tarboat's photos with the keyword: burma mines railway

Namtu yard

Namtu yard

tarboat
04 Jul 2024 4 302
1927 built Bagnall 2-6-2 No.42 prepares its train in the yard at Namtu before heading to Wallah Gorge on the Burma Mines Railway.
Fighting for grip

Fighting for grip

tarboat
10 Oct 2023 3 2 245
The sanders are hard at work as a train of ore hoppers climbs the valley to Tiger Camp on the Burma Mines Railway. The locomotive is a rare surviving product of Stoke-on-Trent builders Kerr Stuart(Works No 2383/1914).
Empties at Wallah Gorge

Empties at Wallah Gorge

tarboat
08 Jun 2022 3 293
Burma Mines Railway locomotive No.13 (Kerr Stuart 2383/1914) on arrival at Wallah Gorge with empty ore wagons.
Sand

Sand

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03 Jun 2022 1 254
On a misty morning in Namtu, Bagnall 42 (2238/1927) is loaded with sand before a run uphill to Wallah Gorge on the Burma Mines Railway.
Loading chutes

Loading chutes

tarboat
11 Jan 2020 4 381
Kerr Stuart 13 shunts ore hopper wagons against the loading chutes at Wallah Gorge on the Burma Mines Railway.
Tiger tunnel

Tiger tunnel

tarboat
07 Jan 2020 2 1 383
The main access into the copper/silver mines above Wallah Gorge is via a long tunnel to the workings. This was developed by Burmah Mines Ltd in 1914 and is named 'Tiger Tunnel'.
Pay Office

Pay Office

tarboat
07 Jan 2020 3 386
Pay office at the mine exit above Wallah Gorge on the Burma Mines Railway. The Tiger Tunnel into the mine is in the cutting and this is marked by a Tiger Head sculpture just below the footbridge. Armed guards are everywhere around the mines due to the threat of attack by separatists. Since this visit the area has become closed after serious attacks and many deaths.
Fixing the road

Fixing the road

tarboat
31 Dec 2019 6 2 351
Kerr Stuart No.13 eases a freight past a gang of women repairing the road at Namtu on the Burma Mines Railway.
Wallah Gorge at last

Wallah Gorge at last

tarboat
27 May 2019 6 2 475
Kerr Stuart 13 works its way up the final climb into the yard at Wallah Gorge on the Burma Mines Railway.
Church above Tiger Camp

Church above Tiger Camp

tarboat
06 Mar 2019 5 2 462
A quick glimpse of this church with the characterful roof, grabbed from the back of a wagon in a train climbing above Tiger Camp on the Burma Mines Railway.
Leaving Namtu

Leaving Namtu

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20 Nov 2018 3 637
Road repairs under way as a train leaves Namtu on the Burma Mines Railway.
Uphill to the Burma Mines

Uphill to the Burma Mines

tarboat
21 Mar 2018 3 1 469
A train of ore hoppers heading up to Tiger Camp on the Burma Mines Railway. The locomotive is a rare surviving product of Stoke-on-Trent builders Kerr Stuart, having been completed in 1914. The men on the buffer beam are the sanding apparatus.
Burma Mines

Burma Mines

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04 Sep 2017 6 1 603
Kerr Stuart 13 charges up the last steep gradient before arriving at Wallah Gorge on the Burma Mines Railway.
Wallah Gorge

Wallah Gorge

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06 Jan 2015 4 1 772
Kerr Stuart 13 arrives at Wallah Gorge on the Burma Mines Railway with the ore loading bunkers forming the backdrop.
Wallah Gorge

Wallah Gorge

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01 Dec 2012 1 1 662
The ore loading bunkers form the backdrop as Kerr Stuart 13 arrives at Wallah Gorge on the Burma Mines Railway.
Guard Hut

Guard Hut

tarboat
14 Dec 2012 364
Kerr Stuart 13 arrives at Wallah Gorge on the Burma Mines Railway under the watchful eye of the guard in the hut.
Reversing

Reversing

tarboat
20 Feb 2012 341
After Wallah Gorge the Burma Mines Railway has to resort to zig-zags to gain height. Kerr Stuart 13 has just reversed direction for a second time since Tiger Camp and is now heading for the mines at Bawdwin.
Road repairs

Road repairs

tarboat
27 Jan 2012 266
Kerr Stuart No.13 eases a freight past a gang of women repairing the road at Namtu on the Burma Mines Railway.
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