Progress with No.1

Callum painting No.1's floor

15" Gauge

I recently visited the RH&DR, which at 13 miles is the longest "minimum gauge" railway in the UK.   15" gauge lines often carry tourists, examples being at Cleethorpes, Heatherslaw, Kirklees, Ravenglass, Romney & Saltburn.   I've found the staff on such lines to be welcoming, friendly, interested & helpful.

Pacific "Winston Churchill" bringing its train into Hythe

Tomorrow's Trains

Tomorrow, No.2 will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.

No.2 & crew wait at Andrews House last Sunday

Two Jobs

Ian making a spark arrestor for No.2

At Marley Hill & ET

Jim making boiler plugs

A Few More Jobs

Dave wiring the compressor in the lean to

A Few Jobs

Dave clearing part of the lean to, to allow the compressor to be moved in,
to give more space in the workshop for the new machine tools

Workshop Etc

Dave taking a shine to the new lathe

Sunday Stuff

Antony & Steve crewing No.2 today

Tomorrow's Trains

Tomorrow, No.2 will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.

No.2 passing Marley Hill signalbox on the way to Sunniside in May 2014
(photo courtesy of Ken Snowdon)

End of the Week

Vic mowing the picnic area

Continuing Jobs

Peter using a mirror to view No.2's LH clack valve seat .....

At Marley Hill Today

Colin gloss painting wainscot in the toilets
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Replacing Workshop Equipment

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Dixon:

Tom dragging out the lathe which is to be replaced

Monday Variety

Peter propelling his train into Andrews House.

May Day Mix

The photos below are all courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Ian coaling Andrews House platform

Scans of Old TR Photos

Ballast brakes which became carriage nos. 4 & 3, with Marley Hill pit behind
(photo by Alan Thompson?)

Sunday with Progress

Tom, Logan & Ben cleaning Twizell this morning ......

New Machine Tools

The photos below are courtesy of Ian Cowan:

Vertical borer being removed from current location

Trains This Weekend

Tomorrow, Sunday, Twizell will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.

Jonny driving Twizell out of Marley Hill earlier this month

Ralph Hedley

Ralph Hedley was a painter of the people, places and events in North East England in later Victorian & Edwardian times.  The examples below are on display in the Laing.

Geordie Haa'd the Bairn, 1890
(miner left holding the bairn in his one room cottage)

Thursday Variety

Jim making more pins for Horden
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

More Machine Tools

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Steve & Ian removing the radial arm drill

Machine Tools

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Dixon:

Steve & Dave jacking up the work table of the radial arm drill ..... 

Progress on 49's Firebox

The photos below are courtesy of John Eastwood at Israel Newton's via Richard Charlton: 

The remnants of 49's inner firebox being lifted out .....

Another Sunday

Logan cleaning Twizell's wheels

Tomorrow's Trains

Tomorrow, Twizell will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.

Twizell passing Causey car park exit in April 2013

Tomorrow is also a Lord Armstrong Family Fun day, when our Armstrong Whitworth diesel electric loco will be in Andrews House station, with public access to the cab, & its history explained as below, by David Watchman:

John Wilson Carmichael

There are many well known artists associated with NE England, one of whom was John Wilson Carmichael, a landscape & maritime painter.   I first published a Carmichael painting on this blog a year ago, showing what eventually became the terminus of the Tanfield Branch.   Carmichael produced several railway scenes in NE England in the mid 19th century.

Victoria Viaduct over the River Wear

ET Again

Jim working on an oil pot

Odd Jobs

Brian setting up a job on the miller

ET Conrinued

The works train on its way to East Tanfield

Easter Sunday

All photos below were taken on Easter Sunday by David Harrison 

Easter Monday

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Richard readying No.2 for the day

Easter Sunday, with all day drizzle

Logan cleaning Twizell's wheels

Trains This Weekend

Edwardian Easter trains run on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday.

Today, Good Friday, HL No.2 will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.

No.2 about to head south from Causey in April 2016

Mainly ET

Still drilling stay holes to tie the platform walls:

Works train on its way to East Tanfield

Wednesday Workers

Angela watching30 tonnes of Merthyr Tydfil coal coal being delivered

East Tanfield Today

We're preparing to repair the platform at ET:

Bill, Dave, Bob & Rob levelling .....

Monday Mix

Malcolm cleaning the bore of Horden's LH cylinder
(photo courtesy of Jack Picknell)

Today Around Tanfield Railway

David oiling under No.2's traction motor cover .....
(NB compare the Laurence Scott motor with the 1933 photo in Saturday's post)

TR Volunteers Visit the GNSF

On Saturday some of the railways volunteers took a trip over to Beamish Museum for there annual Great North Steam Fair. 

Dave, Andrew, Owen, David, Kyle, Luke, Mark, Euan, Chris and David take a trip on the Waggonway 

Sunday Views

Twizell and AW.No2 at SS with the first train of the day 

Tomorrow's Trains

Tomorrow, Twizell will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.

Twizell leaving Andrews House last Sunday
(photo courtesy of Neville Whaler)

Tomorrow is also a Lord Armstrong Family Fun day, when our Armstrong Whitworth diesel electric loco will be in Andrews House station, with public access to the cab, & its history explained .....

49 at Israel Newton's

The photos below were taken by or supplied via Richard Charlton.   They show No.49's boiler in the throes of inner firebox removal at Israel Newton's Cromford works.

Showing some back head stays having been removed

Thursday Jobs

Ian filling gaps in the clerestory of Marley Hill shed
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Continued Tasks

Dennis & Tony laying blocks in the bin bay

Back to East Tanfield

Works train heading for ET

Workshop Monday

Peter & Jim checking that a side rod (from Horden) is level .....

A Typical Sunday

Jonny driving Twizell out of Marley Hill this morning

Tomorrow's Trains

Tomorrow, Twizell will head trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, 11.50 am, 1.15 pm, 2.35 pm & 3.55 pm for Sunniside, Causey, East Tanfield & return.

Preparing Twizell for steam in April 2014
(photo courtesy of Nigel Wheeler)