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1914 - 290 Class Loco Coal Trip Working

The 290 Class on its return working with a rake of loaded Loco Coal wagons.




Leaving the exchange sidings at South Pelaw jcn.




On the Ouston chord after leaving South Pelaw jcn.




Passing over the farm occupation crossing once again, this time bound for Ouston jcn.




heading towards the ECML down slow line at Ouston jcn.

1935 - Consett Iron Company A Class 0-6-0ST and Empty Coal Hoppers

Northeast England during the steam era. Delves Lane level crossing on the Consett Iron Company system on the southern side of town. This line ran from Bradley on the western edge of Leadgate village through the level crossing to Templetown sidings and then to both the old coke works site at Berry Edge and the new coke works site at the Fell. The new coke works date from the late 1920s.




A Class Number 1 has passed over the level crossing and heads east towards the coal washery and Bradley exchange sidings for the Medomsley branch, which is a company owned colliery line. The company had running powers over the L.N.E.R.'s Consett branch between Bradley and Eden Hill Colliery to the east of Leadgate village. There was a significant amount of CIC traffic across the Consett branch at Bradley junction, with empties going to Medomsley, loaded wagons going to Templetown and the Fell, CIC locomotive movements between Templetown shed and Medomsley, and wagon movements to and from Bradley workshops.




The train to the east of Delves Lane
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1935 - A Class 0-6-0ST and Loaded Coal Hoppers

Towards the end of the morning shift A Class No.1 is heading west with a loaded train of coal hoppers bound for the sidings at Templetown level crossing.






Approaching Delves lane level crossing from the east.




Passing over the level crossing.




Descending towards the bridge beneath the L.N.E.R. Consett branch, the gate to the old line to the Delves Victory Pit on the right.

1935 - CIC A Class and a run with empty coal hoppers

More work for the Consett Iron Company A Class 0-6-0ST No.1 and the trip takes it on to L.N.E.R. metals running through Leadgate, taking empty coal hoppers to Eden Hill colliery, situated to the east of the village. The company has an old N.E.R. diagram V1 brake van at the rear for taking the train over the main line company's metals.








It is not very noticeable, but the line here is falling at 1 in 118 which it has done from the eastern end of the Consett station site at Carr House East. The line is level crossing the bridge and then climbs at 1 in 207 through Leadgate station. Prior to the line's doubling in 1896 this was a goods line. Roughly adjacent to the rear of the train was the site of Carr House goods station, which was situated on the southern side of the line. This was swept away in the construction of the line associated with the doubling.

Y&NMR and ECML - The 5pm Liverpool - Newcastle Aug 7 1956

Northeast England during the steam era. Inspired by Steve Bank's website and his latest post on some photographs taken at Neville Hill East by an unknown photographer who made comprehensive notes on the back of his photos. Tuesday August 7 1956. Immediately after the August bank holiday. The 5pm from Liverpool to Newcastle on the former Y&NMR route approaching York around 7.45 pm. The line from Leeds joins it at Church Fenton. The rolling stock is from the NE Region and consists of both BR Mk1 and Thompson carriages. The service is in the hands of Heaton shed A3 60083 Sir Hugo, but has been paired with D49/2 62751 The Allbrighton in an unusual sight on NE Region metals of a double-headed express passenger service.




Passing Askham Bog SB.




A little further north on the former Y&NMR line towards Chaloner's Whin junction.




Passing Chaloner's Whin SB.




Through the bridge to the north of Chaloner's Whin.




Approaching Dringhouses.




At York after the D49/2 has uncoupled and run to York North shed.




In the gathering gloom, passing somehwere north of Skelton Bridge on the 4-track section towards Thirsk and Northallerton.

N.E.R. 290 Class 0-6-0T - Worsdell v Raven Rebuilds

Paul Mace of Paulztrainz has just produced the 1921 build 290 Class, later LNER Class J77, for me.

The North Eastern Railway rebuilt a total of sixty redundant Fletcher BTP Class 0-4-4T engines in to 290 Class 0-6-0Ts. This was spread over 22 years in two batches. The first batch of fifty under Wilson Worsdell between 1899 and 1908 and the second batch of ten in 1921 under Raven. There were differences between the batches, with the 1921 having frames around ten inches longer than the first batch and the replacement of the original Fletcher era cab with a Worsdell style one. The longer frames were evident in the slightly larger cab of the 1921 rebuilds.




Above, No. 1438, rebuilt in 1904 from an 1875 York built BTP, with original Fletcher cab stands alongside No. 1342, rebuilt in 1921 from an 1875 Darlington built BTP with longer frames and Worsdell style cab.



