Heading for Sunniside in the winter sun 2013-12-26--029

0-6-0T no. 3 Twizell has just set off from Andrews House, heading for Sunniside with the first leg of the penultimate "Winter Warmer" working of the day, the last day of Tanfield Railway operations of 2013. The line going off to the right leads to Marley Hill shed, where the TR's first station in this area was located.

The loco was built by Robert Stephenson and Company at its Forth Banks Works in Newcastle in 1891, and carries the works number 2730. It was built to operate on the Beamish Railway (James Joicey and Company), which linked several collieries; this company became part of the bigger Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. in 1924, and then the National Coal Board in 1947.

It continued working at various local collieries until the early 1970s, when it was acquired by the North of England Open Air Museum (now known as Beamish Museum). Its overhaul was started but never completed, and it was loaned to the Tanfield Railway from 1995 - where it was restored to working order, and entered service in 2010. For more details see the Preserved British Steam Locomotives website.

Twizell remained in service at Tanfield until 2018, when it required boiler repairs.

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Taken on: December 26, 2013

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Camera: Pentax K20D, f/6.7, 1/350 sec, 35mm (=52mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

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