Cleaning Services RFP

The Tanfield Railway Company LTD

Request for Proposals 

Title: Request for Proposals for Cleaning Services

Description: The Tanfield Railway Company Ltd is seeking proposals from qualified companies to provide general cleaning services in its public facing buildings. The service provider will arrange the cleaning of each of these buildings following each operational day, or prior to the next operational day following all scope requirements.

Closing Date: Friday 7th February 2020 at 5:00pm

Full details can be seen here: Tanfield Railway Company Ltd RFP - Cleaning Services

Horden & Track

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Dixon:

Steve dropping off waggons in East Tanfield bay

Wednesday Work

Jim machining an axlebox for HC 38 using a new bar & tip on the Crowthorn lathe

Tuesday Trackwork

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Dixon:

Loading old sleepers

Sunday on Track

The photos below are courtesy of David Watchman:

Beginning to dig out & dismantle Marley Hill yard point, to renew the timbers

Signalman's Day Out

Chris, Angela, Guy & Ian watching David demonstrate blade detection on an economic point lock

Tomorrow's Trains & NERO

On Sunday, HL No.2 will haul passenger trains from Andrews House to Sunniside at 10.30 am, & thereafter from East Tanfield at 11.25 am, 12.55 pm, & 2.15 pm to Causey Arch, Andrews House, Sunniside & return.   The last passenger train leaves East Tanfield at 3.35pm for Andrews House only.

Antony on No.2 in January 2019

A Bit More Trackwork

Peter varnishing inside Horden's cab

Shunting & Trackwork

Jim making another pin for a digger bucket

Tidying & Preparation

Disposing of the cuttings .....

Around Marley Hill

Malcolm making pins for Horden's linkages
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Sunday Begins

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Preparing No.2 for the day's work

Causey Woods

A work party spent the day at Causey Arch station, in part preparation for the tercentenary replica waggonway on the original 1725 route:

Dennis & Howard removing a fence

Links Checked

I've checked the connections from thelinks page on this TR blog.   This page has over 300 links to websites which I've found of interest, to do with North East England, railways, people, industry, history, etc.

For example, test your knowledge with a NE quiz on the England's North East web.

A Variety

Jim again milling an axlebox

Causey for 2025 Tercentenary

Another work party will meet at Causey this Saturday 18 January.   Volunteers welcome - please contact Angela (eg by emailing trust @ tanfield-railway) for more information.

Replica waggon at Causey in 1990
For 2025 we aim to recreate the 1725 main & byway at Causey
(photo courtesy of Bob Payne, from TR Flickr)

Several Jobs

The Towne engineer inspecting lifting gear

(Towne Lifting & Testing 0191 4697116)

Continued Work

Colin tidying the edges of cut plate

At South Gosforth

Tom training David .....
(photo courtesy of Tom Hartley)

In the Workshop

The photos below are courtesy of Ian Cowan:

Malcolm making another pin

A Bright Day

George oiling Cochrane's drop links .....

A Training Day

The photos below are courtesy of David Watchman:

Matthew giving advice to guards of unfitted trains

Tomorrow's Trains

On Sunday, Cochrane will haul passenger trains from Andrews House to Sunniside at 10.30 am, & thereafter from East Tanfield at 11.25 am, 12.55 pm, & 2.15 pm to Causey Arch, Andrews House, Sunniside & return.   The last passenger train leaves East Tanfield at 3.35pm for Andrews House only.

Angela & Steve exchange tokens as Cochrane passes Marley Hill signalbox in January 2015
(photo courtesy of Dave Hewitt)

A Family Visit to the North Pole

4 generations of a family visit the North Pole on the 2019 Express
(video courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Various Jobs

Jim turning pins ......

Bob Cant

Bob between Derek & Ian in the 1990s

Odd Jobs

George tidying the edges of the new bucket for the digger

At Marley Hill

Ian cutting gussets to form a small bucket for the digger

Eric Maxwell (Max)

Max sitting on the running plate of Malleable No.5 in the mid 1970s
(photo from TR Flickr)

Workshop & Loco Work

David removing one of Horden's clacks

First Operating Day of 2020

Cochrane waits at Andrews House with the first train of the year

Huntley Film Archives

Today, I came across some of the work of John Huntley (1921-2003), who was, inter alia, a film historian.   He set up the Huntley Film Archives, which continue to give chargeable access to films from the last 100 years.

It is possible to search by category & phrase through films in the archive, and view full screen watermarked, usually silent, versions free of charge.   To do this, click on a film still to start viewing, but pause, right click & save, then open the saved copy in a program such as VLC (freeware).

Some examples of simplified searches by film number are:

Non stop through Newcastle Central in the 1920s - search for 1032863