A visit to the Coal Train Day at the Bowes Railway on 14th October 2007.
Hunslet 6263/1964 is an 0-4-0 diesel hydraulic loco which was new to t ...
Andrew Barclay 2361/1954 W S T (William Steuart Trimble) seen at the p ...
Another view of W S T and the tanker
A line of wooden bodied colliery wagons in a sunken line
Andrew Barclay 2274/1949 No 22, a locomotive which was bought new for ...
Hibberd 3922/1959 was also used locally. She is numbered 101 and is al ...
Here is 101 again, with a cut down brake van from the NCB's Harton sys ...
A fine rake of chaldron wagons
W S T storming away from the platform
W S T still storming the bank with the gas oil tanker
Miscellaneous underground equipment in the yard, mostly of 2 ft 6 in g ...
Also present was this beautiful Foden Steam tractor unit of 1928, UR13 ...
Rolls Royce 10229/1965 was present. Formerly Manchester Ship Canal loc ...
W S T seen returning with a coal train. In the foreground is one of th ...
The coal train consisted of many types of wagon, as can be seen here
No 22 at the platform, probably being coaled from the sacks seen to th ...
No 22 at the head of a brake van train, with W S T at the rear
101 marshalling the chaldrons with a brake van
Another view of UR1328, taken from the platform
W S T with one of the brake vans. Not many brake vans have web address ...
Another visitor was this ancient fire engine from York
No 22 setting off with the chaldrons
101 having a rest
MSC DH26 parked behind the wagon repair shop
some old coal wagons at the top of Springwell Incline.
This photo was taken to highlight the change in gradient at the top of ...
In the museum are some underground locomotives. This carries the numbe ...
English Electric 2476/1958 is a flameproof battery locomotive
Hudswell Clarke DM842/1954 is a diesel mechanical flameproof 0-6-0
Another view of Hudswell Clarke DM842/1954
At the top of the bank near Blackhams Hill is a brake van train topped ...
Although the Bowes Railway has the last rope worked incline, it is a c ...
Looking up the incline to Blackham's Hill engine house
Looking up the 1 in 15 incline again, this time from further down the ...
And looking down towards Black Fell engine house
The gates and keeper's lodge where the incline crosses Rockcliffe Way
A top and tailed coal train approaches Blackham's Hill platform
Another view of the train moving away from the camera
No 22 storms the east incline with the brake van train
Another view of the brake van train, seen rounding the very tight curv ...
W S T crossing the road at Springwell whilst shunting
W S T on the east incline with the chaldron train
And the same train heads away up the east incline.
Hunslet 6263 waiting for the points to be changed whilst shunting in t ...
The return of the chaldron wagons, with W S T at the far end.