Sunday

Inside Marley Hill shed early in the day
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Thursday

Ian cutting a square of plate from Horden's scrap buffer beam .....

Wednesday

Richard cutting gaskets for stock

Tuesday

Ian & Steve freeing turntable wheels

Hawarden's Away

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Hawarden being turned on the Nostell Colliery turntable

Reyrolle's No.2

In Hebburn library, browsing through the book "Arcs, Sparks & Engineers - A Centenary History of A.Reyrolle & Co.Ltd (1901- 2001)", I came across the photo below:

TR's Armstrong Whitworth D22 of 1933 in original guise as Reyrolle No.2
seen in 1937 outside Hebburn short-circuit testing station No.2

One of the next photos in the book shows an explosion as new switch gear is tested to short-circuit destruction!   

Like Andrew Leslie's shipyard (which started in the mid19th century), Reyrolle's complex was a major  industrial employer in Hebburn.   Reyrolle rode the turn of the century surge on Tyneside in electrical design, development, production, use & export.   Business was good, enabling the company to invest in employee development, help to improve housing, & set up welfare facilities such as large sports fields & parks.

Monday

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Paul working on Twizell's original safety valves

Gala Sunday

Propelling a freight train into East Tanfield loop
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Gala Saturday

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Hewitt:

HL No.2 heading into Bowes Bridge with a freight train

Gala Friday

Hawarden & Cochrane raising steam in Marley Hill shed
(photo courtesy of Steve Easton)

Geoff's Delayed Report of Last Sunday at ET

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Horden arriving at East Tanfield

Thursday

Roger changing light fittings in the paint store

Wednesday Moves

Visiting loco Hawarden off the unloading ramp & waiting .....

Tuesday

Brian taking telehandler basic training

Monday

Elise, Sean & Bradley heading for line maintenance
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

Sunday

Peter creating technical drawings to manufacture a demonstration 1725 chaldron waggon

Local Historic Railway Videos

Several interesting videos (with sync'd sound) have appeared recently on YouTube, courtesy of Peter Hutchinson.   They show industrial & main line steam in NE England in the 1960s.   To view them, Google 51A-Darlington

The Bowes Railway video includes runs up to & around Hobson pit.
These pitmen are going to a pit up the line, likely just Marley Hill.
Question - why are these fulls from Blackburn Fell drift heading west?

There are more Hobson Bank photos in an earlier post, including a driver who later became a stalwart Tanfield Railway volunteer.

Thursday Moves

A guards van arrives at East Tanfield this morning .....
(photo courtesy of David Watchman)

Wednesday

Cameron & Dennis tidying up above MH coal drops

Tuesday

Colin setting up to cut trim for work in MH carriage shed

Monday incl. Crane Move

Mick fitting a crosshead slipper on HC 38
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

Sunday

A similar viewpoint within MH shed to one from last night .....

Wedding

Antony & Alex getting Cochrane ready
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Thursday

Steve cleaning parts of Twizell's original safety valves

Wednesday Work

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Geoff painting fingerboards

Tuesday's Two Cranes to Threlkeld

Two jibs & vertical boilers ready for transport to Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum 
(photo courtesy of Ian Cowan)

Tuesday at ET

Barry strimming around East Tanfield station building
(photo courtesy of Dennis Young)

Monday

Richard on AW No.2 moving Tom on 14, with shunter Angela
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

Sunday

Passengers waiting for the first train of the day to arrive at East Tanfield
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

RY Pickering & its Locos

Robert Young Pickering (1849-1931) was born in Shildon.   His father moved the family with teenager Robert to Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, where they went into rolling stock manufacture.   RY Pickering was established around 1880 to continue & expand the business, which produced thousands of carriages & waggons for home & abroad before being wound up as Norbrit-Pickering in the 1980s.

TR carriage No.3, seen here behind Horden, is an RY Pickering product