Work Continues

Ian again mowing the car park

Jim making a spacer for a big end on HL No.2

Dennis burning out .....

..... rivets which need to be redone on Horden's smokebox ring

Emergency services exercise under the coke car bogie ......

.....& the Sentinel

Extracting the "casualty"

Still stuck under the coke car bogie

The "casualty" is off to hospital

Geoff guiding visitors so that they are clear of the roof work

Dave & Colin clearing wood from the lift

Colin removing planks from the side of the lantern roof
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Geoff watching while on safety guard duties

The sides of the lantern are being removed prior to the rest of the roof

Dave & Colin removing cladding

Ronnie removing an end of the lantern roof
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Dave sawing through boarding
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Barry sawing brackets ......

..... grinding & annealing bolts .....

..... & drilling the brackets on which to mount signal pulleys

Colin removing a pipe from the compressed air range

Rob lending a hand .....

..... & splitting the range at a flange

Ronnie, Dave, Colin & Geoff lower a section of pipework which has been detached from the trusses

Ian working on the new starter signal at East Tanfield
(photo courtesy of Ian Cowan)