Here the longer cab on No. 1342 can be seen compared to No. 1438.

The 290 Class was a long-lived class of tank engines, on top of the long lives many of the rebuilds had lived as BTP 0-4-4Ts. The last was not withdrawn until February 1961. With a weight of 43Twhen full, and a tractive effort of 17,560lb at 85% they were capable of heavier work than the 38T 13cwt 16,760lb E1 Class (J72) 0-6-0Ts having the same cylinder and wheel dimensions of 4ft 1 1/4in and 17" x 24" respectively. The 21,230lb L Class (J73) were heavier still with 4ft 7 1/4in wheels and 19" x 24" cylinders but there were only ten of them and they tipped the scales at 46T 15cwt when full. In time the Austerity J94 Class would eclipse all of them in haulage capability with 4ft 3in wheels, 18" x 26" cylinders and 23,870lbs of tractive effort but in a package weighing between 48T 4cwt and 49T 2cwt.

Two of the first batch rebuilds gained Westinghouse brake for work at Tweedmouth shed but between 1945 and 1950 a dozen of both batches gained vacuum ejectors to permit them to handle fitted stock. Most also gained steam heating apparatus, though E8433 never did, permitting them to shunt and heat passenger stock. None were ever used on passenger trains.

Very nice Frank. the new 290 class looks good.

Thanks Annie.
The second batch were never given the J77 Part 1 one J77/1 designation, all were merely J77, which shows just how haphazard the LNER could be. Then again, the NER did not make the 1921 rebuilds "954" Class.
I have asked Paul about commissioning the "124" Class J76, Fletcher's goods evolution of his BTP 0-4-4T. Those ten locos were built new as 0-6-0Ts in 1881-82.
As you might expect with a Fletcher loco, despite being built over a mere seven months at a single works there were differences between them!!

KotangaGirl said:

Very nice Frank. the new 290 class looks good.

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Agreed! Those look great! Paul really outdid himself on these!

The TMR North Blythe rout could definitely use these. Are they going up on his website or are they just for you Frank? :hehe:

Hello Tanker,

Paul will put them up on his site, though when his site will be updated I don't know.
Both the 1899-1908 and 1921 rebuild J77s had class members which worked around Blyth (North shed code NBH and 52F, South shed code SBH).

From Yeadon's:

1899-1908 rebuilds at NBH
No. 958 between 1928 & 1944.
No. 1341 between 1946 & 1950, as No. 8396
No. 1343 between 1921 & 1943.
No. 1344 between 1945 & 1953 (after being at SBH between 1933 & 1936), as No. 1344, 8398 & 68398.
No. 1346 between 1951 & 1958, as No. 68399.
No. 1349 between 1956 & 1958, as No. 68402.
No. 1433 in 1958 as No. 68406.
No. 1115 in 1958 as No. 68409.
No. 1033 between 1934 & 1937.
No. 43 during 1958 as No. 68414.
No. 67 between 1950 & 1956 as No. 68417.
No. 333 between 1928 & 1933.
No. 612 during 1958 as No. 68425.
No. 1116 between 1923 & 1938, then between 1944 & 1957 as No. 1116, 8426 & 68426.
No. 597 between 1948 & 1958 as No. 8427 & 68427.
No. 57 between 1923 & 1936.
No. 1461 between 1957 & 1958, as No. 68435.

1899-1908 rebuilds at SBH
No. 1344 between 1933 & 1936.
No. 1347 between 1948 & 1948, as No. 8400.
No. 1438 between 1956 & 1961 as No. 68408 when South Blyth was a sub-shed of 52F North Blyth.
No. 354 between 1956 & 1959 as No. 68410 when South Blyth was a sub-shed of 52F North Blyth.
No. 47 between 1899 & 1949 as No. 47, 8415 & 68415.
No. 333 between 1923 & 1928.
No. 37 between 1949 & 1958 as No. 68424 when South Blyth was a sub-shed of 52F North Blyth.
No. 319 between 1934 & 1938 and 1948 & 1953 as No. 319 & 68428.
No. 57 between 1953 & 1956, as No. 68430 when South Blyth was a sub-shed of 52F North Blyth.
No. 151 between 1948 & 1959, as No. 68431 when South Blyth was a sub-shed of 52F North Blyth.

1921 rebuild
No. 164 at SBH between 1921 & 1933,
No. 1432 at NBH between 1933 & 1950, as No. 1432, 8405 & 68405.
No. 1342 between 1946 & 1958, as No. 1342, 8397 & No. 68397.
No. 954 at 52F between 1957 & 1959, as No. 68392.

