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Janine Wiedel

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The Rainhill Trials (2)

The Rainhill Trials were held over nine days from October 6th to 14th 1829 and of the five entries that participated, one breached the no horses stipulation. Patented on September 9, 1829, (no 5840), Thomas Brandreth’s Cycloped was a flat-bed wagon propelled by a single horse attached to a treadmill. The animal’s kinetic energy was transferred to the drive wheels by a series of cogs. At the front…

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Shildon Model Railway Club Exhibition October 2024

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TC-LRAU'S TRAINTOBER 2024 | Entries

General Summary of the main story and timeline: It's 2024, more specifically May when the New Hall in Locomotion, Shildon had opened.

(Note; 2000s-2024/current are not the main timeline of TC-LRAU but the future timeline, the main timeline occurs during the 1980s.)

Day 1, Dawn | 📖

Summary:

We see a very young Stephen awake to his crew entering his shed, the beginning of a normal routine, but then we see another very young steam engine after. Stephen awakes after nearly dazing off to sleep during his trip to the NRM, starting an unexpectedly deep conversation with the engine who's pulling the flatbed he's on after Sir Robert checks up on him.

Day 2, First Light | 🕯️

Summary:

The latest invention of the century, Stephenson's Rocket, is rewarded with a new ore that's been founded by the directors of the L&MR now giving it sentience.

Day 3, Trust | 💥

Summary:

It's been a while since the Incident, we see ourselves at Darlington as three young engineers stay later than they should've there concering the young steam engine that is Tornado after something unexpected happens. Chaos stirs up in the workshop of the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust involving humans and engines alike, but tension rises as an engine arrives to pick up Nadi for the journey to an exhibition.

Day 4, Great Race | 🌠

Summary:

Gordon is slowly breaking away as he tries to keep up, his crew tried their best to brake but ultimately had to jump out the cab. But suddenly, we the readers, find ourselves reading a flashback of Scotsman and Gordon in their younger years in the LNER.

Day 5, Exhibition | 🏛️

Summary:

Emily, Toby and Gordon are brought along with Millie, Rex and Skarloey to Locomotion in Shildon to represent Sodor and its variety of steam engines there. But it seems the three do more than that as they stumble onto other fellow LNER engines who are there, reconnecting a bit with their LNER/GNR/GCR roots.

Day 6, Harmony

Day 7, Sleepy

Day 8, Impact

Day 9, Old Iron

Day 10, Flora

Day 11, Fauna

Day 12, Teamwork

Day 13, Leaves

Day 14, Screech

Day 15, Star |💫

Summary:

Evening Star struggles to help Nadi with problems they never had the chances to uncover and with their Great Western roots, seeing as it’s stirring up some controversy and with how taboo it is. Though a fellow Great Western offers some advice, and some comfort, to her on the situation.

Previous/Original Summary:

Evening Star struggles to help Nadi with their Great Western roots, seeing as it’s stirring up some controversy and with how taboo it is. Though a fellow Great Western offers some advice, and some comfort, to her on the situation.

Day 16, Golden

Day 17, Seagull

Day 18, Water |🌊

Summary:

Saint Mungo tries to help Great Eastern to escape his fate, but it goes horribly wrong as the two are caught, with an unexpected turn of fate for the both of them.

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PUT THIS IN YOUR DIARIES FOLKS

September 27th 2025 marks the bicentenary of the first passenger railway!

Even if you're not able to attend - or its not your thing, this is a big big celebration for my town!

There's a month long celebration, including - I hope - a cavalcade of trains that will be passing through, including a replica of the Locomotion No1

A brief history lesson here.

Trains were initially used to transport goods from one town to another, countryside to the docklands, Shildon to Stockton.

This was proving expensive, as the trains would return empty. So someone came up with the idea of adding a passenger carriage. Which proved to be a popular decision. (Obviously some folks objected very strongly but their protests failed miserably)

And so the Stockton to Darlington railway was born.

Where did Darlington come into this?

Easy, it's because the trains passed through the town!

I recall the last time a cavalcade came through, I went with my mum and dad to watch as many trains passed through. Shame we didn't have a camera. I can't remember any of the trains but I did recall that the Mallard (the fastest train at the time) was running very late so I never got to see that one.

