A Few from Another Day

Ian taking delivery of roof sheets for Marley Hill shed
- to be fitted next spring, together with the trusses behind

A Few from Today

Peter altering the mounting board for Horden's vacuum gauge

Saturday's 2021 NPE Day#1 in Today's Metro

NPE 2021 Day#2

Chris preparing Cochrane on standby, Kyle cleaning Horden

Tommy's Cuttings #5

From a 1980s local newspaper:

Tanfield's Thursday Team

Steve screwing window cills in position

Wednesday Daytime

Terry & Ian sanding window cills
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Some Work

Ian cutting window cills to shape (see other end)

Marley Hill Monday

Malcolm removing parts from Cochrane. for polishing

A Few from Today

Mick & Jim locating some thick walled tube from which to make collars

An Award for TR

Today (Saturday), Angela & Martin attended an award ceremony on behalf of TR following an invitation from Liz Twist, MP for Blaydon (which includes Marley Hill & Sunniside).   Liz made the award  to Tanfield Railway  In recognition of your outstanding contribution to our community.

Martin showing the framed certificate, on which Liz also writes:
Thank you for all you have done.   You have made a real difference.
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Tommy's Cuttings #4

North Pole Express from 34 years ago
Chester-le-Street Advertiser 19/11/1987

Thursday's Stuff

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

ITMA - preserving

Today's Work

Some time today, someone made the 2 millionth view of a page on this blog.   Thank you for your interest, but sorry no prize - I don't know who it was!

Dave preparing sockets

Today's Tuesday

Rob removing a broken pane

Monday at Marley Hill

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Peter cutting a gauge glass

Heaton History Group

Googling for info about WP Collier, a well-known photographer of Northumberland based in Bellingham, I stumbled upon the Heaton History Group.   This contains some fascinating details of people, industry & invention in Heaton, as in the page where I'd unknowingly searched for Grubb Parsons.

Try skipping over the photographers Thompson, Hart & Collier, then past Armstrong, Parsons &Arup to find out about the theoretical & very practical engineer Gerald Stoney, then read on to find the optical engineers David Brown & David Sinden.

To find articles of interest to you, either click on a word such as Ouseburn in the tag cloud on the right, or use the search box;  eg searching for corn or "Grand Allies" (NB use quotes to surround a phrase) reveals the part played by the Grand Allies in the Newcastle corn riots of 1740.   I'll leave you to find your way around the Heaton History Group.

NPE Preparation

Rod & helper decorating the North Pole

Tommy's Cuttings #3

Gibraltar Bridge reconstruction (former designed by Stan Weightman) was an essential part of the Causey & ET extension.   Below are local press cuttings (basic info fed via Derek Charlton) from 12 February 1987 courtesy of Tommy Knox:

Newcastle Journal 12/2/1987

Some Tasks from Thursday

Peter cleaning up after painting Cochrane's toolbox
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Wednesday Daytime

Colin working on shed doors .....
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

MH Shed

Ian & Steve re-extending the scaffold on Marley Hill shed
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Loco Prep

David preparing the former for Horden's brick arch
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

Steaming Again

The photos below are courtesy of Alex Tyson:

Graham checking Horden's boiler in steam

Today around Marley Hill

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Graham Morris inspecting Horden's front tubeplate
(Graham Morris Engineering Ltd, 07734560802)

Wednesday Daytime

Bill, Geoff & Colin in the woodwork shop

Tuesday's Tasks

Ian removing render from the outside wall of MH shed
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Today's Jobs

Jim making replacement nuts to repair 49