Tanfield Steam Gala - A Trip behind 0-4-0 Hawthorn Leslie No.2 at - 17th June 2023

This is a long, mostly uncut video, riding a mixed passenger and freight train behind Tanfield's Hawthorn Leslie No.2. The first part of the trip is from the back of the train, leaving Andrews House station, via Causey Arch, to East Tanfield station.
There's a little shunting at East Tanfield to remove the freight wagons and then the return trip, seen from the balcony coach immediately behind the loco.
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0:00 Intro
0:08 Leaving Andrews House Station
5:59 Causey Arch Bridge
6:32 Leaving Causey Arch Station
12:11 No.2 Switching Ends
12:59 Removing the Freight Wagons
13:25 No.2 Connecting to Train Again
13:51 Leaving East Tanfield Station - Cab View
19:15 Leaving Causey Arch Station - Cab View

[@briancooper562]

Possibly the manufacturers of model railway era 1 should take note of your coal tub. It has a brake and solid (plank) wheels?

[@century_bombers]

I'm guessing the model companies are going for a slightly later era than the first horse drawn wagons. I'd imagine that by the time of the first steam locos, they were probably using cast iron wheels, but my knowledge of that earliest period is a bit limited. Remember that these wooden wagonways were still 100 years before the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

[@briancooper562]

@@century_bombers Yes you could be right about the wheels but the FR has brakes on there Gravity train. Quarries however are usually flat bottom with rope inclines so some railways would not have brakes but may have chocks (or stones) to stop wagons moving under gravity?

[@century_bombers]

@@briancooper562 Many years ago, I volunteered on a rope haulage railway, manning a level crossing on the incline.