Ruston, Proctor Portable Progress

Ruston, Proctor Portable Progress

31st March 2011 Stuart Hines (the Steam Engineer) was down in Suffolk recently and called in to see progress on the Ruston, Proctor portable which…

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Behind the scenes - tramway telephone exchange and clocks

Behind the scenes – tramway telephone exchange and clocks

28th March 2011 The Tram Group are currently diligently working on Mondays and Thursdays on 101, 114 and on various other jobs. These include maintenance…

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Gas engine joy!

Gas engine joy!

28th March 2011 Maybe it was the relief at it running, or maybe the gas, but the Robinson gas engine has been running today for…

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Newcastle 114 Repaint - priming and undercoating

Newcastle 114 Repaint – priming and undercoating

28th March 2011 Below: Newcastle 114 is now beginning to wear a number of varied shades of primer and undercoat as the push to have…

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Colliery Road Works

Colliery Road Works

28th March 2011 Few recent visitors to Beamish can fail to have noticed the increasingly perilous state of the road through the Pit Village and…

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New Book!!! Beamish - 40 Years on Rails

New Book!!! Beamish – 40 Years on Rails

28th March 2011 For many years I have been working on the ultimate transport guide to the Beamish collection. This is still some way off,…

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Power from the past 2011

Power from the past 2011

23rd march 2011 I realise that we still have yet to hold the Great North Steam Fair, but as there seems to be some internet…

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News from David Young's workshop

News from David Young’s workshop

22nd March 2011 I called in at Dave Young’s workshop today to collect the newly restored gas engine and potato chipper. He is making terrific…

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Springtime at Beamish

Springtime at Beamish

22nd March 2011 A quick roundup of a spring Monday at Beamish: Below: The Fergie tractor was at work in the Pockerley area, volunteer Dick…

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Friends Projects Update

Friends Projects Update

20th March 2011 As ever the Friends have been busy carrying out a wide variety of restoration and conservation works on Beamish’s behalf. Here is…

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Site wide news and updates

Site wide news and updates

18th March 2011 This week has been as busy as ever, but with a lot of behind the scenes work, whence less than usual on…

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More GNSF exhibits confirmed!

More GNSF exhibits confirmed!

16th March 2011 Some more confirmations for the Great North Steam Fair have been put on the Flickr site covering the event (to the right…

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Chip Shop Chipper - finished!

Chip Shop Chipper – finished!

15th March 2011 Here are the latest photos from David Young showing the chip chipper and gas engine complete and ready for collection. They will…

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Chip shop latest

Chip shop latest

15th March 2011 Progress on the chip shop is now focussed on the internal works, with the external landscaping and paths virtually complete. Here are…

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A trip out to Shildon...

A trip out to Shildon…

9th March 2011 Today I called in at Shildon (NRM) to meet Anthony Coulls and catch up on various and varied matters, as always the…

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Site news - stocktaking of rail on site

Site news – stocktaking of rail on site

4th March 2011 This week a major clear up of the stockpile of track fittings and rail behind the town commenced. This is to clear…

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In an idle moment...

In an idle moment…

4th March 2011 In my spare (!) time I occasionally get around to doing a little model making and was recently looking for a prototype…

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513 - looking back!

513 – looking back!

3rd March 2011 With 513 making its first runs at the East Anglian Transport Museum, a look back to its arrival at Beamish seems appropriate!…

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