Nearer the Beginning

Quinquagenarians Bill & Bob baiting in the
now closed Marley Hill station in 1985
(photo courtesy of Bob Payne)

Eight years earlier, AB No.32 (now in Derbyshire)
stands with carriage No.1 beside MH station founds.
with Marley Hill pit (closed 1983) atop the hill,
in the first year of passenger trains to Bowes Bridge
(photo courtesy of Bob Payne)

We are fortunate to have octogenarians Bill & Bob still working at the railway.   There are similar photos of Tanfield Railway in our Flickr Early Days set.