Thursday 11/12

Dennis making clamps to hold the mesh onto AH platform staircase

Wednesday 10/12

Alex working on a lamp
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

IHNNE Meeting

The final Industrial Heritage Network (NE group) for 2025 was held at Hopetown, Darlington.   IHN is based at Ironbridge Industrial Museum, which is due to be taken over by the National Trust in March 2026.

Dr Mike Nevell (2nd right) chairing the meeting

Sunday 7/12, NPE Day#4

Mick working on the engine of the flail

Saturday 6/12, NPE Day#3 at ET

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Steve's the guard as his train is waved off from East Tanfield, heading for the North Pole

Saturday 6/12, NPE Day#3

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Chris operating the ground frame for MH carriage shed .....

Friday 5/12

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

Thursday 4/12

Geoff manually turning an internal thread in a plug for a boiler tube

Wednesday 3/12

Roger on electrical & Julian making a bracket in MH workshop

Tuesday 2/12

Barry dealing with NP rubbish
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Sunday 30/11 by Geoff at ET

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Susan welcoming visitors

Sunday 30/11, NPE Day#2

Early morning preparatory shunting at Marley Hill
(photo courtesy of Steve Easton)

Saturday 29/11, NPE Day#1

The photos below of the start of the first NPE day are courtesy of Rob Anderson:

Sarah & Ken setting up East Tanfield cafe

Thursday 27/11

Jim setting up to make a pin

Wednesday 26/11

Dave & Jeff assembling battery-driven LED units for signal lamps

Tuesday 25/11

Barry fetching long lengths of timber .....

Sunday 23/11

Kathryn decorating a tree at the North Pole .....

Thursday 20/11

Rich repairing a fire iron .....
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

Wednesday 19/11

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe, except where stated:

Brian & David shunting in the snow

Tuesday 18/11

Armstrong Whitworth diesel electric D21 of 1933 at East Tanfield .....
(photo courtesy of Ken Dickson)

Monday 17/11

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Contractors starting to erect the marquee at AH

Sunday 16/11

Mick & Jim investigating & trying to fix a feed fault on a lathe

Thursday 13/11

At ET, Elves are wrapping for Santa
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Wednesday 12/11

Alex preparing boards on which to store forge tools

Tuesday 11/11

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Dixon:

Steve & Colin fitting a wooden wheel to an iron (steel) axle .....

Monday 10/11

The crane undergoing its annual inspection

Sunday - Gan Canny

Marley Hill shed with locos being prepared for the day
(photo courtesy of Steve Easton)

Saturday - Gan Canny pt2

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Cochrane & Stanley at the head of the goods train .....

Saturday - Gan Canny pt1

The photos below are courtesy of James Gray:

No.2 & Twizell ready to leave Marley Hill shed

Thursday

Rich & Dennis marking a square on the workshop floor .....
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Wednesday

Dave mowing the car park
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Tuesday

Steve sanding the wooden waggon wheels

Monday

The photo below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Paul dressing up rough castings for new carriage door locks

Sunday

Antony relinquishing the Sunniside token as Stanley propels empty stock into Andrews House

Geoff's Sunday at East Tanfield

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Jordan watering the plants

Thursday

Colin (left) having a group of fellow railwayana collectors shown round by Barry (right)

Wednesday

Geoff painting speed limit signs

Tuesday

Richard slinging a 2' gauge waggon .....

Monday

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Bagnall's painters starting to limewash the rear gable of Marley Hill shed

Sunday

Reyrolles No.2 assembling today's seven carriage train

Thursday

The roller ready to leave Marley Hill to a restoration base

Wednesday

Terry painting signal lever marking rings (?)
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

Tuesday

Contractors adding another coat of limewash to MH shed walls

Monday

James clearing 49's grate of cynders & ash

Sunday Exchange

Angela handing over a painting of Twizell to Paul Jarman of Beamish Museum,
to mark the occasion of the handover of Twizell to the Tanfield Railway Trust

Sunday at TR

Andy cleaning Twizell .....
(photo courtesy of Alex Tyson)

S&DR 200 Weekend - crossing Skerne Bridge very early on Sunday

The photos below, taken between 1am & 2am at Skerne Bridge, are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Early risers & late retirers await the train

S&DR 200 Weekend - Saturday @ Darlington

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Angela dressed as a navvy in an avenue of trees planted along the S&DR route

Malleable No.5 Hand Over

Before Marley Hill & Beamish, Malleable No.5 was used at Stockton by South Durham Steel & Iron Co.   It has an unknown builder, but its origins may be with the Stockton Malleable Iron Works.

Malleable No.5 was the first loco to be steamed by Tanfield Railway at Marley Hill.
Alan Thompson, Eric Maxwell, Neil Thompson, Derek Knott & Pete Weightman pose in 1972.
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

S&DR 200 Weekend - Friday @ Shildon

The train waiting at Shildon to start its 3-day commemorative journey to Stockton