expoEM Autumn - Wakefield

South Pelaw is going to expoEM at Kettlethorpe High School, 

Standridge Lane, Sandal, Wakefield, WF2 7EL.

On Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September. 

Come along and see the layout in operation.

For more details of layouts and traders see https://www.emgs.org/events/exhibitions

Here are a few photos of South Pelaw, taken by Tony Lambert.

When the new facilities at Tyne Dock and the hoppers for taking iron ore to Consett were first introduced and before the O1s and 9Fs arrived, the ore traffic was handled by ex NER Q7s, 5 of which were fitted with air pumps for operating the hopper doors.

Fairly soon, the Q7s were supplemented by five LNER O1s - Thompsons rebuilds of  ex ROD O4s

 Eventually ten 9Fs took the ore traffic and here a full train, with a 9F front and back, is passed by an empty train returning to Tyne Dock.

 The empty train gallops off to Tyne Dock and the end of the shift for the crew.

 Here we have a train load of coal leaving Stella Gill Yard with a load of pit props coming in.

Eventually the 9Fs on the ore trains were replaced by what would later be called class 24s.

Of coarse - it has all gone now. Few people realise what used to happen here. Come and see the model to revive a few memories.