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cawky · Shiny Rail Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 19

Hi ,
here is a video of a train climbing out of Tyne Dock, I think the incline is
1 in 37:-

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cawky · Shiny Rail Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 19

This thread is dead .no one in here?

andersley · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject:

When I think of Tyne Dock, I think of the TD-Consett ore trains behind 0-8-0's or 9F's with another pushing. Wink

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Douglas Black · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:42 am Post subject:

cawky wrote:

This thread is dead .no one in here?

No, we`ve been looking. Thanks for the video!

cawky · Shiny Rail Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 19

My Grandad used to drive to consett from Tyne Dock.He did 46 years on the foot plate.

andersley · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject:

Blimey! 46 years! he must have known the route well. Cool

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cawky · Shiny Rail Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 19

He finished driving 125 s to london from newcastle and up to Edinburgh , he also used to drve class 47s on the tran pennine service,the time he finished was just as the 225 s were coming out, thou he never drove them.

I found a video of him driving a 31 at Gateshead shed,I will post the link:-

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he is driving 31296 at 5 minutes and 6 seconds.