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This page contains details of alterations and additions
which have been made during the past twelve months to the
South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society internet site pages.
Introduction
The South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society internet site pages are compiled and amended by the webmaster, Daniel McIntyre, who regularly updates the contents of pages and adds new material to them as necessary. Daniel has decided now that the site is becoming quite complex, currently with over 60 separate pages now available, and to list recent changes made to the site. This is so that readers are aware of the amendments that have been made and can easily access them.
Links to other pages and to E-mail addresses are now shown in blue text.
Important news about the links to other railway pages
Please note that the pages containing links to other railways, railway magazines, transport and railway museums have now been moved to the Railway and Model Railway Info site at www.railwayandmodelrailway.info .
Also there are pages relating to buses, coaches, commercial vehicles, trolleybuses and road transport on another website entitled - Road and Water Transport Info at www.roadandwatertransport.info .
Changes made to the South Tynedale Railway website pages
between 18th March 2007 and 5th August 2008On 5th August 2008, details of the next special event - “Halloween Fancy Dress Weekend” on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October 2008 are now shown on the Home page and on the news page of the South Tynedale Railway website. Also the new fifth edition of the South Tynedale Railway Visitors’ Guide Book was published in mid-July 2008, and is now available.
On 21st June 2008, the full contents, including photographs, of the latest Tynedalesman magazine, issue No. 153, Spring 2008 were published and are now available on the Tynedalesman pages.
On 4th June 2008, the South Tynedale Railway Announcements part of the Home page was amended to include further details of the next special event, the Teddy Bears’ Picnic on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July 2008, also a copy of the poster for that event has been added.
On 2nd June 2008, further details of the special events taking place between July and December 2008, have been added to the News page and to the timetable page. These includes details of the Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Steam Gala Weekend, Halloween Fancy Dress event and Santa Specials. Copies of the posters for all of the events are now shown under the Special Events 2008 part of the timetable page.
On 16th March 2008, the full contents, including photographs, of the Tynedalesman magazine, issue No. 152, Winter 2007/08 were published and are now available on the Tynedalesman pages.
On 1st March 2008, details and a poster about the next and first special event of 2008 - the “Easter Egg Hunt”, during the Easter Weekend from Friday 21st to Monday 24th March 2008 have been added to news page, to the home page and to the timetable page of the South Tynedale Railway website.
On 12th January 2008, a list of the winning ticket numbers in the South Tynedale Railway Railway 2007 Christmas Draw, was added to the news page of the South Tynedale Railway website.
On 20th December 2007, the home page (or front page) of the South Tynedale Railway was updated to include details of train services during the next year, 2008. The timetable page has also been updated to include details of operating dates, times and fares, special events and steam dates during next year, 2008.
On 27th October 2007, a correction to date of the Christmas Dinner 2007 was made. For any member who is attending, they should please note that the date of the Christmas Dinner at Lovelady Shield Hotel shown in the current issue No. 150 of printed copies of Tynedalesman magazine (page 18) is incorrect. The correct date is Saturday 8th December 2007 and not the 15th December 2007 as shown. The relevant Tynedalesman page of this internet site have now been amended accordingly.
On 13th October 2007, the Notice of the 2007 Annual General Meeting at Alston, which takes place on Saturday 3rd November 2007 has been published on the South Tynedale Railway website. Together with the Reports of Chairman, Officers and Heads of Departmentsb and a page showing the minutes from the 2006 Annual General Meeting are all available - all are accessible from the Tynedalesman pages.
On 11th October 2007, thank you for Mr Hofman of The Netherlands, for informing me that progress photographs of the construction of his model of S.T.R. diesel locomotive Naworth are now published on the Gnatterbox discussion board website. It is a very good model locomotive so far and everyone will be looking forward to seeing further progress photos, and especially, some of the completed locomotive, sometime in the future.
