Darlington Railway Preservation Society

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March 19, 2014

In readiness for our Annual Open Day on May 18th, major work is under way inside our building.

One of our members cuts the ends off the Rail to create level access to the exhibits. Note that the 1928 General Electric, electric shunter has moved back to allow this to happen.

The new walk way.

The display boards in there new position, awaiting some changes and still more tidying.

As a result of our changes the Scammel is been repositioned as are several other exhibits.

So if you want to see what has changed why not get yourself along to our open day on May 18th.

Posted by Paul Bailey. Posted In : Museum and Library News

Work on 78018 and a general round up

February 9, 2014

Firstly sorry for the recent lack of news, and here is what we are up to:

Yesterday we had a work party in on Saturday to start work on 78018,s tender.

Firstly we laid rails behind the tenders location, using a concrete sleeper, and individual block sleeps.

Then Mark drilled a set of holes in the rails to fit tie bars to using our petrol driven rail drill.

Once these holes were drilled the tie bars are fitted.

The Tender was then carefully rolled on to the new section of track, with the help of th...

Posted by Paul Bailey. Posted In : 78018

We have a YouTube Channel

December 29, 2013

Here is the link to our YouTube channel so why not pay it a visit
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Posted by Paul Bailey.

Northern Gas Board No. 1 at Middle Engine Lane

December 21, 2013

Here are some photos from today, showing Northern Gas Board No.1 at the Stevenson Railway Museum and North Tyneside Steam Railway in the yard at Middle Engine Lane.