Mainly East Tanfield

Kevin topping up oil in the compressor ......

Monday in the Machine Shop

Eric greasing roller spindles on a point motor

Sunday Stuff

Matthew & Ben preparing Twizell

Trains this Mothering Sunday

Tomorrow is the Mothering Sunday event - sorry, all cake trains are fully booked.

Twizell will head passenger trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, & thereafter East Tanfield at 11.25 am, 12.45 pm, 2.15 pm for Sunniside & return.   The last passenger train leaves East Tanfield at 3.35 pm for Andrews House only.

Twizell viewed from its train on Engine Curve in March 2016

A Few Jobs

Howard & Bob preparing No.7 for Mothering Sunday

A Day at East Tanfield

Geoff & Malcolm disassembling a point motor bound for East Tanfield

More Jobs

Ian loading track materials for East Tanfield

Odd Jobs

Houghwell Burn in spate under our railway bridge
(photo courtesy of Ian Cowan)

Workshop

Jim completing his work on Horden's reverser weighshaft

Trains Last Sunday

The photos below are courtesy of Ken Snowdon:

No.2 emerges from Marley Hill shed

A Few Jobs this Sunday

Ian clearing a way for the contractors to continue work on the carriage shed at East Tanfield

From Our East Tanfield Correspondent

Antony Walker and his dog Alfie sent these photos taken today:

Alfie on the platform which we cleared earlier

Tomorrow - No Trains

An early view of Tanfield Railway ......

Snow, Mainly

The A6076 is closed between Sunniside & Kip Hill - the X31 driver said by 12 foot drifts

Murder Mystery

Last summer, the BBC filmed part of an episode of Murder, Mystery & My Family at Andrews House - see the TR blog post for 21 July 2017 for more

Alan chatting with the featured descendant
(photo courtesy of David Watchman)

Marley Hill with more snow

The path down to Marley Hill shed .....

Marley Hill with Snow

The view over Gibraltar Bridge - the sign shows this is in colour

East Tanfield with Snow

Northern Structures adding roof sheeting rails

Monday in the Workshop

At East Tanfield, concrete wall slabs have been delivered
(photo courtesy of Ian Cowan)

Sunday with Waggons

Oliver & Ben cleaning Cochrane

Last Sunday's Branch Line Trains

The photos below are courtesy of Ken Snowdon:

Twizell leaving Marley Hill on the P&JR for the Tanfield Branch

Tomorrow's On the Waggon

Tomorrow is the On the Waggon event - all times given below are provisional.

Twizell will head passenger trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, & thereafter East Tanfield at 11.10 am, 12.40 pm, 2.10 pm for Sunniside & return.   The last passenger train leaves East Tanfield at 3.40 pm for Andrews House only.

Twizell passing Bowes Bridge in February 2017
(photo courtesy of Dave Hewitt)

End of the Week

Works loco heading for East Tanfeld

East Tanfield Plus

Jim working on Horden's tubeplate

East Tanfield Continues

Dennis manning Causey gates .....

East Tanfield Development

Inserting one of the baseplates (drilled yesterday) under a crossing nose .....

In the Workshop

Jim making a pin for Horden, Dave making a former for AW No.2

Some Sunday Shots

Outside Marley Hill shed this morning, Ben & Henry clean Twizell's wheels

Ben Brooksbank's photos & Creative Commons Licence

When looking for photos of Hawthorn Leslie locos on the web, I came across these by Ben Brooksbank under the Creative Commons Licence:

HL 3427 of 1920 ex Alexandra Docks Railway No.36 as BR 1205 at Cardiff Canton shed in 1951

Tomorrow's Branch Line Trains

Tomorrow is Branch Line Day.   Twizell will head mixed (passenger & goods) trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, & thereafter East Tanfield at 11.25 am, 12.45 pm, 2.15 pm for Sunniside & return.   The last train leaves East Tanfield at 3.35 pm for Andrews House only.

Twizell leaving Marley Hill with a mixed train in February 2017 

Last Sunday's Diesels

The photos below were taken last Sunday & are courtesy of Ken Snowdon:

At Bowes Bridge, No.35 leading the way to Sunniside .....

New Shed Steelwork

The steelwork for the new carriage shed at East Tanfield has been fabricated by Northern Structures at Amble, as their photos below show:

East Tanfield, Mainly

Clive & Peter working on Horden's regulator

East Tanfield Work

David manning Causey Crossing to let the works loco through .....

East Tanfield with Snow

Works train passing Causey Level Crossing

Workshop, etc

Jim marking Horden's front tubeplate for drilling

Sunday Stuff

Jonny using a samson to move Horden's frames & reposition its side rods, for inserting pins

Diesel Electric Locos from South Tyneside Industry

Featuring Armstrong Whitworth of Newcastle works no. D22 built 1933 0-4-0 DE No.2 ex Reyrolles at Hebburn; & Ruston & Hornsby of Lincoln works no. 418600 built 1958 0-4-0 DE No.35 ex Tyne Improvement Commission at Tyne Dock

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Hewitt:

Nos.2 & 35 pass Causey car park .....

Tomorrow's Trains

Tomorrow is the Delivered by Diesel event.   Reyrolle's No.2 & TIC No.35 will head passenger trains from Andrews House at 10.30 am, & thereafter East Tanfield at 11.25 am, 12.45 pm, 2.15 pm for Sunniside & return.   The last train leaves East Tanfield at 3.35 pm for Andrews House only.

No.35 being shunted by No.2 in June 2012

Last Sunday's Coal Trains

The photos below were taken last Sunday & are courtesy of Ken Snowdon:

Cochrane leaving East Tanfield with the coal train

East Tanfield on Thursday

Malcolm & Brian chatting while working on Horden's sanding gear

East Tanfield on Track

Works train heading over Causey Level Crossing

A Snowy Day

Rob updating the PAT database

In the Workshop

Eric pumping the Wakefield lubricator .....

Coal Train Sunday

Tom oiling Cochrane

Progress on 49's Boiler

The photos below showing fitting of crown stays to 49's boiler at Newton's were taken on Tuesday 30 January & are courtesy of Richard Charlton.

Showing roof stays with nuts attached

Tomorrow's Trains

Tomorrow is the Coals to Newcastle event.

A Few Jobs

David letting the Husky through Causey Crossing, on its way to collect the dumper

East Tanfield Continues

Works loco passing through Causey Crossing