Work at Percy Main

Volunteers were busy down at Percy Main today carrying out ballasting work in the headshunt, vegetation clearance and fencing repairs

 

South Gosforth TMD

Tomorrow is the final day in service for the old South Gosforth Car sheds, opened in 1923 to house the North Tyneside Electrics. Tyne and Wear Metro will close the shed tomorrow to open the new depot on the site. Here are some photos of the sheds from the archive.

 

Coal tub relocating

Volunteers have been hard at work re-locating the little coal tub from the pathway to Middle Engine Lane platform, to beside the car park pedestrian gates

 

Hartley Main Colliery engine at Percy Main

A little throwback for your Sunday. A veteran from Hartley Main Collieries finds her feet on the bank at Percy Main. Passing some of her more 'modern' counterparts! Number 3 of 1867 continued at work til 1959.

Photo courtesy of B.Embleton

 

Rules Refreshers

Today was the first of this month's biennial rules refreshers course, in this photo volunteers are carrying out the end of course assessment

 

Work on the dogfish

Michael fitting new oil lines to the Dogfish ballast hopper wagon

 

Ash clearing

Michael loading a freshly overhauled dumper truck with ash from the pit road