A future restoration project maybe, or a repository of spare parts? Captured this quiet corner of the Tanfield Heritage Railway near Stanley in NE England.
The railway is part of what was once a former horse-drawn colliery wooden waggon way, later rope and horse, lastly rope and loco railway.
Today, visitors can ride along the route on preserved industrial steam locomotives.

#england #gateshead #durham #historic #railway #industrialheritage #photography

This evening Louise Goult is taking part in The Late Shows with textile art workshops and an exhibition.

Join free drop-in embroidery workshops exploring hand stitching on more unusual materials such as paper and wood. Also view the exhibition of textile artwork narrating hidden stories and memories, protecting and honouring them in stitch.

https://thelateshows.org.uk/2026/bottleworks

Louise's exhibition and activities are located at BottleWorks (venue 27) NE6 1LX.

#ouseburn #newcastle #gateshead #thelateshows

A genuinely sad case - #driver clearly wasnt a "good lad", involved with #drugs and under influence when #driving - but I don't think he set out to #crash and kill the lass and badly injure his friend

A wider issue is social circle for young people outside big cities is affected by #CarDependency and #ToxicMasculinity (I suspect his friend and girlfriend admired him for owning the #BMW )

If he'd stopped he'd likely have walked free from Court and got only 3 years ban as no one would have got hurt, but as fun as #partydrugs can be, they can lead to irrational and impulsive behaviour (he's also likely to be on the comedown and sleep deprived which wouldn't have helped matters)

#RTC #RoadSafety #DUI #Gateshead #Scotland

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2026-05-01/banned-drug-driver-jailed-after-136mph-police-chase-ends-in-fatal-crash-on-a19

RT: @roger_heywood ⁦@ZackPolanski⁩ speaking to a ⁦@TheGreenParty⁩ rally in #Newcastle today

Vote #Green on May 7th for real change !

#Gateshead #SouthTyneside #SouthShields #Hartlepool