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Wednesday, 1 April 2020

Horden Features

Work has stalled for the moment, but Horden is still in the news .....

Horden at Shotton Colliery in 1971
(photo copyright Gordon Edgar - see PreservedBritishSteamLocos.com)

 Tanfield Facebook featured Horden on Monday 30 March 
Get the full picture of the Escort van used as a buffer stop

This December 2019 photo features Peter firing Horden's boiler for the first time since 1972

Following an interview with Peter, Horden has a full two page spread in today's Journal newspaper, and appears on the Chronicle Live.

Horden was featured on this blog on 22 November 2013.
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Concerning the East Durham collieries for which Horden was built in 1904:
The Times 21 January 1926
(The general strike started later in 1926)

See the Durham Mining Museum web for information about Horden & Shotton collieries

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Looking forward to an 'ex-works' (and not leaning!) "Horden" - later this year.

Derek said...

We've fixed the puncture

DRS37401 said...

Does anyone know Horden’s Number?

Derek said...

Horden's AB works no. is 1015. It carried the running number 1 at Shotton Colliery in the 1950s. It's name was Horden when built in 1904. It may have carried both identifiers at times, but sometimes carried neither name nor number.

See the loco database on the main TR web site, specifically
https://tanfield-railway.co.uk/index.php?mact=LISETRLocomotives,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01item=horden&cntnt01search=horden&cntnt01returnid=50