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| Nigel, Bob, Bill & Geoff carry a sleeper ..... |
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Trains Today & Thursday
HL No.2 will haul trains from Andrews House for Sunniside and Causey at 11 am, 12.30, 2 and 3.30 pm today & tomorrow (Thursday). There will be no passenger trains beyond Causey due to track relaying on East Tanfield bank.
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| HL No.2 at Andrews House on 7/4/13 (photo courtesy of Dave Hewitt) |
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Monday, 29 July 2013
Monday Back Shift
The photos below of work on the LHJ&C brake van are all courtesy of Mark Pearce
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| David removing more roof boarding |
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Tomorrow's Trains
HL No.2 (or possibly Twizell if the expected bookings increase) 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.
Which will it be tomorrow? No.2 last Thursday; Twizell last Sunday.
Friday, 26 July 2013
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Trains Tomorrow & Thursday
HL No.2 will haul trains from Andrews House for Sunniside and Causey at 11 am, 12.30, 2 and 3.30 pm tomorrow & Thursday. There will be no passenger trains beyond Causey due to track relaying on East Tanfield bank.
Monday, 22 July 2013
Sunday, 21 July 2013
From Our Causey Correspondent
The photos below are all courtesy of Stu Armstrong, who today was working at Causey station
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| Guy, Malcolm & Jason stripping chairs from sleepers ... |
Saturday, 20 July 2013
Tomorrow's Trains
Twizell 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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| Twizell running round the train at Sunniside on 6/6 (photo courtesy of Malcolm Parker) |
Friday, 19 July 2013
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Ballasting at Causey Station
Angela, Dave, Geoff, Ian, John, Malcolm, Matthew and I spent most of the hot day shovelling ballast at Causey:
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| Loading ballast at East Tanfield |
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Monday, 15 July 2013
Causey Disconnected
All of the photos below are courtesy of Malcolm Parker
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| Plant arriving at Causey station ..... |
A Bit of a Do ....
..... I'd heard at NRM York, so I visited to take a look. There were some gems:
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| Derry & Les Charlton, among others, were instrumental in saving this locomotive ...... |
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Sunday Stuff
Dan firing up Twizell; Steve shunting the empty carriage stock
(LH photo courtesy of Malcolm Parker)
Saturday, 13 July 2013
Tomorrow's Trains
Twizell 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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| Twizell passing Terrace Junction on 30 June (photo courtesy of Dave Hewitt) |
Friday, 12 July 2013
Thursday, 11 July 2013
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Wednesday Work
At Causey, the track team today were Bill, Bob, Dave, Geoff, Nigel, Steve, Steve, me and Ian:
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| Steve pushing in a replacement sleeper |
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Monday, 8 July 2013
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Saturday, 6 July 2013
Trains Tomorrow, Children's Day
Twizell 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.
See the main TR web for information about the Children's Day event
See the main TR web for information about the Children's Day event
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| Twizell passing Causey Level Crossing on 30/06/13 (photo courtesy of Dave Hewitt) |
Friday, 5 July 2013
Tyne Views
On the Tyne this weekend the Old Gaffers Association celebrates 50 years of promoting gaff rigged (4 sided sails) ships. Tanfield staff were aboard fishing boats of the North East Maritime Trust going up the Tyne as part of this.
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| Aboard Sovereign, heading under the Millennium Bridge |
Thursday, 4 July 2013
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Work Continues ....
.... fixing down the rail on the point at the south of Andrews House station .....
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| ..... with Nigel & Malcolm aligning chairs .... |
Birthday Blog
The Tanfield Blog is 2 years old.
Some stats for June 2013:
12000 page views
3600 visits (3400 UK)
900 unique visitors
20% new visits
3 minutes average visit
Some stats for June 2013:
12000 page views
3600 visits (3400 UK)
900 unique visitors
20% new visits
3 minutes average visit
Monday, 1 July 2013
A Track Task
We (Ian, John, Phil, Malcolm, Malcolm and I) have started to replace several timbers under the point south of Andrews House station:
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| Unfastening the rail from the timbers ..... |