Only one, No. 68431 ever wore the late BR crest, applied November 1958 at Gateshead when 68431 was a 52F loco at South Blyth sub-shed.
All were goods engines, none of these among the dozen of the J77 class gaining vaccum brake and steam pipes post-1945.

Thanks for these fascinating narratives borderreiver - it's like having a free magazine subscription for one of my favourite areas. However, you're getting as bad as evilcrow for including killer assets in your screenshots. I hate to trouble you but could I ask what the houses are in #915 / #919, and the bridge / wall in #920 /924? I can't place them. Many thanks.

Hello Neville

Regarding your queries:

The houses in #915 & 919 are Masontaylor's MTK6 Brick Terrace Pair with Back Yards <kuid:252585:2412560>, which I think should be on the DLS
The bridge in #920 and 924 are built up by myself from bits and pieces, including;
Bridge kit Side Girder 2.4m Rusty by tmz06003 (built-in),
Sam VS bank 12m from the DLS
A sandstone reskin of the built-in Cronos1981 BG Stone Wall 7p in to a SAM VS Style stone wall using a Nexusdj sandstone texture. the asset is not available on the DLS.
The wall in #924 is a reskin of the FMA Bridge Stone Wall 5m using a Nexusdj sandstone texture and again, is not available on the DLS.

Many thanks for the detailed reply. I thought I didn't recognise the masonry. Very nicely done.

1921 - A North Eastern Summer

North East England during the steam era.
1921 and things are getting back to normal.
This is the year that the government returned control to the railway companies, but by the end of next year the grouping will overtake all of them.
I am in the very early stages of working on this area, and even in the area around the screenshots there is a lot of work to do.
I know one person who should guess the location as soon as they see it and a few others might guess it quickly too.










It is a small route extracted from a huge DEM I am putting together piece by piece for NE England, with the intention of exporting it and then trimming off sections as I need them.

Not sure of the location but that turntable looks really nice. Good luck witht eh route build.

taillight, the turntable is GWR 65ft Turntable, <kuid2:248163:100251:2> an asset by 2995Valiant, bought as payware almost ten years ago from www.brtrainz.co.uk and I think the site has gone.

It certainly looks very nice & I like the style of it. Over the week end have been reading about Gresley pidgeon brake coaches being the last to Gresley design built. I spotted there is a non corridor varnished teak version on the North Norfolk line so that got me researching them. Also this week end see a Gresley brake has been working on the SVR with roof board Newcastle- Cardiff - Swansea a working you have referred to on here.

1921 - An N.E.R. Summer

Some more shots on the approaches to Scarborough, this time a Worsdell O class 0-4-4T in charge of a local train.




A view of Gasworks SB from the cab.




Passing Scarborough N.E.R. roundhouse shed




Passing Londesborough Road Excursion station, built on the former site of Scarborough goods depot, which was moved to a site to the west of Falsgrave tunnel on the line to Whitby..

1946 - Newcastle Misty Morning Departure

Northeast England during the steam era. Early post-WWI at Newcastle on a misty morning.




An A8 4-6-2T stands in one of the west end bays on a local passenger train.




Viewed from one of the through platforms, the A8 departs on the passenger train, passing a D20 waiting to depart for Carlisle.




The A8 starts to negotiate the complex pointwork at the end of the west end bays.




Looking east, the A8 taking the former Newcastle & Carlisle metals heading for Elswick and Scotswood.




looking west, the A8 at the same point as above.

1919 ECML: Glasgow bound in Northumberland

Northumberland in North East England during the first post-WWI summer. The N.E.R. Leeds to Glasgow express passenger service habitually changed locomotives at Newcastle but today's haulage is a change from the normal fare. Sighted north of Acklington station, a North British Reid "H" Class Atlantic had found itself at Newcastle after bringing an Up ECML express from Edinburgh Waverley on a route knowledge working and the district passenger superintendent at Newcastle has used the down Glasgow as a means to take the H Class home. A second H Class crew from Haymarket or St Margaret's can maintain their route knowledge by providing the loco for the return up working of the set as far as Newcastle later this evening.




At the head of the train is the Diagram 209 BTK(3) built during WWI in 1916. The construction of this carriage meant that the N.E.R. increased its total of 3-compartment corridor van thirds to five. Three Diagram 157s built during 1908, a Diagram 194 built in 1912 and a Diagram 209 built in 1916. All are 53ft6in length but both the Diagram 194 and 209 have external doors in their compartments.During early 1924 the L.N.E.R. would go on to build several more Diagram 209s for use on the G.E. Section. These had slighlty modified details compared to the 1916 original.