Someone has to do it!

[52A]

Track re-alignment!

[Trestrol]

Is this on the Blyth and Tyne?

[third-rail]

looks like a tyne dock to consett iron ore train ,they where always double headed.
location maybe consett.,cannot make out the box name

just realised the hoppers are not right

[52A]

This was September 1979 and is a Consett to Redcar empty ore train (imagine the mess if they had been loaded) derailed at South Pelaw (not Pelaw South as I have seen in some publications!). 37053 leading and 37098.

[Malcolm]

Chop, Chop, Busy, Busy, Work, Work, Bang, Bang.
(Does anyone else remember that old "Penguin Biscuits" commercial?)

Malcolm

[Deltic18]

If I recall, the Tees men brought those iron ore sets quite a few times. It certainly stopped me from taking steel empties up to Consett!

[Malcolm]

More cleaning to be done (I'm going through a "Shine Grasshopper, shine...wax on..wax off" .... phase at the moment). No location given, but I'm sure it's Kings Cross shed.

Malcolm

[Malcolm]

Chop, Chop, Busy, Busy, Work, Work, Bang, Bang.
(Does anyone else remember that old "Penguin Biscuits" commercial?)

Malcolm

Seems my memory is not as good as I thought it was. Yes, the commercial had penguins in it, but it was a "British Telecom" advert......not chocolate biscuits (must have been hungry when I wrote the post). See here for commercial:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FU4PwKrrHOE

Malcolm

[Malcolm]

A cleaner's work is never done.

Malcolm

[Malcolm]

His face rings a bell.

Malcolm

[hyperion]

It was a bit different when I went a'cleaning back in '65 at the Cross. Diesels - cab windows and floors only and only a matter of weeks before we were into the princely grade of 'passed cleaner'.

[Ferrybridge Flyer]

One thing we know about all these cleaning photo's.They're not at Gateshead are they?Like the bell-ringing comment.Not quasi is it??

[Malcolm]

A cleaner's work is never done.

Malcolm

[giner]

Blimey guv'nor, that must have been a bit of a rare occurrence, 4472 at Sarfend. Hardly the first choice of the motive power for a seaside excursion, I'd have thought. No wonder those two lads were so intent. I doubt they got to see one of the big pacifics in their neck o' the woods too often.

[Malcolm]

Wow! One year since the first photo in this thread (doesn't seem that long).
Here is another picture of "trough cleaning", this time (sorry) LMS, but a cool picture nonetheless.
Also, another cleaning picture.

Malcolm