Hudswell Clarke 0 6 0ST Renishaw Tanfield
Hudswell Clarke 0 6 0ST Renishaw Ironworks No 6 engine with passenger train at Andews House Station Tanfield Preserved Coal Board Railway County Durham North East England. The Tanfield Railway is a tourist attraction in Gateshead and County Durham, England, operating preserved steam and diesel industrial locomotives. The Railway operates a passenger service on Sunday's all year round. The Railway was originally built to transport coal from the collieries nearby, to the River Tyne. The oldest existing part of the line (the section between the Sunniside and Causey Arch stations) dates from 1725 (it was a horse drawn railway at that time) and is claimed to be the World's Oldest Working Railway. The main engine shed at Marley Hill is the world's second oldest locomotive shed in the world, only just beaten by another in Egypt It passes near to Causey Arch, the oldest surviving railway bridge in the world, which originally served the line. The early years at Marley Hill were spent in preparing locos for steaming, working on the shed structure and acquiring basic needs such as water and electricity. The public steamings of 1973 used and Malleable A small carriage was acquired from British Steel on Teeside and was prepared for use as the railways first passenger carrier for a week of running in August 1975. , and Sir Cecil A Cochrane were the 3 locos in use that week.
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