Sunday

Inside Marley Hill shed early in the day
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Thursday

Ian cutting a square of plate from Horden's scrap buffer beam .....

Wednesday

Richard cutting gaskets for stock

Tuesday

Ian & Steve freeing turntable wheels

Hawarden's Away

The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:

Hawarden being turned on the Nostell Colliery turntable

Reyrolle's No.2

In Hebburn library, browsing through the book "Arcs, Sparks & Engineers - A Centenary History of A.Reyrolle & Co.Ltd (1901- 2001)", I came across the photo below:

TR's Armstrong Whitworth D22 of 1933 in original guise as Reyrolle No.2
seen in 1937 outside Hebburn short-circuit testing station No.2

One of the next photos in the book shows an explosion as new switch gear is tested to short-circuit destruction!   

Like Andrew Leslie's shipyard (which started in the mid19th century), Reyrolle's complex was a major  industrial employer in Hebburn.   Reyrolle rode the turn of the century surge on Tyneside in electrical design, development, production, use & export.   Business was good, enabling the company to invest in employee development, help to improve housing, & set up welfare facilities such as large sports fields & parks.

Monday

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Paul working on Twizell's original safety valves

Gala Sunday

Propelling a freight train into East Tanfield loop
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Gala Saturday

The photos below are courtesy of Dave Hewitt:

HL No.2 heading into Bowes Bridge with a freight train

Gala Friday

Hawarden & Cochrane raising steam in Marley Hill shed
(photo courtesy of Steve Easton)

Geoff's Delayed Report of Last Sunday at ET

The photos below are courtesy of Geoff Lowe:

Horden arriving at East Tanfield

Thursday

Roger changing light fittings in the paint store

Wednesday Moves

Visiting loco Hawarden off the unloading ramp & waiting .....

Tuesday

Brian taking telehandler basic training

Monday

Elise, Sean & Bradley heading for line maintenance
(photo courtesy of Peter Weightman)

Sunday

Peter creating technical drawings to manufacture a demonstration 1725 chaldron waggon

Local Historic Railway Videos

Several interesting videos (with sync'd sound) have appeared recently on YouTube, courtesy of Peter Hutchinson.   They show industrial & main line steam in NE England in the 1960s.   To view them, Google 51A-Darlington

The Bowes Railway video includes runs up to & around Hobson pit.
These pitmen are going to a pit up the line, likely just Marley Hill.
Question - why are these fulls from Blackburn Fell drift heading west?

There are more Hobson Bank photos in an earlier post, including a driver who later became a stalwart Tanfield Railway volunteer.

Thursday Moves

A guards van arrives at East Tanfield this morning .....
(photo courtesy of David Watchman)

Wednesday

Cameron & Dennis tidying up above MH coal drops

Tuesday

Colin setting up to cut trim for work in MH carriage shed