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| George about to exchange tokens while heading to ET with Horden to pick up the train |
Sunday, 16 October 2022
Saturday, 15 October 2022
Washington F Pit Winder
See Tuesday's blog post for more info about Washington F Pit Museum
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| A visitor learning about the 1888-built stationary steam winding engine from a guide |
Thursday, 13 October 2022
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Washington F Pit
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| The last shift in 1968 |
Our Blyth South Beach correspondent reports that the final 2022 open days of Washington F Pit Museum will be this Thursday, Friday & Saturday. Neil visited recently & was particularly interested to see:
Monday, 10 October 2022
Around the Workshop
The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:
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| Malcolm under No.2's boiler barrel ..... |
Sunday, 9 October 2022
Thursday, 6 October 2022
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Tanfield - 3rd Prize in a Beauty Contest
Courtesy of volunteer Terry Carr mentioning it at bait time, see an article in The Times on line for 27 September 2022 listing the top 7 steam train journeys in the UK, including TR at no.3. The list is:
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Monday, 3 October 2022
Sunday, 2 October 2022
Friday, 30 September 2022
Thursday, 29 September 2022
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Monday, 26 September 2022
Monday's Matters
The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:
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| Malcolm removing rust from HL No.2's outer firebox |
Sunday, 25 September 2022
Saturday, 24 September 2022
S&DR Bicentenary Annual Promotions
The forthcoming 200th anniversary of the 1825 opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway has been promoted by an annual trade fair, talks, dinner etc since 2015. These promotions are held at various places along the S&D route, supported by several local councils & other bodies. On Saturday, trade stands were again in a marquee on Stockton High Street:
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| Tommy & Angela on the TR table |
Friday, 23 September 2022
RSH Loco Booklet part 2 of 3 - industrial steam locos
Industrial steam locos were built in the RSH Newcastle works:
Thursday, 22 September 2022
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Monday, 19 September 2022
RSH Loco Booklet part 1 of 3 - history & mainline steam locos
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Front cover of a 1950s booklet containing some history & products of RSH |
Sunday, 18 September 2022
Saturday, 17 September 2022
Thursday, 15 September 2022
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Monday, 12 September 2022
Sunday, 11 September 2022
Some Sunday Trains
The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering:
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| Dan taking charge of carriage shunting this morning |
Thursday, 8 September 2022
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Sunday, 4 September 2022
Saturday, 3 September 2022
Heritage Open Days 2022
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| The top section of Tanfield Railway's entry on the Heritage Open Day website - for details see https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event/tanfield-railway |
Thursday, 1 September 2022
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Monday, 29 August 2022
August BH Extra
The photos below are courtesy of Angela Pickering, except where stated:
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| Chris & Ben checking over AW No.2 |
Sunday, 28 August 2022
Today's Trains (same tomorrow)
The very green photos below are courtesy of John Turnock:
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| The Armstrong leaving Marley Hill for Andrews House with empty stock (Tomorrow's timetable will be the same as today's) |
Saturday, 27 August 2022
Bruce's School
In 1806 John Bruce from Alnwick opened a school on Percy Street in Newcastle. Day (as opposed to boarding) schools were very unlike those today - they were male only, likely to have a religious base, mainly stressed literacy & numeracy, and fee paying (ragged schools came later). By all accounts, Bruce's School was very much better than the norm at educating boys - which had a major affect on industry in the region.
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| Bruce's School (aka Percy Street Academy) in the 19th century |
