sorrry must be missing something where can i find them thanks
Sorry about my images from previous posts disappearing, issue with how I was sending them here. Should be all good now, hope you enjoy the screenshots of my brake tenders and I hope everyone who’s got them are enjoying them, nice as always to see Tanker46 in the forums with some lovely posts as well as everyone else ofc!
All the best Barney.
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A 4 car DMU slows down to stop at Pallion which once had a complex track layout.
DMU at Pallion 28.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
DMU at Pallion 28.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrA trio of trainspotters chat to the driver of A8 69850 as a 9F hurries off to Consett with a load of iron ore. Inspired by this photo http://disused-stations.org.uk/w/washington_second/index3.shtml
A8 and 9F at Washington 29.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
A8 and 9F at Washington 29.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrA G5 waits to leave Washington heading for Newcastle. Like many very old stations Washington had a hotch potch collection of odd buildings so I had to construct them from multiple splines and objects. It took so long to do that the other side is blank. In any case I don't have a photo of the road side !
G5 at Washington 29.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
G5 at Washington 29.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrKotangaGirl
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Well you certainly manage to end up with a good result with your hotch potching.
The Coxgreen stationmaster discusses his gardens with a local oblivious to the NCB train heading for Sunderland South Dock. British Rail modernised the line in 1962 with new upper quadrant signals and lifting barriers at Coxgreen but just 5 years later it closed and all the money was wasted.
NCB Train at Coxgreen 30.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
NCB Train at Coxgreen 30.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr60049 Galtee More hurtles toward Penshaw station in the early 60s. The signal in the foreground was the result of a Eureka moment tonight after searching the DLS for "Gantry".
Galtee More at Penshaw 31.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
Galtee More at Penshaw 31.5.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrA2 60534 Irish Elegance storms through Penshaw North Junction with a diverted Up ECML express. The bridge here was a modellers delight with stone abutments and grey painted girders at the BR end and brick abutments and brown girders at the NCB end. The centre pier was bound together with old rails !
Irish Elegance at Penshaw 1.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
Irish Elegance at Penshaw 1.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrPortLineParker
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Some shots from me of 7F 53808 departing Bath Midland Road goods yard with a train of empty coal wagons, destined for Writhlington Colliery. I've tried to take these from views that a photographer may have been able to reach, so some are close to the tracks and others are up signal posts - Ivo Peters often scrambled up these to take shots so it definitely happened! Note the excellent signals by Chrisaw, these being the bracket signals you see in all the shots. I'm very grateful to him for producing these as they really bring the layout to life and allow prototypical operation so thank you Chris!
Departing the goods yard
Same viewpoint but turned 180 degrees facing Bath Junction
A shot of the bracket signal controlling access into Bath Green Park station
A shot from the top of the above bracket
The signalman takes a quick shot too, determined not to miss out on the action
About to cross Twerton viaduct, locally know as the 'red bridge', though it has ceased to be red by the 1930s
A fine view of 53808 accelerating up the 1 in 50 gradient towards Devonshire Tunnel, with the bracket signal and the prominent gas holders completing the scene
Cheers,
PLP
Departing the goods yard
Same viewpoint but turned 180 degrees facing Bath Junction
A shot of the bracket signal controlling access into Bath Green Park station
A shot from the top of the above bracket
The signalman takes a quick shot too, determined not to miss out on the action
About to cross Twerton viaduct, locally know as the 'red bridge', though it has ceased to be red by the 1930s
A fine view of 53808 accelerating up the 1 in 50 gradient towards Devonshire Tunnel, with the bracket signal and the prominent gas holders completing the scene
Cheers,
PLP
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on a stormy morning an NER T2 Class hauling 300 tons of ore towards Consett on the 1892 deviation line between Annfield Plain and Leadgate.
The banking T2 on the rear will slip at Medomsley Junction Signal Box near Eden Colliery.
The train is made up of 30 Ton S3 Ironstone Hoppers, but given that the company only built 256 of them, primarily for the Cleveland to Workington traffic, I doubt that many were available to be put to use on the ore trains to Consett in the early 20th century.
Rounding the curve, with the Loud Bank in the background at the left.
The original Stanhope & Tyne alignment ran approximately where the road is, with the Loud Bank engine at the top working the incline.
By the 1880s it was a serious bottleneck on the NER's Pontop & South Shields branch.
Further around the curve and continuing on its way to Consett.
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@borderreiver is that colliery headstocks payware from somewhere ? It looks really nice !
Here's Metrovick Co-Bo passing through Washington with an up train to York. Improbable but not impossible as the Co-Bo's were sometimes seen in the area.
Metrovick Co-Bo at Washington 2.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
Then the Co-Bo passes the railway cottages at Newbottle Crossing. This place is like the Area 51 of railways as I've never found a photo of the signalbox.
Metrovick Co-Bo at Newbottle Lane 2.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
Here's Metrovick Co-Bo passing through Washington with an up train to York. Improbable but not impossible as the Co-Bo's were sometimes seen in the area.
Metrovick Co-Bo at Washington 2.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrThen the Co-Bo passes the railway cottages at Newbottle Crossing. This place is like the Area 51 of railways as I've never found a photo of the signalbox.
Metrovick Co-Bo at Newbottle Lane 2.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickrborderreiver
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Thanks ! I have a copy of the 1872 Inspectors Report on signalling on the line and at the time the Inspector described it as "A crude wooden shack, quite unsuitable for Block Working" and that "Housing for the staff needed to be provided" which is presumably why the still existing houses were built. I think they must also have been accommodation for the staff at Rainton Junction.
An ex BR Class 14 number 508 hauls empty Lambton wagons on the NCB lines at Newbottle Lane, bound for Rainton Colliery. The Class 14s had an incredibly short life in BR use of just 6 years until they were scrapped or sold to industrial users such as the NCB. Amazingly 19 of the 56 locos have been preserved.
Class 14 at Newbottle Lane 3.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
Class 14 at Newbottle Lane 3.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrKotangaGirl
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Something different. I was messing about with Steve Flanders's Steam Railmotor on 'Tristyn in Winter' when I took this snap.
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A N.E.R. McDonnell 59 Class 0-6-0 stands in the exchange sidings at East Castle Colliery.
The sidings predate the colliery and were originally used to marshall traffic at the eastern end of the locomotive hauled section of line from Carr House on the Stanhope & Tyne.
There were stationary engines working inclines at Carr House and Annfield at the top of the Loud Bank.
The East Castle Colliery is described in the Durham archives as re-opening in 1868.
Output in 1894 was 100,000 tons per annum and employed 163 men and boys.
There were coke ovens on site until just before WWI, but even in 1894 not all were in use.
Mining was a hard industry and even a small place like East Castle killed at least thirteen over the years, including 14 year-old Terence Forster, killed in a roof fall in July 1912.
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A J94 hauls NCB empties to Rainton past the delightful surroundings of Fencehouses while a J27 simmers in the exchange yard with a loaded train bound for South Dock. Except for the rails and trains this view would be the same today according to Google Earth.
J94 NCB at Fencehouses 4.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
J94 NCB at Fencehouses 4.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrA3 60095 "Flamingo" passes Washington while an NCB train waits to head up the branch to Glebe Colliery and "F" Pit.
A3 Flamingo at Washington 5.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
A3 Flamingo at Washington 5.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr