Thursday Around Marley Hill

Tom & Jim discussing HC 38's handbrake drive

More Shed Work

Steve setting out coursed stone for the furnace

Shed Work

Dave & Dennis collecting firebrick for MH shed furnace

NEIMME Lectures

The North of England Mining & Mechanical Institute (aka NEIMME or the Mining Institute) has recently handed over its building (Neville Hall on Westgate Road NE1) & resources to The Common Room, which led to a large HLF grant to update the building & provide more public access to science & technology, past, present & future.   The number & scope of public lectures has grown, even during Covid, and lectures are both live in person & live streamed.   Shared resources from other providers are presented through the Common Room web site, incorporating feeds from NEIMME and other partners.   Some examples of NEIMME lectures on YouTube are:

Mine Water Heating - 15 mins

Sunday @ TR

Mick setting up to mill a brake hanger for HC 38

Test & Track

The photos below are courtesy of Steve Harris:

HL No.2 ready to propel the works train out of Marley Hill

Coal Shipping

NEIMME  at the Common Room / Neville Hall / Mining Institute have restarted lectures
This very interesting lecture on spouts, drops, staiths & shipping was live & on YouTube 

Geoff's Thursday Bonus

Brian & Peter looking for steel for their work
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Today's Tasks

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Martin detaching hinges from old doors on the 3 road shed

Wednesday's Workers

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Nigel painting Ian's new box for his mower parts

Shed Furnace Work

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Dixon:

Ian drilling the floor to install the rails at the front of the furnace

Monday Matters

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Ian repairing the crane's cab top window

Heritage Open Day #2 of 2

Logan, Ben & George arriving at ET on HL No.2

Today's Tasks

    

            

Steve steadying Cochrane's new tank .....

Today's Variety

George painting a lamppost
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Around Marley Hill

Ian washing part of Marley Hill shed floor .....
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

TR Today

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Malcolm painting a window frame

Heritage Open Day #1 of 2

Jim & Tom discussing fitting HC 38's springs

Heritage Open Days at TR 2021

A new video by Dave Dixon will be shown at East Tanfield during HOD 2021
(Guided walks from East Tanfield this & next Sunday)

Today's Work

Steve painting the frame which I cleaned yesterday
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Usual Work

Ian removing waste material from the front of MH shed

Work Continued

Colin working on replacement doors for the 3 road shed

Today's Folks

Inspection of D21 taking place
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Sunday Trains etc

Henry oiling No.2

Haulage on 1820s Railways

Rob Fallon recently told me of the online availability of the Franklin Institute Journal, including from the early 19th century when Erskine Hazard, an American civil engineer, visited NE England.   Some of his observations appeared on pages 275-7 of the Franklin Institute Journal of April 1827.   Apart from observations on how flanges interact with rails, an interesting conclusion which Hazard expounds is that stationary engine haulage is preferred to locomotives (on the Hetton Railway) because they do less damage to rails.   This is something that I had not previously considered, but very relevant in the days when steel had not yet replaced cast & wrought iron.

More at Marley Hill

Ian greasing his mower

Back at Marley Hill

Ian emptying yesterday's cuttings
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)