Friday 19/6 - a Signalman's Gala Views of Green 4-Wheelers & Crews

An arc of photographers capture Stanley leaving MH engine shed

Thursday 18/6

Dennis making lugs for fire-beater stands

Wednesday 17/6

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Oliver & Oliver fitting Dora's spark arrestor

Tuesday 16/6

Logan removing gardening waste from a waggon

Monday 15/6

Eric altering a coupling shackle for Stanley

Sunday 14/6

Andy & Richard checking Horden's smokebox plugs

Thursday 11/6

Geoff developing drawings & a copy of a vacuum brake application valve

Wednesday 10/6

Colin at work on the band saw

Tuesday 9/6

Colin & Steve making noticeboards

A Signalman's Views from Sunday

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Volunteers preparing Horden for the day's work

Sunday 7/6

Horden leaving with today's first train from East Tanfield

British Trains of Yesteryear

I was recommended the Ian Allan 1960s book British Trains of Yesteryear by C Hamilton Ellis.      While the focus is UK mainline pre-grouping (pre-1923) railways, there is much of interest, as exemplified below:

SECR New Cross shed in the early 1900s - brimming with Twizell's peers
(Twizell was a large loco for 1891, needed for lengthy NE colliery railways)

Thursday 4/6

Walter sorting out nuts & bolts for the stores

Wednesday 3/6

The wooden wall gang excitedly waiting for work

Tuesday 2/6

Richard shunting stock to prepare for contractor's access to the storage shed site
(The steam loco is Cyclops, built by Hawtorn Leslie, rebuilt by Barclay)

Monday 1/6

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Eric carefully fitting a special split key on one of Twizell's eccentric shelves