Two new photos from Craig Oliphant. Track lifting of the Washington Branch started in 1983 and the two photos show the operation once it had reached South Pelaw.
Month: January 2021
Under the bridge…
From the model version of South Pelaw, we see a Q7 locomotive and it’s train of loaded steel wagons pass under the Pelton Lane bridge on it’s way to Ouston Junction and Tyne Yard. and a black and white version:
Greencroft
From Craig Oliphant, three new photos of track lifting operations at Greencroft.
Mapping the Site…
When posting photos, the one thing I get asked the most is ‘where is that’ so, with that in mind, my big project for 2021 is a process where I will, wherever possible, provide a link to Google Maps showing the location of every photo that I have. I’m going to start out with the…
More of the line in miniature…
Although the 9Fs are, perhaps, most associated with the iron ore trains to Consett, before they came in to use, the iron ore trains were hauled buy either Q7s or, in this case, Thompson O1s. Like the 9Fs they were modified with the addition of Westinghouse Air pumps on the right hand side of the…