General News Roundup

General News Roundup

16th November 2011 Below: Work continues on Road 4 – more rails are being brought in from store and placed ready for laying out and…

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Around the site

Around the site

15th November 2011 Below: Sunderland 101 leaves the depot and crosses the new pointwork in the yard. Below: Initial marking up of Road 4 is…

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First World War locomotives

First World War locomotives

15th November 2011 On Saturday I was at the Apedale Valley Light Railway in Stoke for a meeting. Appropriately for the weekend (Remembrance Sunday) two…

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Friday roundup

Friday roundup

11th November 2011 Below: Brian has been working on recommissioning the Armstrong Whitworth car. The magneto (which generates the spark – this car does not…

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Depot Road 4 turnout installed!

Depot Road 4 turnout installed!

9th November 2011 Below: Well, they did it! The turnout was installed and the team even got around to removing the remains of the tramway…

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General News Roundup

General News Roundup

9th November 2011 Here are a few photographs (taken on my phone so I apologise for the rather weak colours and poor quality) showing some…

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End of the traditional tramway at Blackpool - but a new beginning for the 21st century...

End of the traditional tramway at Blackpool – but a new beginning for the 21st century…

8th November 2011 Last week a small delegation from Beamish was made very welcome by the staff at Blackpool Transport Services, at what is for…

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New Lewin photograph...

New Lewin photograph…

7th November 2011 A recent e-bay discovery and purchase was this wonderful view taken at Seaham Harbour some time in the 1950s and showing Lewin,…

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News from around the site

News from around the site

7th November 2011 A bit of a gap since the last post as a lot going on. Here are some of the activities of the…

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Side tipper waggon wheelsets progress

Side tipper waggon wheelsets progress

31st October 2011 Below: I called in to see Vince Allen this morning and drop off more components for Lewin. Whilst there I was able…

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News round-up

News round-up

28th October 2011 Below: Yesterday a lengthy shunt took place to extract the Armstrong car from the garage showroom. During the move the Daimler lorry…

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Around the site

Around the site

25th October 2011 Below: This view shows Pockerley loop sans siding, with the newly reinstated plain running lines now in use. This has enabled the…

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Lewin's Oil pots

Lewin’s Oil pots

23rd October 2011 Dave Young has had a mega-session in his workshop and turned the gunmetal blanks seen in an earlier posting into these finished…

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Forcett Coach latest

Forcett Coach latest

21st October 2011 Lots happening this week! I conclude the week with a look at the Forcett coach at Stanegate Restorations & Replicas in Haltwhistle….

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National Tramway Museum

National Tramway Museum

21st October 2011 Whilst in the area (visiting Alton Engineering) I called in at the National Tramway Museum at nearby Crich. Two trams were operating…

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Jacob departs

Jacob departs

21st October 2011 Yesterday (Thursday) Jacob was collected and taken to Statfold barn, its new home. Here are some views showing it being loaded (onto…

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Lewin Progress: Boiler - October 2011

Lewin Progress: Boiler – October 2011

21st October 2011 Yesterday was spent in Derbyshire, firstly visiting Alton Engineering to view progress on Lewin’s boiler which is now in the repair bay…

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Birkenhead Tramway

Birkenhead Tramway

19th October Whilst on my travels I called in on the Birkenhead Tramway. This interesting line with a varied collection of restored trams has featured…

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Lewin steam brake valve

Lewin steam brake valve

18th October Below: Whilst I’ve been off Dave Young has been turning a pile of castings into some beautiful machined components, these components assembling into…

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101 enters passenger service!

101 enters passenger service!

18th October 2011 Well, over a year after it arrived, the Blackpool Balloon tram ex No.703 and now known as Sunderland 101 has entered passenger…

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Ffestiniog Railway

Ffestiniog Railway

17th October 2011 Below: A trip on the Ffestiniog Railway, some 13 miles long between Porthmadog and Blaenau Festiniog, is always a superb experience and…

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Welsh Highland Railway

Welsh Highland Railway

17th October 2011 Below: Having had the delights of the Ffestiniog Railway on the Tuesday, on the Thursday we embarked, again from Harbour Station, onto…

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Manchester Ship Canal Cruise

Manchester Ship Canal Cruise

17th October 2011 A cruise on the Manchester Ship Canal… Merseytravel, using one of the famous Mersey ferries, runs regular day cruises along the MSC…

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News round up - Mid October

News round up – Mid October

17th October 2011 I’ve had a couple of weeks off work enjoying a bit of r&r but work has continued at Beamish on all fronts…

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General News Roundup

General News Roundup

30th September 2011 Having wondered what had happened to the summer, it has appeared this week with glorious (almost tropical) weather all week. As usual…

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