Sunday

Andy preparing No.2 inside Marley Hill shed
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Thursday

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Steve making more mower parts

Wednesday at East Tanfield

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Dan training on the digger .....

Today at TR

Sophie cleaning 49's wheels

Geograph - Ben Brooksbank

Geograph Britain & Ireland has the aim of photographically documenting the UK & Eire geographically & in time.   A couple of weeks ago some of Walter Dendy's photos were featured on this blog.   It seems that these were published on Geograph by Ben Brooksbank.

Westoe Lane Station on the SSM&WCR in 1953
(photo by Ben Brooksbank, from Geograph, reproduced under Creative Commons licence)

TRA Middleton Railway Trip

Tanfield Magazine

The latest magazine produced by the Tanfield Railway Association is now being distributed to subscribing members.

The front cover features gala visitors; inside is
comment & story on the June 2015 gala

TRA at Threlkeld

The Tanfield Railway Association took a coach trip last Saturday to Threlkeld Mining Museum near Keswick.

The photos below are all courtesy of David Reed:

Terry, Dave, Alan, Eric, Malcolm, Dave, Sarah, David, ? & Andrew at Threlkeld

Typical Monday Tasks

Dave making a thrust plate for an axlebox for Horden

Tanfield and the Tunnel Again

A rainy day at Tanfield, but dry work can continue inside because all of the lower roof sheeting is in place.

Austin making window surrounds

Monday's Mainly at Tanfield

David adding black lining to HL No.2's bunker

TR Association Trip to Victoria Tunnel

The Victoria Tunnel from Spital Tongues under the heart of Newcastle to the Tyne is an important and interesting item of industrial history - built to move coal, and used as an air raid shelter.    See http://www.victoriatunnel.info/ for more information.

(copyright Ouseburn Trust)

The next Tanfield Railway Association trip is a conducted tour of the tunnel.   There are a small number of spaces available on Thursday 1 November at 6.30pm and Saturday 3 November at 10am for TR Association members.    The cost is five pounds per person, and the tour lasts about 2 hours.    Please ring  0191 4606493  or email  susanwalton28@talktalk.net  to book places.

TRA at Embsay

A likely lot