Sunday 25/10

Tommy has sold out to Santa

New Book & Talk

Coxlodge Waggonway viaduct over the Ouse at Gosforth (by TH Hair)

His latest book  Doon the Waggonway  will be the subject of a free talk by Tyneside historian Les Turnbull at the Mining Institute on Thursday 23 April.

This early 19th century waggonway traversed the whole of Newcastle from Coxlodge across Gosforth, past the RVI,, through Heaton to the Tyne at Wallsend.   It is also linked to people behind much of the mining & railway development on Tyneside - Blenkinsop, Brandling, Brunton, Buddle, Stephenson, etc.

Thursday 12/3

Peter & Richard testing a pressure gauge against a known accurate one

Friday 5/12

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

Tuesday

Steve unloading wooden blocks from which to cut waggon wheel sectors

NE England Tourism Awards

Nicola, Chris & David have received a 'Highly Commended' award on behalf of TR
See Tanfield Facebook for more
(photo courtesy of Euan Sharp)

Wednesday

Steve taking delivery of new chairs for afternoon teas
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Saturday - HRA Awards

David with Elise, who .....
(photo courtesy of Euan Sharp)

Tuesday Lines Up

Smoke chutes in use 
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Christmas Tree

Angela dressing the Tanfield Railway Christmas tree in St Margaret's Church, Tanfield Village
(photo courtesy of Ian Cowan)

Northumbria in Bloom

About 200 participants in the annual Northumbria in Bloom awards at The Fed today

Hopetown

The renewed Darlington railway museum uses currently
in vogue electronic presentations & interactive video

Thursday

Ryan & Simon from Morris Lubricants giving a presentation on their company & its products

RSH Husky at AV Dawson

AV Dawson Ltd are transport specialists who operate the Port of Middlesbrough 

East Tanfield in Bloom

The photos below are courtesy of Ian Cowan, via Angela:

Dave from Durham CC arranging plants in a tub at ET station, as part
 of Stanley town's entry into the Northumbria in Bloom competition

Common Room Talks

There were a couple of interesting talks in the lecture theatre at the Common Room (Mining Institute, Westgate Road) yesterday:

Simple signalling to avoid collisions between trains on the Stanhope & Tyne
and the Brandling Junction at Pontop Crossing (Brockley Whins,
South Shields, where iron ore trains later crossed the coastal route)

It's up!

Christmas tree from Tanfield Railway in our parish church of  St Margaret's, Tanfield Village
(Tree, decoration & photo thanks to & courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Some Wednesday Work

Geoff catching up with painting .....

Tuesday

Filming in a darkened MH shed

RS & NER Darlington Loco Works

Robert Stephenson works, Darlington 1929
image: Britain from Above