No.18 - some curatorial observations

No.18 – some curatorial observations

It is one of the useful aspects of keeping a blog that there is the opportunity to directly communicate with an interested audience.  The project…

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General News Roundup...

General News Roundup…

Below: Glyder’s owner Graham Morris has spent another working session cleaning the locomotive of its many decades of accumulated dust.  He has also fitted the…

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Lewin progress, late June 2012...

Lewin progress, late June 2012…

Below: Here are a couple of views showing No.18/Lewin with its tank refitted.  Vince has had a real struggle with this particular component, and, as…

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More on that storm...

More on that storm…

Below: It may be a very British thing to complain about the weather, but the rain and storms today (it is now sunny here!) engulfed…

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Spectacular storm brings flooding and damage...

Spectacular storm brings flooding and damage…

This afternoon we have been subjected to a lengthy and violent electrical storm, which has been relentless for over an hour now.  The transport system…

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Dunrobin progresses - firebox work and cylinder block removed...

Dunrobin progresses – firebox work and cylinder block removed…

Below: Duncan Ballard has sent through these photographs showing current progress on Dunrobin.  The first sections of Dunrobin’s firebox have been removed, with sections of…

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Gateshead Tram 10 to regain its British Railways identity!

Gateshead Tram 10 to regain its British Railways identity!

Some exciting news concerning Gateshead tram No.10… Appeal for funds launched to recreate British Railways tram No.26 as operating on the Grismby & Immingham Electric…

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What lies beneath... Oporto 196 overhaul progresses

What lies beneath… Oporto 196 overhaul progresses

Below: The work on 196 is progressing, with quite a tight deadline to carry out numerous repairs to the body before the process of preparing…

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Middleton Railway 200th anniversary gala

Middleton Railway 200th anniversary gala

The Middleton Railway’s 200th anniversary gala was a tremendous success and certainly looked impressive with a good selection of motive power as well as accompanying…

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General News Roundup

General News Roundup

There is quite a lot to report today… Below: This is a Trilox invalid carriage, self propelled, dating from the 1950s.  It was retrieved from…

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Steam Elephant and the Middleton Railway 1812 - 2012 200th anniversary gala - coming up this weekend!

Steam Elephant and the Middleton Railway 1812 – 2012 200th anniversary gala – coming up this weekend!

Below: This coming weekend the Middleton Railway in Leeds is celebrating 200 years of steam locomotion in the area with a spectacular gala and programme…

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Chariot of fire...

Chariot of fire…

On Saturday Ian Bean and the Matchless motorcycle conveyed the Olympic flame through Durham as part of the passage of the torch through the region. …

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General Transport & Industry news roundup...

General Transport & Industry news roundup…

Below: Harry, our station volunteer, has now set to repairing the entrance cobbles to the goods yard, which had subsided badly since the rotten gatepost…

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Lewin - the latest progress w/c 11th June 2012

Lewin – the latest progress w/c 11th June 2012

Below: Work on Lewin (or No.18 as I am increasingly calling it) is progressing well, with daily achievements visible.  Tony Vollans has joined in, fitting…

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The other US repatriation...

The other US repatriation…

Below: Those who have taken an interest in the arrival of Glyder and Ogwen at Beamish may be interested in these views of Winifred, the…

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Lewin restoration progress - update for beginning of June...

Lewin restoration progress – update for beginning of June…

Below: We have been very busy working on Lewin/No.18.  Work from the Beamish point of view (i.e. myself and Dave Young) has focused on carrying…

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605 no more - its formally 233!

605 no more – its formally 233!

Below: One of the last remaining cosmetic jobs on Blackpool Boat tram No.233 has been the refitting of its chrome numbers – it is now…

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