Nigel, Bob, Bill & Geoff carry a sleeper ..... |
Everyday work, people & events at the World's Oldest Railway 1725
North East England industrial steam railway heritage on a 1920-50 minor railway
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.
HL No.2 at Andrews House on 7/4/13 (photo courtesy of Dave Hewitt) |
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Operations
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
David removing more roof boarding |
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Engineering,
Projects,
Woodwork
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.
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Operations
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.
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Operations
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
Guy, Malcolm & Jason stripping chairs from sleepers ... |
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Engineering,
Operations,
Track
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.
Twizell running round the train at Sunniside on 6/6 (photo courtesy of Malcolm Parker) |
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Operations
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:
Loading ballast at East Tanfield |
Labels:
Engineering,
Track
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Monday 15 July 2013
A Bit of a Do ....
..... I'd heard at NRM York, so I visited to take a look. There were some gems:
Derry & Les Charlton, among others, were instrumental in saving this locomotive ...... |
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Other
Sunday 14 July 2013
Sunday Stuff
Dan firing up Twizell; Steve shunting the empty carriage stock
(LH photo courtesy of Malcolm Parker)
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Engineering,
Operations
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.
Twizell passing Terrace Junction on 30 June (photo courtesy of Dave Hewitt) |
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Operations
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:
Steve pushing in a replacement sleeper |
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Engineering,
Loco,
Track
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
Twizell passing Causey Level Crossing on 30/06/13 (photo courtesy of Dave Hewitt) |
Labels:
Events,
Operations
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.
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 .....
..... with Nigel & Malcolm aligning chairs .... |
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Engineering,
Loco,
Maintenance,
Track
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
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Other
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:
Unfastening the rail from the timbers ..... |
Labels:
Engineering,
Maintenance,
Track