East Tanfield in Bloom

The photos below are courtesy of Ian Cowan, via Angela:

Dave from Durham CC arranging plants in a tub at ET station, as part
 of Stanley town's entry into the Northumbria in Bloom competition

Thursday at Marley Hill

Mick making a gasket for one of HC 38's sandbox fittings (to reduce blockage by damp sand)

Wednesday Daytime Work

Dave & Ian preparing .....

Tuesday at TR

Ian & Dave removing danaged metal sheet from one of MH shed's work benches

Monday Works

Mick working on HC 38's sanding gear

Sunday Stuff

The first use of the new smoke chutes .....
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

Bargain Hunt 2004

David Dickinson's Bargain Hunt featured TR on leap day 2004; some of Dave Hewitt's photos from the day are below:

Cochrane waits at  a snowy Andrews House on 29 February 2004,
seen through the arch of our 1990-rebuild of Gibraltar Bridge

Thursday Things

Brian & Malcolm cutting Horden's new blastpipe to length

Wednesday Work

At East Tanfield, Terry painting window frames .....
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

MH Shed Roof

Ian & Ian flashing around a smoke chute

Workshop Monday

Malcolm milling parts for HC 38's sanding gear
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

Sunday Around Tanfield Railway

Horden awaiting retubing in MH shed
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Robert Stephenson Locos

There are two Robert Stephenon locos preserved in Norway:

Norwegian State Railway 2-4-0 No.16, RS 1406 of 1861 - the display model

Thursday Tidying Up

Malcolm moving rubbish

Chute Shots

Dave & Dave moving a chute down the shed
- a fairly tight fit under the trusses

Wednesday at East Tanfield

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Dan training on the digger .....

Smoke Chute Installation

Ian, Colin & Barry assembling a chute

Monday, mainly in the Workshop

Jim working on HC 38's steam stand
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

Sunday Staff

Matt cleaning 49 outside Marley Hill carriage shed (of c2006)
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Smoke Chutes & Snow

Ian & Ian fitting a tube on a skirt

Painting & Pilot Drilling

Terry painting the walls of East Tanfield waiting room
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Firebox Instruction by Destruction

Jonny cutting a section from No.6's inner firebox showing grooving at the foundation ring

Peter's Workshop Views

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Malcolm transporting Horden's new larger bore blastpipe components
(which should reduce throwing of sparks from the loco)

Sunday

Jim making spacers for HC 38

Common Room Talks

There were a couple of interesting talks in the lecture theatre at the Common Room (Mining Institute, Westgate Road) yesterday:

Simple signalling to avoid collisions between trains on the Stanhope & Tyne
and the Brandling Junction at Pontop Crossing (Brockley Whins,
South Shields, where iron ore trains later crossed the coastal route)

Thursday

Brian & Peter looking to replace the steam feed to No.2's ejector

Wednesday

Colin & Paul painting smoke chute flashing
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)