Terry repairing the ceiling at East Tanfield ..... (photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe) |
Everyday work, people & events at the World's Oldest Railway 1725
North East England industrial steam railway heritage on a 1920-50 minor railway
Wednesday 31 August 2022
Wednesday Workers
Tuesday 30 August 2022
Tuesday
Monday 29 August 2022
August BH Extra
The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering, except where stated:
Chris & Ben checking over AW No.2 |
Yesterday's Trains (same today)
Sunday 28 August 2022
Today's Trains (same tomorrow)
The very green photos below are courtesy of John Turnock:
The Armstrong leaving Marley Hill for Andrews House with empty stock (Tomorrow's timetable will be the same as today's) |
Saturday 27 August 2022
Bruce's School
In 1806 John Bruce from Alnwick opened a school on Percy Street in Newcastle. Day (as opposed to boarding) schools were very unlike those today - they were male only, likely to have a religious base, mainly stressed literacy & numeracy, and fee paying (ragged schools came later). By all accounts, Bruce's School was very much better than the norm at educating boys - which had a major affect on industry in the region.
Bruce's School (aka Percy Street Academy) in the 19th century |
Thursday 25 August 2022
Thursday
Labels:
Building,
Electrical,
Loco,
Maintenance,
Projects
Wednesday 24 August 2022
Wednesday
Tuesday 23 August 2022
Monday 22 August 2022
Monday
Labels:
Building,
Coal,
Loco,
Maintenance,
Projects
Sunday 21 August 2022
Sunday
Labels:
Building,
Environment,
Loco,
Maintenance,
Operations,
Projects
Thursday 18 August 2022
Thursday
Wednesday 17 August 2022
Wednesday Work
Tuesday 16 August 2022
Interview & Glazing Bars
John Cook from Hetton being interviewed by Mark from Lonely Tower (photo courtesy of Angela Pickering) |
Monday 15 August 2022
Marley Hill Monday
Labels:
Building,
Environment,
Loco,
Maintenance,
Projects
Sunday 14 August 2022
The Armstrong's Sunday
Antony using our 1933-built Armstrong diesel-electric loco to haul 49 out of the shed ..... (photo courtesy of Angela Pickering) |
Thursday 11 August 2022
Thursday by Geoff
Wednesday 10 August 2022
Some Wednesday Work
Labels:
Building,
Inspection,
Maintenance,
Projects
Tuesday 9 August 2022
Tuesday
Labels:
Building,
Electrical,
Maintenance,
Projects
Sunday 7 August 2022
Thursday 4 August 2022
Thursday
Labels:
Building,
Environment,
Loco,
Maintenance,
Projects,
Structures
Wednesday 3 August 2022
Some Variety for Wednesday
Labels:
Building,
Electrical,
Environment,
Loco,
Maintenance,
Projects
Tuesday 2 August 2022
Monday 1 August 2022
Mainly in the Workshop
Labels:
Building,
Loco,
Maintenance,
Projects,
Workshop