The Four Horsemen

An image from the archive and something closer to home than my usual Scotland images. This old railway wagon is just up the road from me in Consett, County Durham. It’s a ladle wagon used in the steel-making process that now acts as an impressive monument to the town’s industrial past.

The wagon certainly does a great job of representing the industry that has long disappeared from the area. I was intrigued by the graffiti on the wagon – especially The Four Horsemen on the lower section. I’m not sure if it’s supposed to have some deeper significance but it is a strange name to write.

An obscure reference to the loss of industry maybe? The name four friends have concocted? Or is it referring to a Metallica song from the 1983 Kill ‘Em All album?

I guess we will never really know.