North East web.

A Variety

Jim again milling an axlebox

Causey for 2025 Tercentenary

Another work party will meet at Causey this Saturday 18 January.   Volunteers welcome - please contact Angela (eg by emailing trust @ tanfield-railway) for more information.

Replica waggon at Causey in 1990
For 2025 we aim to recreate the 1725 main & byway at Causey
(photo courtesy of Bob Payne, from TR Flickr)

Several Jobs

The Towne engineer inspecting lifting gear

(Towne Lifting & Testing 0191 4697116)

Continued Work

Colin tidying the edges of cut plate

At South Gosforth

Tom training David .....
(photo courtesy of Tom Hartley)

In the Workshop

The photos below are courtesy of Ian Cowan:

Malcolm making another pin