Bowes Railway news

Bowes Railway news

General News – April 2009 The arrival of a new fork-lift truck has plus hire of a HIAB for a day has enabled various items…

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Rolling, Rolling, Rolling...

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling…

May 5th 2009 I thought a few photos of the rear rolls from the steam roller ‘Fiddler’ might be of interest. These rolls are unusual…

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A day out in Yorkshire

A day out in Yorkshire

May 5th 2009 A recent visit to West Yorkshire to inspect a scarifier also presented the opportunity to look around the Armley Mills Industrial Museum…

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April track works

April track works

24th April 2009 Mark, Darren and Bob have started work on the far end of the colliery exchange sidings. The point in the foreground now…

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Coffee Pot No.1

Coffee Pot No.1

May 5th 2009 I am now picking up Coffee Pot’s blog on this thread, for administrative purposes. Current progress at the boilermakers is such that…

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Tram 114 - The livery debate

Tram 114 – The livery debate

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Bowes Railway wagon news

Bowes Railway wagon news

14th April 2009 John Young and I popped up to a firm in Haltwhistle geared up to carrying out restoration of railway vehicles. Two of…

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Roadmender's hut - progress!

Roadmender’s hut – progress!

14th April 2009 I called in at Bowes today – the hinges and new gates build by John Moore (hinges) and Alan Milburn (gates) are…

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Gateshead Tram 10 at rest

Gateshead Tram 10 at rest

12th April 2009 Gateshead 10 rests in the warm sun enjoyed at Beamish over Easter weekend. Open top cars tend to prove rather more popular…

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Easter road steam at Beamish

Easter road steam at Beamish

12th April 2009 Michael Davison brought his 1889 built Marshall Traction Engine ‘Mary Margaret’ to operate over the four days of the Easter period. Working…

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Easter Evening

Easter Evening

12th April 2009 No.22 basks in the warm evening sun after another day’s work in Beamish colliery, probably playing to the largest crowds yet.

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Colliery Atmosphere

Colliery Atmosphere

29th March 2009 No apologies for presenting a further selection of images taken around the colliery railway today…

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Off the Rails!

Off the Rails!

29th March 2009 It was bound to happen! Whilst ‘exploring’ some of the recently exposed sidings to the rear of Francis Street, 22 pushed the…

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Opening of the New Colliery Lamp Cabin

Opening of the New Colliery Lamp Cabin

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Beamish Steam Mule

Beamish Steam Mule

24th March 2009In order to train museum staff in steam skills, a training engine is being constructed by David Young and myself to reflect various…

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News update 24th March 2009

News update 24th March 2009

26th March 2009 Lots has been going on, as the following photos and captions reveal… Above: Earlier today No.22 took part in the opening of…

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Water Spray Cart

Water Spray Cart

25th March 2009 Work has started on a street watering cart, a vehicle that has sat in store at Beamish for many years. I have…

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NER Autocar

NER Autocar

24th March 2009 Introducing the North Eastern Railway Autocar:

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NER Autocar

NER Autocar

24th March 2009 Introducing the North Eastern Railway Autocar: From time to time one is offered the opportunity to join a trust as part of…

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Colliery Steam

Colliery Steam

21st March 2009 This morning I shot a short and fairly poor quality film on my compact camera, showing No.22 at work in the colliery….

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Bradford Industrial Museum

Bradford Industrial Museum

17th March 2009 Whilst visiting the boilermaker, David Young (my companion for the day) and I called in at Bradford Industrial Museum. This a wide…

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Boilers!

Boilers!

Just a quick note to remind readers that the Coffee Pot blog on the main Beamish website is now being updated regularly and includes images…

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Mystery Object!

Mystery Object!

Mystery Object revealed!!! You may remember I asked if anybody knew what the black tank on wheels might be used for – here is an…

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More Movies!

More Movies!

12th March 2009 Here are two more films, a preview of the horse tram that is visiting in May, and a short clip of our…

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Beamish Movie

Beamish Movie

12th March 2009 Here is the first of, hopefully, a number of short films taken on my camera (whence the low-grade quality) that I will…

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