Tanfield railway Legends of Industry Gala 2015

Tanfield Railway’s 9th Legends of Industry gala,on June the 20th and 21st will feature visiting locomotive Mech Navvies, returning to the North East for the first time in 40 years alongside the resident fleet.

An intensive timetable will give lots of opportunities to ride through the scenic Causey Woods behind a variety of locomotives. There will be demonstration coal trains and shunting demonstrations at Marley Hill. The 2ft gauge demonstration railway will also be in action.

Away from the trains the Sunderland and District Classic Vehicle Society will have vehicles on display at East Tanfield. There’ll be lots more to see and do in the carriage shed at Marley Hill too.

The character filled ‘Stationmasters Office’ real ale bar at Andrews House will also be open throughout the weekend with a selection of beers. Tasty hot and cold snacks will be on offer at East Tanfield and Andrews House too.

 

Proud to announce that Mech Navvies from the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway will be returning to her native North East for the first time since 1974 during the Tanfield Railway's 'Legends of Industry' Gala Weekend, 20th & 21st June!

 

Going up Friday for the whole weekend cannot wait to get up there for the first time.

 

The unique 132 year old Consett Iron Company A No. 5 has been confirmed as visiting the Gala! That means the full lineup for this years event is:
Consett A no 5
Mech navvies
Twizell
Sir Cecil A Chochrane
Hawthorn leslie no 2
Armstrong Whitworth no 2
Now you really don't want to miss Legends of Industry 2015 on June 20/21!

For more information please visit http://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk/gala/index.php

 

Circumstances beyond my control I can only get up there Saturday.

 

Fares and timetable please

Would be a great help.

 

Hi Martin, sorry to correct you but the Kitson has already had a trip away from Tyneside when she went to Shildon last year for a weekend. I expect to be busy on her tomorrow making sure she is fit for that weekend, she is an old lady and needs careful handling!

 

Fare information can be found here: http://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk/gala/gafares.php
with the timetable coming soon

 

Cheers Seaham Luke

 

Here is a post from the railways blog showing some of the preparations going on today for the gala
http://tanfield-railway.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/a-bit-of-shunting-for-gala.html#more

 

The timetables for both days are now out! Looks like its going to be a great event! http://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk/gala/timetable.php

 

Kitson No 5 safely loaded this morning and sent on its way from North Tyneside/ Stephenson Railway Museum. George is watching carefully the final fixing down, make sure you look after it!

 

Had a day out to Tanfield today, as ever a great railway and a good time had by all. The only downside for us was not being able to look around the storage/restoration sheds behind the loco shed which seemed locked up. Nice to see a plethora of helpful volunteer staff at the younger end of the age scale.

 

Thanks Martin, excellent pics and so nice to see the smoke and steam coming from all the right places!

 

Couple of pics fom Martins Charter and Gala Sunday

 

Wonderful pictures, so very evocative of the happy days spent on NCB lines back in the '70s. Tanfield is very much a "time warp" railway, it truly captures the atmosphere of the industrial railways of the North East. Many thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Alan