Horden & Buffer Stop

Peter adjusting alignment of Horden's blastpipe .....

..... & emerging from Horden's tank after sealing bolts

Ian cutting the safety valve slot in Horden's dome cover

Moving the redundant buffer stop onto the line at Sunnisde .....

..... before lifting it onto the bogie

Ian tidying the newly empty section of trackbed at Sunniside

Being followed by a buffer stop at Bowes Bridge

Unloading at Marley Hill

Dave & Colin start to dismantle the buffer stop by removing timbers

Ian & Colin unfastening the rails from the face of the buffer stop

Heading back to Sunniside .....

..... to unload fresh timbers for the remaining buffer stop ......
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

...... & install a pair of lifting fishplates
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)