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'QJ' Class 2-10-2 No.3598 passing Qixing Colliery heading the early afternoon passenger from Shuangyashan to Shuangxing on 3rd January 2002. The morning train journey out to this area, to the next station further down the line from here at Dianchang, took 2 hours, departing from Shuangyashan Zhongxin station (train 81) at 05:50 hrs on an extremely crowded 'worker's train, with its regular passengers entirely unfamiliar with 'westerners'! The surrounding area was extremely flat, wind-swept, bitterly cold and uninspiring, apart from the occasional mine and adjacent slag tips, but the journey experience was unforgettable.
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A local passenger service ventures towards Xiaonan along one of the many branches on the Tiefa Coal Railway. The buildings of the Daxing mine form the industrial backdrop.
16th March 1991
20090 & 20120 pulling a train through the loader at Bickershaw Colliery. This was almost a year to the day before the colliery closed.
London Midland Class 172, 172220 is seen at Thoresby Colliery junction with an ECS move for brake testing. 5X72 12:34 Tyseley L.M.D - High Marnham.
Production ceased here in 1983; looks like a typical colliery scene, from about 1970. Unknown photographer.
One of the last of three deep mines in the UK, Hatfield Colliery, closed in June 2015 with the loss of 430 jobs. Along with Kellingley in North Yorkshire and Thoresby in Nottinghamshire, Hatfiled was the last of the UK's deep seam mines. The two headstocks, now listed Grade II structures, were built as a pair in 1922.
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Astley Green Colliery Museum, the last standing headgear in the Lancashire coalfield. The old Number 1 shaft.
Bedlay Colliery, Scotland as the end was getting ever closer when the pit would shut, I went to take photos of the working, and out of service locomotives. I approached someone at the entrance to the mine site and asked if it was okay to wonder around taking photos… I was warmly welcomed.
A former BR shunting loco hauls coal from Merthyr Vale colliery past the weigh bridge. towards the BR exchange sidings, 14/4/83
The only passenger train known to have visited the colliery was a special train organised by the Institution of Mining Engineers (South Staffs and South Midlands Branch) on March 27th 1993. The train was topped and tailed by 47300 and 47821. This tour also went to Coventry Colliery, halfway up the Littleton Colliery line, Runcorn Folly Lane, and Gladstone and Seaforth Docks. 47821 "Royal Worcester" makes its way towards the colliery.
Silverhill is an artificial hill near Teversal in Nottinghamshire, and is one of the highest points in the county at 204.3 metres (670 ft). Originally it was a mine spoil heap on the site of the former Silverhill colliery ...
58038 backs out onto the mainline with a loaded MGR train for High Marnham on 22nd November 1996. This was the midday departure from Thoresby Colliery. At this time, trains were booked to depart every three hours, with generally 5 or 6 running most days, and, on numerous occasions the full 8 trainloads of black gold departing.
A mine spoil train headed by SY1320 departs Wulong colliery. Fuxin, North-Western Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
the last few remains of the so called "Harald-shaft", closed since 1931 - colliery Kalkgrub, former anthracite mine
The Beamish colliery 'exchange yard' on 29th April 2023, with visiting Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Caledonia Works' (Works No.1219 built in 1910). The 'Pug' was delivered new to Stewart & Lloyd’s Ltd. Clydesdale works, Mossend, where it worked with the company's fleet of around ten other four-coupled Barclay locos until it was moved circa 1951 to Andrew Barclay's Kilmarnock works for use as their works shunter. It was acquired for preservation in August 1970 and had spent most of its time on a private railway in Cambridgeshire. Since April 2021, it has been in the care of the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway.
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The (very beautiful) beach at the village of Easington Colliery in County Durham. The mine was closed on 7 May 1993, with the loss of 1,400 jobs. The mine also the sight of a mining disaster in on 29 May 1951, when an explosion led to the deaths of 83 men (including 2 rescue workers).
44004 "Great Gable" had brought this train from Rufford Colliery, bound for Avenue Sidings. However, the loco was suffering from a lack of engine power so its load was propelled into the sidings at Mansfield Colliery Junction on 17 September 1979.
