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| Sefan cleaning No.10 |
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| Keith and Norman carrying on with the painting of 08915 |
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| More work being carried out on the Smith Rail Crane |
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| Peter constructing a new baffle plate for Ashington No.5 |
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| Diesel Mechanical Class 03 No.D2078 - Former pilot locomotive at Newcastle Central |
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| Diesel Electric Class 08 No.08915 - Former shunter at Allerton (AN) Depot. |
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| Consett Iron Company No.10 - Industrial shunter at Consett Ironworks. |
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| Kitson & Co A.No.5 is out and about running trains tomorrow departing Middle Engine Lane at 1130, 1230, 1400 & 1500 |
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| Davy out with the needle gun on the crane again |
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| Norman begins applying BR blue to the front of 08915 |
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| 401 Thundering up the line in May 1997, hopefully a similar scene will be created in the near future |
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| Part of the foliage clearance at the museum entrance, Matthew loads up the dumper truck with cut timbers |
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| Angus begins building a new headboard |
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| Billy drilling components for the Smiths Rail Crane |
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| Norman (L) and Keith (R) carry on painting 08915 |
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| Matthew making new tail trimmings for A.No.5 |
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| Steve carries on cleaning and expanding tubes inside Ashington No.5's firebox |
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| Matthew needle gunning the dumper truck, prepping for some primer! |
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| Davy needle gunning the frames of the crane |
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| Michael (L) and Matthew (R) carry out more brake adjustments on the coaching stock |
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| Michael inside the firebox starting to expand the tubes |
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| Steve's turn in the firebox |
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| See No.D2078 out tomorrow running trains all day, departing Middle Engine Lane at 1130, 1230, 1400 & 1500. |
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| More cosmetic work is slowly progressing on our crane, Davy and Ron have been busy the past weeks sanding down and painting the frames and rear buffer beam. |
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| Joseph Stuart captured this fantastic photo of the now North facing 08915 tackling the bank yesterday |
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| This Sunday (11th) and the following Sunday (18th) see our Diesel Electric Class 08 No.08915 hauling passenger trains, her first day out in traffic after being turned around after the DOWT event! Trains depart Middle Engine Lane at 1130, 1230, 1400 and 1500. |
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| John, Alan and Bob working on the crane |
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| Angus painting parts of the air filter for the crane |
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| More parts of the air filter |
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| Ron and Davy continue painting the frames |
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| Bob inspecting the jib mechanism |
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| Ron sanding down the rust and paint on the other side, preparing it for primer |
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| Michael oiling up D2078's axleboxes |
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| Ballast ready to be dropped on the reverse curve |
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| Ballast shoulders built up on the outside of the reverse curve |
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| More ballast being dropped |
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| Michael and Norman begin profiling the new ballast in the four-foot |
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| Michael profiling the outside of the reverse curve with a ballast rake |
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| The heat was getting to the two Michaels.... |
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| The dogfish being washed out under the water tower |
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| Aside from P-Way work, Davy continues the cosmetic work on the crane |