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Saturday Movie Night: Rail 150 (1975)

On September 27th 1825, Locomotion No.1 hauled the very first train along the Stockton & Darlington Railway, and proved once and for all the effectiveness of steam locomotive technology.

Precisely 150 years later - give or take a few weeks - preserved engines from across the country converged on Shildon to take part in a special exhibition marking the anniversary of the S&DR's opening. The exhibition ran for the last week of August 1975, and concluded with a Grand Steam Cavalcade.

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Shildon Co. Durham 20th May 2012 por loose_grip_99 Por Flickr: Great Northern Railway Stirling Single 4-2-2 No. 1 inside the NRM museum at Shildon. This impressive loco with its 8ft 1in driving wheels was built at Doncaster Works in 1870 & could reach speeds of up to 85 mph. It was withdrawn from service in September 1907 having completed 1,404,663 miles and preserved by the GNR. The locomotive steamed again in December 1981 on the Great Central Railway. The GCR was chosen for this because the track is fairly flat and it wouldn't have to work too hard.

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In Pursuit of Self

Chapter 15 - The Lady at Waverley Station

Gold receives an invitation from Shildon. Flying Scotsman celebrates his 100th Birthday in Scotland.

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78018 and 78019: 2MT Twins

"78018 was built in 1953 at Darlington North Road Works at a cost of £14,809. It entered traffic in March 1954, at West Auckland Shed (County Durham). This was soon followed by a move to Kirkby Stephen, where it worked trains from Tebay to Barnard Castle on the Stainmore Railway. It was while on this line that 78018 became famous by getting stuck in a snow drift during February, 1955, which resulted in the film Snowdrift at Bleath Gill. (This film is shown at Locomotion which is the National Railway Museum at Shildon.) At the time it was hauling a Kirkby Stephen to West Auckland goods across the bleak and steeply graded line when it became stuck in the snowdrift. It was not reached by the snowplough until two days later by which time it had become frozen solid.

The engine which rescued 78018 was 78019 which was also based at Kirkby Stephen and both locomotives have since been preserved. [...]

78018 was withdrawn from service in November 1966 and sold for scrap. It arrived at the Woodham Brothers scrapyard at Barry in June 1967 (along with 78019) and remained there until October 1978 when it was purchased and moved to the Market Bosworth Railway at Shackertone in Leicestershire (now the Battlefield Line Railway)."

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Bonjour à tous, it is 16c out there and feeling fresh but for me that is much better than the heat that we have had. One good thing about the “chaleur” is that it can produce some stunning “orages” (thunderstorms), like the one Thursday into Friday it seemed to go on for such a long time, with the sky lighting up wonderfully and the thunderclaps not too frightening.

It seems to have been a long week, I was up early to go to hospital on Monday. The taxi picked me up at 7am 😳 and we had to pick up another person so our journey took us on a road I had never been on. We went through villages and lovely countryside before arriving in the village which has the local attraction “Nigloland” a theme park which some say is better than Disneyland. It’s smaller, has less crowds and still plenty to entertain all ages.

I had two transfusions, the first was fine but the second made me really cold and I began trembling uncontrollably, guess the nurses have seen it all as they were not concerned by it. Then it was sleep time as I was to wake up at 4am (yes really) get dressed, have breakfast and be in a taxi by 5am! I was being taken to Paris to have the next stage of my treatment, unfortunately due to lack of “chunky” veins in my arms I was sent back to the hospital in Troyes to have a catheter fitted in my groin and the following day was a repeat of the previous one except with the catheter they were able to extract my cells for freezing. I will add that the journey time to Paris is about 2.5 hours one way! The second day I was in an ambulance, on a stretcher, facing the wrong direction which really did mess with my head! However it’s over and done with now, just have to prepare myself for 4 weeks in hospital from 30 August 😳.

I always think of Shildon in Co. Durham as my “hometown”, known as “the cradle of the railways”, I am interested in the history of this mode of transport, architecture is another interest so as you can imagine seeing the stunning railway stations in Paris, of which the above photo of the Gare de Lyon, is one. On the return journey on Wednesday, safely ensconced on my stretcher, I saw two huge columns with figures on top. Unable to take a photo 😡 I was keen to find out what they were. They were the Throne Tollgate on the Place de I’lle de la Réunion. As we drove further away from the columns, I looked up and in the far distance, between the columns was the Eiffel Tower, how I wished I could have “snapped” that picture!