On 6th October 2007, a page about the visiting Kerr Stuart 0-4-2 saddle tank steam locomotive, Stanhope, from the West Lancashire Light Railway at Hesketh Bank, Preston was added to the “Locomotive and Rolling Stock section” of the South Tynedale Railway website, under the page heading, Visiting Locomotive at Alston in 2007. This locomotive was brought to the South Tynedale Railway to haul trains during the Steam Gala Weekend on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September 2007.
On 24th September 2007, the news page and the home page of the South Tynedale Railway internet site has been amended to include details of the next Special Event, the Halloween - Fancy Dress Weekend on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October 2007.
On 16th September 2007, a new page was added to the History section of the South Tynedale Railway website about Thomas Elliot Harrison, who was involved in the construction of the Haltwhistle to Alston branch railway.
On 9th September 2007, a link to the Alston Branch Page of the Railscot Railway History website was added to the History home page of the South Tynedale Railway website. The above mentioned website page contains a map of the Alston branch showing the route and stations, together with photographs of Alston Station, Lambley, Coanwood and the South Tyne Viaduct, (otherwise known as Alston Arches), which is the viaduct near Haltwhistle Station. The photographs were taken by Ewan Crawford and John Furnevel. There is also an old black and white photograph of Alston Station in standard gauge steam days by G. H. Robin, which can be accessed from the link to more photographs of Alston, which is of historical interest.
On 9th August 2007, a new page was added to the railway history section of the South Tynedale Railway internet site. The page entitled The Tramways of Hartside is a description of the history of the mineral tramway systems around Hartside, between Alston and Penrith by Peter Holmes. Reproduced from an article published in the “Industrial Railway Record No. 138,” dated September 1994. Published by the Industrial Railway Society.
Sunday 5th August 2007. Apologies to anyone during the day who was trying to access the pages and links to other transport pages at the Railway and Model Railway . info website at www.railwayandmodelrailway.info . There appeared to be some fault or maintenance work to the internet access computers at the premises of the internet service provider, where the pages are stored on their computer systems, which prevented access to the website and pages during the day. It seems to have been resolved by the evening, as access was regained to the website and pages by 8.30 pm that evening.
On 2nd August 2007, a link to an external website showing the Wagonway Maps of Northumberland, County Durham and Cleveland has been added on the history section home page of the South Tynedale railway website. The maps of the counties are very detailed showing the old wagonways and mines in the counties and they stretch westwards to fit in Alston and the surrounding area. It is well worth a look.
As at 30th July 2007, the news page of the South Tynedale Railway internet site has been amended, to include an update that wheelchair accessible carriage No.2 is now available for use on passenger trains after completion of its bogie repairs. A brief update has also been added to the article about Fowler 0-4-2 tank steam locomotive Green Dragon, formerly named Saccharine about its restoration, obtained from the August 2007 of The Railway Magazine.
As at 30th July 2007, The South Tynedale Railway photo page, which links to Robin Alderson�s internet site, from the South Tynedale Railway home page and the news page, is still not available and access to that page has recently been removed. Currently there are still some technical difficulties being encountered with the changeover of the internet address and contents of the photo page, when these have been rectified access will be restored again. Meanwhile, apologies for any inconvenience caused and readers are advised - please do not send any e-mail messages to the South Tynedale Railway about the absence of the link to the photo page.
From 14th July 2007, some new additions to the South Tynedale Railway internet site, are:-
- A page about the Alston Lime Works Railway which includes a photograph of the Andrew Barclay well tank narrow gauge steam locomotive that worked on the line, this is courtesy of the Industrial Railway Society.
- Also an archive photograph of Kerr Stuart Wren steam locomotive; “Peter Pan” has been added to the page about visiting steam locomotives between 1986 and 1995 to the South Tynedale Railway, this is also courtesy of the Industrial Railway Society.
On 25th June 2007 there are the following changes being made to the South Tynedale Railway internet site pages these are as follows:-
- All pages on the internet site are being redesigned slightly, to use cascading style sheets in their layout. This should not affect the appearence of the pages, but readers are advised to have up-to-date versions of internet browser programs, e.g. Internet Explorer 7, Netscape 8, Opera 9, or equivalent, installed on their computers. This is to make sure that the internet pages are displayed on their computers properly. Some old versions of the browser programs may not be compatable and therefore pages may not be displayed properly. Free upgrades are normally available from any of the internet browser program company websites.
