Tom, Logan & Ben cleaning Twizell this morning ...... |
Everyday work, people & events at the World's Oldest Railway 1725
North East England industrial steam railway heritage on a 1920-50 minor railway
Sunday 30 April 2017
Saturday 29 April 2017
Trains This Weekend
Tomorrow, Sunday, Twizell will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.
Jonny driving Twizell out of Marley Hill earlier this month |
Friday 28 April 2017
Ralph Hedley
Ralph Hedley was a painter of the people, places and events in North East England in later Victorian & Edwardian times. The examples below are on display in the Laing.
Geordie Haa'd the Bairn, 1890 (miner left holding the bairn in his one room cottage) |
Thursday 27 April 2017
Wednesday 26 April 2017
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Machine Tools
The photos below are courtesy of Dave Dixon:
Steve & Dave jacking up the work table of the radial arm drill ..... |
Monday 24 April 2017
Progress on 49's Firebox
The photos below are courtesy of John Eastwood at Israel Newton's via Richard Charlton:
The remnants of 49's inner firebox being lifted out ..... |
Sunday 23 April 2017
Another Sunday
Saturday 22 April 2017
Tomorrow's Trains
Tomorrow, Twizell will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.
Tomorrow is also a Lord Armstrong Family Fun day, when our Armstrong Whitworth diesel electric loco will be in Andrews House station, with public access to the cab, & its history explained as below, by David Watchman:
Twizell passing Causey car park exit in April 2013 |
Tomorrow is also a Lord Armstrong Family Fun day, when our Armstrong Whitworth diesel electric loco will be in Andrews House station, with public access to the cab, & its history explained as below, by David Watchman:
Friday 21 April 2017
John Wilson Carmichael
There are many well known artists associated with NE England, one of whom was John Wilson Carmichael, a landscape & maritime painter. I first published a Carmichael painting on this blog a year ago, showing what eventually became the terminus of the Tanfield Branch. Carmichael produced several railway scenes in NE England in the mid 19th century.
Victoria Viaduct over the River Wear |
Thursday 20 April 2017
ET Again
Labels:
Engineering,
Maintenance,
Projects,
Structures,
Workshop
Wednesday 19 April 2017
Odd Jobs
Tuesday 18 April 2017
Monday 17 April 2017
Sunday 16 April 2017
Easter Sunday, with all day drizzle
Friday 14 April 2017
Trains This Weekend
Edwardian Easter trains run on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday.
Today, Good Friday, HL No.2 will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.
Today, Good Friday, HL No.2 will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.
No.2 about to head south from Causey in April 2016 |
Thursday 13 April 2017
Mainly ET
Wednesday Workers
Labels:
Building,
Coal,
Maintenance,
Projects,
Structures
Tuesday 11 April 2017
Monday 10 April 2017
Monday Mix
Sunday 9 April 2017
Today Around Tanfield Railway
David oiling under No.2's traction motor cover ..... (NB compare the Laurence Scott motor with the 1933 photo in Saturday's post) |
TR Volunteers Visit the GNSF
On Saturday some of the railways volunteers took a trip over to Beamish Museum for there annual Great North Steam Fair.
Dave, Andrew, Owen, David, Kyle, Luke, Mark, Euan, Chris and David take a trip on the Waggonway |
Saturday 8 April 2017
Tomorrow's Trains
Tomorrow, Twizell will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.
Tomorrow is also a Lord Armstrong Family Fun day, when our Armstrong Whitworth diesel electric loco will be in Andrews House station, with public access to the cab, & its history explained .....
Twizell leaving Andrews House last Sunday (photo courtesy of Neville Whaler) |
Friday 7 April 2017
49 at Israel Newton's
The photos below were taken by or supplied via Richard Charlton. They show No.49's boiler in the throes of inner firebox removal at Israel Newton's Cromford works.
Showing some back head stays having been removed |
Thursday 6 April 2017
Thursday Jobs
Labels:
Environment,
Loco,
Maintenance,
Projects,
Structures
Wednesday 5 April 2017
Continued Tasks
Labels:
Building,
Environment,
Maintenance,
Structures
Tuesday 4 April 2017
Back to East Tanfield
Labels:
Building,
Maintenance,
Projects,
Structures,
Track
Monday 3 April 2017
Sunday 2 April 2017
A Typical Sunday
Labels:
CandW,
Environment,
Loco,
Operations,
Projects
Saturday 1 April 2017
Tomorrow's Trains
Tomorrow, Twizell will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.
Preparing Twizell for steam in April 2014 (photo courtesy of Nigel Wheeler) |