Sunday 31/5

Jim making bolts .....

Friday 29/5

Traffic on Beamish new road, ready for the transport festival at Beamish Museum this weekend

Thursday 28/5

Neil drilling buffer spacers for engineers' saloon 1173

Wednesday Wall

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Dixon:

Martin & Barry fetching a sleeper for the wall by MH box

Tuesday 26/5

Richard using No.2 to empty the Andrews House Colliery branch to clear space in MH yard

BH Monday 25/5

Jonny dismantling valve gear on Twizell to get at a loose key under an eccentric
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

BH Sunday 24/5

Oliver on Stanley heading for MH carriage shed .....

Thursday 21/5

Dennis & Jim in discussion about fabrication

Wednesday 20/5

Elaine cleaning AH toilets again

Tuesday 19/5

Colin & Steve cutting replacements ......

Springwell Colliery Railway Bicentenary

The Bowes Railway section from Jarrow staiths to Springwell Colliery became 200 years old in January 2026.   An interesting article about this bicentenary has appeared on North East Bylines.

The kip at the head of the balanced incline from Springwell towards Jarrow
Click Ray Casey's photo for the article

The Springwell Railway was extended past Mount Moor, Kibblesworth, Marley Hill, Byermoor & Hobson to Dipton by the 1850s.   It became known as the Pontop & Jarrow Railway, & was renamed the Bowes Railway in the 1930s.   Marley Hill shed was built by 1854 to serve the loco-worked westernmost 6 miles from Birkheads to Dipton.

Sunday 17/5

49 heading for MH carriage shed .....

Thursday 14/5

David painting signboards
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Wednesday 13/5

Julian, Roger, Martin, David & Terry keen to move ET firewood store in the rain
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Tuesday 12/5

Dave heading to mow after more rain

Monday 11/5 with Eric

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Eric filling a gap under Cochrane's new spark arrestor

Saturday Spring Gala

Ben Taking Horden out from Marley Hill this morning
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Thursday 7/5

Peter photographing Cochrane's new spark arrestor

Wednesday 6/5

Colin & Steve making another signboard frame

Tuesday 5/5

Dave strimming in rain on the slippery slopes of AH cutting

May BH Monday

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

James cutting a gasket for No.2 .....

Sunday 3/5

Oliver watching Twizell safely exit Marley Hill shed