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Bishop blesses steam tribute to vicar

RAIL MEMORIAL: The Bishop of Wakefield, the Right Reverend Stephen Platten blesses the Eric Treacy

9:00am Saturday 28th August 2010

A MEMORIAL engine named after a former bishop and railway fan has carried 70 vicars across the North York Moors after a £600,000 refit.

The pit, pain and pictures

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? Miners return to work at Easington Colliery, escorted through the picket lines by police

11:41am Wednesday 23rd June 2010

Twenty-six years ago thousands of pitmen went on strike the length and breadth of the country – fighting for their jobs and their communities. They were branded the Enemy Within by the then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.

Mother’s words penned in 1938 are off the wall

SPECIAL WORDS: Michael Brunton with his mother’s 1938 letter found in a house in Middlesbrough

12:39pm Friday 4th June 2010

A 73-YEAR-OLD North-East man has spoken of his joy after receiving a note written by his mother who died when he was four years old.

Search for portrait of First World War hero

CIVIC DUTIES: Philip Brown.

10:50am Thursday 3rd June 2010

A SEARCH has been launched to trace a lost painting of a First World War hero.

Images of a rich heritage

HISTORIC BUILDING: Blagraves House, 30-32 The Bank, Barnard Castle, between 1945 and 1980. All pictures reproduced courtesy of English Heritage NMR

11:38am Wednesday 19th May 2010

RARE pictures of the region in years gone by are now available on an online archive of more than one million prints.

Book remembers village war heroes

VILLAGE HISTORY: Kevin Richardson with a copy of his book

1:13pm Monday 3rd May 2010

Seventy men from a North-East village lost their lives in the First World War. A book tells about their battles, their deaths and the families they left behind. Jim McTaggart reports.

Tornado team talks of second locomotive plan

BACK HOME: The Tornado travels north out of Darlington station on Saturday

9:05am Monday 26th April 2010

THE team behind the revival of the famous Tornado steam locomotive has announced plans to bring back another icon of railways history.

Loco renovation is on track

LIKE OLD TIMES: Former chief foreman at the Shildon works Ron Robinson looking at a 1958 Metro-Cammell carriage during the open day at Hackworth Industrial Park, in Shildon. Mr Robinson worked at the Shildon works for 38 years

9:15am Monday 19th April 2010

RAILWAY enthusiasts have been given a sneak preview of a steam locomotive that will soon be put to work in the Durham Dales.

Test runs for restored Victorian steam engine

BACK ON TRACK: The Robert Stephenson built locomotive Twizell makes her first test run on the Tanfield Railway at the weekend

9:03am Tuesday 6th April 2010

THE finishing touches are being put to the long-running restoration of a Victorian steam locomotive.

Labour of loaf for team

FOG ON THE TYNE: The Tornado makes its way across the River Tyne during a visit to Newcastle last year

9:04am Saturday 3rd April 2010

A £100,000 campaign has been launched to provide Britain’s first mainline steam locomotive built in 50 years with its own support coach.









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