Monique celebrated her birthday on Friday but unlike last year I was unable to visit her. However, she is coming to see me on Tuesday to help me get ready for my month “away”. I have been washing, cleaning, cooking, relaxing and reading. Trying my best to keep everyone “up to date” on what is happening. I had planned to cut the grass when I got home from hospital but I hadn’t factored in the catheter and the oncologist said definitely no mowing. Monique had said she would do it but I asked my neighbour who is only too happy to help me out.

Anie, messaged yesterday, asking if I would like some vine peaches, having had some from her before I was pleased to accept, she arrived with a little posy of flowers from her garden, two small courgettes and the vine peaches. She is coming back this afternoon to have tea and cake.

So now to the favourite part of this blog for “The Daddy”, it’s my music choices, the first one this week was a Eurovision winner for Luxembourg in 1972. The title was “Apres toi” sung by Vicky Leandros. If I remember rightly after she was announced the winner she sang the song in English (don’t quote me on that) it was released as “Come What May”.

The second song is from way back in 1967, gosh can I remember that far back, yes I can and I have loved this song since I first heard it, it’s “The Letter” by The Box Tops.

It’s a Bank Holiday on Monday in the UK and my gorgeous grandchildren are spending the weekend with “The Daddy”.

“The Trainee Solicitor” has been visiting relatives, reading, relaxing as well as working at home. I hear he has two terracotta planters exactly the same as two I have here. They will look good in the garden, maybe they have the hydrangeas in already 🤔.

Now I really must pack my case, and prepare the house for my absence.

Jusqu’à la semaine prochaine.

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from the Railway Museum in Shildon County Durham

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Events 9.27 (before 1940)

1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England. 1331 – The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture. 1422 – After the brief Gollub War, the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with Poland and Lithuania. 1529 – The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city. 1540 – The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III. 1590 – The death of Pope Urban VII, 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, ends the shortest papal reign in history. 1605 – The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm. 1669 – The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia. 1777 – American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia. 1791 – The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to Jews. 1821 – The Army of the Three Guarantees triumphantly enters Mexico City, led by Agustín de Iturbide. The following day Mexico is declared independent. 1822 – Jean-François Champollion officially informs the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in France that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone. 1825 – The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened with the engine Locomotion pulling wagons with coal and passengers from Shildon to Darlington to Stockton. 1854 – The paddle steamer SS Arctic, owned by the Collins Line of New York, sinks off the coast of Newfoundland, following a collision with a smaller vessel, the SS Vesta. Only 88 of over 300 people on board survive. About a dozen of the occupants of the Vesta are killed when their lifeboat is hit by the Arctic. 1875 – The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool. 1903 – "Wreck of the Old 97": an American rail disaster, in which 11 people are killed; it later becomes the subject of a popular ballad. 1908 – Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit. 1916 – Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu. 1922 – King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II. 1928 – The Republic of China is recognized by the United States. 1930 – Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf. 1938 – The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.

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Exploring Locomotion No 1's INTRIGUING Engineering Details | Curator with a Camera Extra

Premiered 4 hours ago (May 12, 2024)  #trains #railway #heritagerailway Locomotion No 1 is a very interesting locomotive indeed. Its story only gets more curious the deeper you dig.

Thanks to a report created by Dr Michael Bailey and Peter Davidson, new light has been shed on Locomotion as it stands today—and how this relates to its original specification in 1825.

In this episode, Anthony Coulls is joined by Dr Bailey to discuss a key findings from the report.

This episode of Curator with a Camera was filmed at Locomotion in Shildon. To find out more about Locomotion, visit: https://www.locomotion.org.uk

For the National Railway Museum in York, head to: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk

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Leisure Assistants - Shildon/Newton Aycliffe/Spennymoor

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Northern to play classical music at rail stations to disrupt anti social behaviour

Train operator, Northern is set to pipe classical music inspired by Handel, Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky into 23 stations across its network as part of measures to deter anti-social behaviour.   The plan follows a pilot scheme conducted at nine stations across the North of England in the past twelve months (Billingham, Shildon, Heighington North Road, Orrell, Keighley, Hyde North, Ilkley…