1965/08/05, 2. Under a glorious summer sky, nicely clean 0-6-0ST IC Area No. 83 (Bowes Railway No. 20, Hunslet 3688/1948) takes water from the rudimentary facilities just outside Marley Hill engine shed (out of the picture to the left), while in the background gleaming in the sunshine is 0-6-0ST OC Area No. 23 (Bowes Railway No. 12, Hawthorn Leslie 2719/1907) shunting wagons in front of Marley Hill Colliery, Thursday 5th August 1965. This area is now the headquarters of the Tanfield Railway, based at Marley Hill engine shed.
1965/08/05, 2. Under a glorious summer sky, nicely clean 0-6-0ST IC Area No. 83 (Bowes Railway No. 20, Hunslet 3688/1948) takes water from the rudimentary facilities just outside Marley Hill engine shed (out of the picture to the left), while in the background gleaming in the sunshine is 0-6-0ST OC Area No. 23 (Bowes Railway No. 12, Hawthorn Leslie 2719/1907) shunting wagons in front of Marley Hill Colliery, Thursday 5th August 1965. This area is now the headquarters of the Tanfield Railway, based at Marley Hill engine shed.
24th August 2006
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1965/08/05, 1. Springwell Bank Foot shed yard on the Bowes Railway was host to several engines on Thursday 5th August 1965, though none was in steam, this being a holiday period! This was NCB No. 6 Area Previous | Next1965/08/05, 3. 0-6-0ST OC Area No. 23 (Bowes Railway No. 12, Hawthorn Leslie 2719/1907) approaches the flat crossing of the Bowes Railway with the Tanfield branch of BR as it heads towards Marley Hill Colliery with a loaded train of coal, perhaps from Blackburn Fell Drift, Thursday 5th August 1965. From the point just behind the engine, this cutting is now filled in to the bridge in the background to form a car park for the present day Tanfield Railway. The flat crossing still exists, but only as a headshunt from Marley Hill engine shed.

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