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Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Tuesday 23/12, NPE Day#9

Twizell bringing the empty stock for the North Pole Express .....

Sunday, 21 December 2025

Sunday 21/12, NPE Day#8 Extra

Peter filing to take up wear on a split bearing from HL No.2

Sunday 21/12, NPE Day#8

The photos below are courtesy of James Gray:
Margaret, Dave, Anne & Geoff behind the counter at the North Pole

Saturday, 20 December 2025

Saturday 20/12, NPE Day#7

Eric scanning ET car park as David & Rod fix a sign
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Thursday, 18 December 2025

Thursday 18/12

John making brackets for the replica wooden waggon

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

Wednesday 17/12

Treey painting the beams supporting the workshop overhead crane

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Tuesday 16/12

Steve painting the hinges for .....
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Sunday, 14 December 2025

Sunday 14/12, NPE Day#6

A lone elf ready for the show in ET carriage shed

Saturday, 13 December 2025

Saturday 13/12, NPE Day#5 at ET

Customers browsing in Nigel's shop
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Friday, 12 December 2025

Video - 300 Year Old Railway

A recent YouTube video by Jago Hazzard deals with some of the 300 year history of Tanfield Railway:
A still from the video

Friday 12/12

Sarah looking forward to a cake
(photo courtesy of Ken Dickson)

Thursday, 11 December 2025

Thursday 11/12

Dennis making clamps to hold the mesh onto AH platform staircase

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Wednesday 10/12

Alex working on a lamp
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

IHNNE Meeting

The final Industrial Heritage Network (NE group) for 2025 was held at Hopetown, Darlington.   IHN is based at Ironbridge Industrial Museum, which is due to be taken over by the National Trust in March 2026.
Dr Mike Nevell (2nd right) chairing the meeting

Sunday, 7 December 2025

Saturday, 6 December 2025

Saturday 6/12, NPE Day#3 at ET

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:
Steve's the guard as his train is waved off from East Tanfield, heading for the North Pole

Saturday 6/12, NPE Day#3

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:
Chris operating the ground frame for MH carriage shed .....

Friday, 5 December 2025

Friday 5/12

Angela decorating Tanfield Railway's Christmas Tree
in St Margaret's
 church in Tanfield Village
(photo courtesy of Ian Cowan)

Thursday, 4 December 2025

Thursday 4/12

Geoff manually turning an internal thread in a plug for a boiler tube

Wednesday, 3 December 2025

Wednesday 3/12

Roger on electrical & Julian making a bracket in MH workshop

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Tuesday 2/12

Barry dealing with NP rubbish
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)