Weekend Return to Hetton

No.14 leaves TR for a couple of days at Hetton.   It will star in tomorrow's cavalcade, part of the bicentennial celebration of Hetton Colliery Railway, the world's first to be designed & built (by George Stephenson) for locomotive working (although sections used horses, powered inclines & balanced inclines).   The Hetton line helped open up deep mining in East Durham as part of the Great Northern Coalfield.

Ian Thompson & Richard setting out a ramp at ET

No.14 at Causey crossing on its way to ET
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

Waiting in the platform while preparatory shunting is done
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

Barry scything greenery from the rails .....

..... so that AW No.2 has more chance to ascend the new Causey south incline .....

..... onto the loading siding

Winching the loco up the ramp

Ian & Ian in discussion as 14 ascends

On the loader, with ramp to remove & securing to be done
(photo courtesy of Oliver Humphries)

Chaining down
(photo courtesy of Oliver Humphries)

On the loader, ready to go
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

Leaving ET car park

Off to Hetton
(photo courtesy of Oliver Humphries)