No. 2 dropping down the hill 2016-12-26--004

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No. 2 dropping down the hill 2016-12-26--004
No. 2 dropping down the hill 2016-12-26--004

Tanfield Railway's no. 2 (Hawthorn Leslie 2859, built in 1911 for Keighley Gas Works) approaches its destination, working the first train of the day from Andrews House to East Tanfield on the Tanfield Railway.

The Tanfield Railway usually runs on Boxing Day and then closes for the rest of the winter. But with Christmas Day 2016 and New Year's Day 2017 being Sundays, the railway also operated on Tuesday 27th December and Monday 2nd January (because they were both bank holidays). This meant I was able to visit on three occasions, and had plenty of sunshine! However, I concentrated on the section south of Andrews House on all three days - something I was forced to do during visits in 2020 and 2022 as a result of trains not running to Sunniside during that period.

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Taken on: December 26, 2016
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