An Evening Delivery

Arriving at East Tanfield this evening .....
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

.... is Barclay works no.1659 of 1920, known as No.32 by the NCB on the Bowes Railway .....
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

..... but as Stanley when it was delivered new to East Tanfield Colliery 
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

The loco is returning to TR after several years of restoration in Derbyshire
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

Building the ramp .....
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

.... to fetch the loco onto ET offloading siding .....
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

..... using the Ruston & a match waggon
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

The loco will work at ET for the first time since the early 1960s
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

Chris & Steve looking out as they enter ET bay .....
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

..... before heading for Marley Hill
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

The loco poses in MH shed, from which TR used it until the 1980s,
& where (facing the other way) it was based in NCB use in the 1960s
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)