- The home page and news page have been amended, to show brief details of the Gala Weekend event to take place on 22nd and 23rd September. More details nearer the date of the event, when full details are confirmed. A poster advertising the Gala Weekend event will be published in due course.
On 23rd June 2007, a new historic article was added to the history pages of this website, which is a brief history of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, which was reproduced from an information sheet issued by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway in 1988.
Also, on 23rd June 2007, the history and preservation details of Hunslet 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive, Alice which visited the South Tynedale Railway in 2002 has been expanded.
On 16th June 2007, some new pages about railway societies and a world railway facts page has been added to the Railway and Model Railway Info website, at www.railwayandmodelrailway.info
Also by the same date, a photograph showing the levelling work on part of the trackbed, to the north of Kirkhaugh station, has been added to the News page of this South Tynedale Railway internet site.On 6th June 2007, details of the Bagnall 0-4-0 saddle tank steam locomotive ‘Isabel’ from the Amerton Farm Railway, Staffordshire, which visited the South Tynedale Railway for the Autumn Gala Weekend in September 1996, have now been added to this internet site. This has been published on the visiting locomotives between 1996 and 1998 page. Apologies for the over ten year delay in doing so.
Unfortunately, any photographs of this locomotive at Alston back in September 1996 appear to be missing from the S.T.R. archive photo collection, there is no record of any that were taken back then. Therefore an appeal - if anyone reading this page, did visit Alston back in September 1996 and has a photograph of ‘Isabel’ on the South Tynedale Railway, then do please get in touch. If so, could the railway please have a copy of the photograph to publish on this internet site and for the S.T.R. archive photograph collection. Thank you.
On 3rd June 2007, some archive photos have been added to the locomotive page about Hudswell-Clarke diesel locomotive No. DM1247 and a brief report of its rebuild between 1996 and 2000 has been added. Also on the Railway and Model Railway Info website (accessed through the links to other railway pages or at www.railwayandmodelrailway.info - many of the links to standard gauge and narrow gauge railway pages and the UK museums page have been updated with links to several new locations added.
On 31st May 2007, a page relating to the brief history of the Catcleugh Reservoir Railway was published in the History section of this website. This was a 3 foot (or 914 mm) narrow gauge railway near Byrness in Northumberland, that was built from the 1890s to construct the Catcleugh Reservoir. The page has been compiled from an article published in the Hexham Courant newspaper on 15th December 2006 and with reference to the Northumberland National Park website at www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk
On 18th May 2007, a quick way of accessing the timetable page from the home page on this internet site was introduced. By clicking on the photograph of the timetable leaflet on the home page, this was take you straight to the timetable page. Similarly by clicking on the photograph of the timetable leaflet on the timetable page, this will take you back to the home page of this internet site.
Also, by clicking on the South Tynedale Railway logo at the top of any page, will refresh and reload the home page again, this is useful if you have accessed a certain page of this internet site via a search engine program such as Yahoo, Google, etc., and if the contents or navigation window does not appear to the left hand side of the home page. Clicking on the South Tynedale Railway logo at the top of the page will remedy that problem.
On 9th May 2007, a new page was added to the South Tynedale Railway internet site about walks around the Alston Area. These include walks between Slaggyford and Lintley, and between Alston, Whitley Castle, Kirkhaugh and Randalholm. Maps of these walks have been provided from the Haltwhistle Partnership website at www.haltwhistle.org
On 3rd May 2007, the webmaster was again looking through the archives and noted that reference to two visiting steam locomotives to Alston in previous years had been omitted from the website pages. The page relating to visiting locomotives between 1996 and 1998 in the Locomotive and rolling stock section of the website has been amended to include - the Bagnall 0-4-0 saddle tank ‘Woto’, which visited the South Tynedale Railway for the Steam Gala Weekend in September 1997. The other omission is another Bagnall 0-4-0 ‘Isabel’ that also visited Alston during another year and information will be added about ‘Isabel’ shortly. Although the webmaster has a copy of the book entitled Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway, Leicestershire by M.H. Billington, published in 1974, where ‘Isabel’ was working prior to her preservation, which will help with some historical notes.
