tarboat's photos

A view from my first visit to the Jitong Railway when steam was still ubiquitous on the Jinpeng section. QJ 6773 and 7049 approach summit eastbound with a heavy freight.

Asphalt plant at Shoreham Harbour.

With a locomotive and another train on the crossing the gateman has his work cut out keeping the cyclists back. Already they are encroaching between the barriers as SY 1319 passes. The Fuxin Mining Railway still operates a significant number of steam locomotives, but the electric system has been largely dismantled.

Empty spaces at this closed refractory works.

This combined heat and power plant has two 42 MW combined cycle gas and steam turbine units. These also produce up to 110 MW of thermal energy to feed the the urban heating network. The 135m high brick chimney was one of the highest masonry chimneys in Germany and was taken down during 2011.

Double headed thrash up the 1 in 19 out of Foxfield Colliery yard at the recent steam gala.

JS 6261 heads up the high tip at Sandaoling opencast mine whilst pushing plough that is used to keep the tipping tracks clear of material after spoil dumping.

A section of the old tarmacadam plant at Pentre Halkyn Quarry.

Plenty of photographers about when the Buxton Spa Express accelerated through Middlewood.

Crown Buildings in Crosby is much more extensive than appears in this view. The building stretches around two more corners in a symmetrical design with a whimsical tower at each end. The terracotta decoration is restrained and adds much to the attractiveness of the design.

A wander around a disused firebrick works revealed one kiln with bicycles lurking inside. I have no idea why. The four firebrick boxes are around the firing chambers which, in this case, used natural gas.

The Hollin Busk Colliery, Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, appears to have worked coal and fireclay (or possibly ganister). It is supposed to have reached Coal at 108ft and Pot Clay at 261ft. Until recently there were remains of a hand winch adjacent to the headgear. The winding shaft for the colliery was a short distance to the north west of this one which appears to have been sunk c1900 for ventilation. The whole mine had closed before 1930.

Late afternoon sun lights up thousands of spider webs in the meadow grass of this upland pasture.

SY 1058 at the servicing point at Nanchang on the Chengzihe system of the Jixi Coal Railway. I understand that this has now been converted for diesel servicing and the remaining steam locomotives have to go to Beichang washery for coal and attention.

I found this glazed fireclay feed trough whilst out and about today. The manufacturers are Oates & Green Limited, Manufacturers of brick, tile, earthenware, sanitary and ceramics products. Established by 1880, in 1905, they were at Beacon Brick Works, Ellen Royd Works, Halifax, and North Bridge Station. In 1908, the business was bought by the Leeds Fireclay Company.

The headframes at Hatfield are quite stubby compared with many that used to be around the Yorkshire coalfield. At least they are still winding coal here. :_)

Austerity HE3791, named after the erstwhile manager of the line, ascends Tenterden Bank on the Kent & East Sussex Railway at the start of the Hop Pickers Weekend in 2007.

The pub is known as the Double Locks, but for many years there has only been one lock here on the Exeter Ship Canal.