A study of the headstocks of Ashington colliery on 17th September 1986, with British Coal '507' (ex-BR D9525) waiting to be signalled into the exchange sidings.
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BR Class 58 No 58021 heads south over the South Yorkshire Joint Line and passes Maltby Colliery South Signal Box (Great Central Railway 1912) with 7F43 Harworth Colliery to Cottam Power Station loaded MGR HAA Hoppers working on 11th August 1990
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Former BR 15xx class 0.6.0PT 1501 at the colliery on 5 March 1967. 1501, along with 1502 and 1509, were bought from the NCB by the Severn Valley Railway in 1970. the latter pair being stripped for spares for the restoration of 1501.
Scanned from a 6x6cm negative taken by the late Mervyn Mason, now in my collection.
JS 8050 brings the empties across the road as it arrives at the Fengshuigou Colliery on the Yuanbaoshan Coal Railway.
Avonside 0-6-0 saddle tank 'St. Martin' (W/No.2064 built in 1931) shunting B.R. 16 ton wagons at N.C.B. Snowdown Colliery on 28th June 1969.
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Clipstone Colliery was a coal mine in Nottinghamshire, situated near the village of Clipstone in the area known as The Dukeries.
The colliery opened in 1922 and operated until 2003. It was built by the Bolsover Colliery Company, transferred to the National Coal Board in 1947, then operated by RJB Mining from 1994.
Two new headstocks and winding engines were constructed, and were commissioned in 1953. The headstocks, built by Head Wrightson Colliery Engineering were the tallest in Europe at the time.
The headstocks and powerhouse are grade II listed buildings so have been preserved.
Clipstone colliery employed 1,300 people at its peak.
One of my favourite pictures of Ifton Colliery possibly taken from the winding gear It shows the marshalling yards at the eastern extremities of the colliery. The railway here crossed colliery lane which can be seen running horizontally through the picture. running for some length as a long headshunt and locomotive run around. Much has changed since this 1967 picture was taken, the only tangible structure to remain is colliery cottage discerned on the right. I might be wrong but I believe the large ornate chimney belonged to the colliery pumping house?
"DREAM" IS A 20 METRE HIGH AND ITS APEX STANDS JUST OVER 100 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE SCULPTURE IS LOCATED ON THE FORMER SITE OF SUTTON MANOR COLLIERY IN ST HELENS, DESIGNED BY WORLD-RENOWNED AND AWARD-WINNING ARTIST, JAUME PLENSA.
THE SCULPTURE TAKES FORM OF A YOUNG GIRL'S HEAD. HER EYES ARE CLOSED IN A DREAM-LIKE STATE. THE WHITE, ALMOST LUMINESCENT FINISH IS A STARK CONTRAST TO THE HISTORY OF THE SITE AND THE BLACK OF THR COAL THAT STILL LIES IN THE GROUND BELOW. THE FACIAL CONTOURS AND REFLECTIVITY CHANGES REGULARLY DUE TO CHANGING WEATHER AND LIGHT CONDITIONS.
DREAM WAS COMMISSIONED BY BOTH EX-MINERS AND ST HELENS' COUNCIL WITH THE AIM OF REFLECTING THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS DECIDED A MINING MONUMENT WAS FAR FROM THE WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY AND INSTEAD, A FORWARD-LOOKING PIECE THAT WOULD INSPIRE GENERATIONS.
BUILT IN 2008.
THE PLINTH IS OVER 17 METRES IN DIAMETER.
THE ENTIRE SCULPTURE (HEAD AND PLINTH) WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 373 TONNES.
A FURTHER 130 TONNES OF CONCRETE HAVE GONE INTO THE PILE CAP AND FOUNDATIONS.
THE HEAD IS APPROXIMATELY 50 TIMES LIFE SIZE.
Whilst standing on St Helens Junction station this loco trundled along the sidings at Bold Colliery.
I know nothing about the loco, but i bet someone out there does!
I'd be pleased for any information.
London Midland Class 172, 172220 is seen at Thoresby Colliery junction with an ECS move for brake testing. 5X72 12:34 Tyseley L.M.D - High Marnham.