On 1st May 2007, all of the pages relating to links to other railways, magazines, societies, etc., have been transferred to new railway website pages under the name www.railwayandmodelrailway.info. Access and links to that site for the above information, that was previously on the South Tynedale Railway website (www.strps.org.uk) will continue as normal. The railway and model railway info website is being developed by Daniel McIntyre to hold railway and model railway information, which is not relevant to the South Tynedale Railway and it will be his own website, and separate from the South Tynedale Railway website. The move will free up space to develop more pages on the South Tynedale Railway website of relevance to the railway, its history and to the Alston and surrounding area.
During late April 2007, the webmaster has been looking through the South Tynedale Railway archive files and the amendments have been made to the following pages:-
- A profile of diesel locomotive No.2 has been added to the diesel locomotives no longer at Alston page.
- Further details of the Sunderland Group previous years Transport Enthusiasts� Bazaars have been added to the S.T.R.P.S. Sunderland Group meetings and Transport Enthusiasts�s Bazaars page .
On 21st April 2007, a page about the visiting locomotives in 2002 has been added to this internet site. Apologies for the delay in adding this page. The two steam locomotives visiting Alston were Hunslet 0-4-0 saddle tank �Alice� and the 0-4-0 vertical boiler tank ‘Chaloner’ for the South Tynedale Railway Gala Weekend in early August 2002.
On 19th April 2007, The Alston Area Pages, a new section was created in the internet site, to bring together pages about the town of Alston and the surrounding area. These include a journey along the South Tyne Valley, describing what to see along the route and covering local history between Haltwhistle and Alston. It also includes pages on places to visit and where to stay in the area and the Alston area events diary.
Between 11th April and 17th April 2007, several minor amendments were made to various pages of this internet site, these included a photograph of the Hudswell Clarke diesel locomotive DM1247 at Alston, after its arrival on the South Tynedale Railway on Sunday 25th March 2007,which has been added to the News page
On 3rd April 2007, the News page of this internet site was updated to inform readers that the carriage with access for wheelchair users will not be available on passenger trains during April 2007, as the carriage, coach No. 2, is currently out of service for maintenance work to its bogies.
On 1st April 2007, the News page of this internet site was updated to inform readers of the arrival of Hudswell-Clarke 0-6-0 diesel locomotive, No. DM1247 at Alston on Sunday 25th March 2007. It is here on loan from the Welsh Highland Railway at Porthmadog, North Wales. Also the departure on the same day of Fowler 0-4-2 tank steam locomotive, named �Saccharine� to be renamed �Green Dragon� from the South Tynedale Railway, pending its overhaul and use a new narrow gauge line, near Gowanburn on the north shore of the Kielder reservoir, in Northumberland.
On 18th March 2007, a new page showing places to stay in the Alston area, as a guide to accommodation available around Alston and the surrounding area, has been added to the internet site. Please note that the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society is not responsible for any of the organisations listed on that page, or the content of the external internet sites that are linked to it. It is hoped the page will act as a guide to visitors to the railway, who wish to spend several days or a week or more in the area, as either part of a short break or a holiday during the year. It is recommended that any queries about booking accommodation should be directed to Alston Tourist Information Centre or to the establishment concerned.
For more information about the South Tynedale Railway, please contact:-
THE SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY,
Registered Office Address:-
The Railway Station, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3JB.
Telephone 01434 381696.
Talking timetable - Telephone 01434 382828.
Registered Charity No. 514939.
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Tynedalesman information only - Send e-mail to Tynedalesman compilersThis page was last updated on 5th August 2008.
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