A Signalman's Views from Sunday

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Horden preparing Horden for the day's work

Sunday 7/6

Horden leaving with today's first train from East Tanfield

British Trains of Yesteryear

I was recommended the Ian Allan 1960s book British Trains of Yesteryear by C Hamilton Ellis.      While the focus is UK mainline pre-grouping (pre-1923) railways, there is much of interest, as exemplified below:

SECR New Cross shed in the early 1900s - brimming with Twizell's peers
(Twizell was a large loco for 1891, needed for lengthy NE colliery railways)

Thursday 4/6

Walter sorting out nuts & bolts for the stores

Wednesday 3/6

The wooden wall gang excitedly waiting for work

Tuesday 2/6

Richard shunting stock to prepare for contractor's access to the storage shed site
(The steam loco is Cyclops, built by Hawtorn Leslie, rebuilt by Barclay)

Monday 1/6

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Eric carefully fitting a special split key on one of Twizell's eccentric shelves

Sunday 31/5

Jim making bolts .....

Friday 29/5

Traffic on Beamish new road, ready for the transport festival at Beamish Museum this weekend