Tuesday

Kelly sweeping muck from the office floor

Monday

Practice pallet handling .....

Sunday

Jim turning a drift for work on Horden

Loco Firing

The Fire Triangle

The fire triangle is used by fire fighters to show that there are 3 components which, if all present & balanced, will cause a chemical reaction - a fire.   Remove a component and the fire goes out.   The inverse applies to steam loco firing, where the fireman must strive for the perfect balance of components to get the most heat energy from coal, which also occurs with minimum smoke.

Thursday

Barry continuing to clear the traverser pit, ready for use
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Wednesday

Ian repairing .....

Tuesday

On the new road this morning, heading from Beamish to Bucks - Peckett 1370

Monday

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Mick trying to sort spanners by type, size & measure

Mainly Workshop Again this Sunday

Andy making loco parts

Thursday

Paul painting a section of smoke chute

Wednesday Work

Simon sharpening chisels
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Tuesday - Craning Loco Parts

Ian & I discussing lifting No.2's cab
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Sunday

Andy cleaning a joint face in No.2's smokebox

Thursday with ET brown signs!

Brown tourist signs at East Tanfield erected thanks to the help of councillors
Christine Bell, Joyce Charlton, Joan Nicholson, Helen Clark & David Tully
(Colin, Malcolm, Malcolm, Martin & Dave from TR behind)
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering, TR Trust project leader)

Wednesday

Dave & Martin drilling a purlin

Tuesday

Brian checking measurements of chute components

Monday, Mainly Workshop

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Kelly cleaning & disinfecting the office table

Sunday

Andy & Barry reassembling HL No.2

Thursday

Dennis bending a chute support to length & shape

Wednesday

Jonny extracting boiler tubes from Horden for checking

A Very Quiet Tuesday

Richard adjusting a smoke chute stay .....

Monday

Brian fitting a testpiece in a smoke chute clamp

Google Tanfield Railway

Google carries basic information about TR.   If you use Google search for Tanfield Railway, you'll be presented with a list of alternatives covering the TR main web, Facebook, TripAdvisor, Wiki, etc.   However, the info which Google holds is down the right hand side of the search results.   It includes some basic facts which we have to maintain, plus reviews & photos freely supplied to Google from members of the public - most of this is good to excellent, including the few bad reviews which inform us what matters to visitors.   Similarly, the photos show what the public are looking for and how we present ourselves.

There are a few reviews of NPE, not all for TR - click for more reviews