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| Congratulations to Robin Johnson who successfully passed out as a diesel driver today! |
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| Todays crew, from L to R, Michael Darling, Richard Russell, Robert Kitching, Adam Saunders, Tom Ashcroft. On the engine Stephen Thornton (L), Robin Johnson (Centre) and Joe Stuart (R) |
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| Simmering away with the fire nearly burnt out |
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| Rob raking out the ashpan |
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| Ashington No.5 coupled onto the Gresley coach and crane |
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| Buffering up to the parcel van and RSH No.1 |
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| Dragging the parcel van and RSH No.1 out of the museum |
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| 08915 coupling up to the dogfish, coal wagon, tool van and brake van |
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| No.1 over the pit |
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| Brake van heading into the workshop |
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| 08915 propelling |
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| 08915 then came back out and picked up the flat wagon of E4s road |
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| Robin shunting the flat wagon onto the back of Ashington No.5 |
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| 08915 stabling the tool van on E4s road, then the coal wagon and dogfish on the loading spur |
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| Ashington No.5 dragging the Gresley, crane, parcel van back up the yard |
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On the move
No.1 at the rear, being dragged up the yard
With No.1 and Parcel van back in the museum and the Gresley & crane stabled outside the museum, Ashington No.5 shunts the flat wagon down into the South headshunt to join the lowmac and salmon wagons
Firemans view from the South headshunt
The brake van stabled in the carriage and wagon workshop, it was originally planned for the brake coach to be placed in the shop today however we will be finishing off the brake vans overhaul first
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Photos of Ashington No.5 and No.08915 in service today on the second day of Winter Warmers, which is the last day of running trains for the year |
| Whilst 08915 was down the line with a passenger train, Ashington No.5 shunts the dogfish, coal wagon and tool van back onto the loading spur/coal road |
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| Robin, under assessment, driving 08915 |
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| Ashington No.5 stabled in the South headshunt whilst 08915 rolls in with the first train |
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| Passengers boarding the 12:30 train |
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| Getting ready to head down to Percy Main |
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| At Percy Main, just joining the loop, starting the run-round |
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| Reversing onto the North end of the train |
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| Punters admiring Ashington No.5 whilst the fireman couples up to the train |
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| Fireman Joe building up his fire |
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| Ready to go |
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| With the train being made up of 3 carriages today, it must be pulled forward at Middle Engine Lane to allow enough room to run-round, Joe watches the Guards hand signals whilst Rob drives the train forward |
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| Joe uncoupling |
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| Fast forward to the end of the day, Joe closes the yard gates. Drawing the 2018 running season to a close... |
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| Repeating yesterday's shunt, moving the dogfish, coal wagon and tool van to make room for Ashington No.5 to be coaled up |
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| 08915 at the South end of the yard |
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| Heading onto the crossover line, into the North headshunt |
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| Just lit |
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| Rob getting the fire going |
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| Steaming up |
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| ACC5 coupled up to the coaching stock this morning, with crews about to carry out a full continuity test before going into service |
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| After the first train, running round at Middle Engine Lane ready for the 1:30pm train |
With D2078 not being started for nearly 2 months, volunteers fired the loco up today and gave it a run in the yard for a few hours |
| Coupling up to D2078 to pull it under the extractor fan |
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| Firing up |
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| Over on the freight stock carrying out a vacuum test on the coal wagon |
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| Coming back into the shed after running for a few hours |
