Trams at large - Saturday 27th October 2012

Trams at large – Saturday 27th October 2012

Below: Despite some quite heavy snow showers last night and this morning, the sun shone for most of the day and Blackpool 304 joined 101,…

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304 to enter passenger service this weekend...

304 to enter passenger service this weekend…

Following some remedial work and further testing, Blackpool Coronation 304 will be placed into service this weekend and we shall endeavour to make available for…

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304 makes first test runs at Beamish...

304 makes first test runs at Beamish…

Below: After much hard work by Brian, Hughie, Tom, Peter and David (from the LTT), commissioning and static testing, 304 ventured out onto the circuit…

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General Transport & Industry News 23rd October 2012

General Transport & Industry News 23rd October 2012

Below: G&I 26 now has working replica roof mounted headlights, in readiness for several forthcoming winter evening events as well as a photo charter.  The…

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Dunrobin cylinder lubricator cast...

Dunrobin cylinder lubricator cast…

Below: Here are two views showing that Dave Young has been as busy as ever!  He is currently engaged in some development work with me…

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General News Roundup w/c 15th October 2012

General News Roundup w/c 15th October 2012

Its been a while since I put a news roundup on the blog, and I feel I have neglected it slightly in recent weeks on…

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Welsh wanderings...

Welsh wanderings…

As has been shown on this blog on numerous occasions before, I am a great fan of the Welsh narrow gauge railways, in particular the…

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Blackpool 304 arrives at Beamish...

Blackpool 304 arrives at Beamish…

On Friday the much anticiapted arrival of Blackpool Coronation tram No.304 took place.  The tram was swiftly unloaded and placed inside the depot (which it…

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Format of Blog - response to comments

Format of Blog – response to comments

I’ve had numerous comments regarding the format of photographs when opened from the blog.  This may be due to the screen size used to view…

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Dene reunion...

Dene reunion…

On Saturday the Museum hosted a reunion for staff from the Dene motorcycle works in Newcastle.  Latterly a dealer, in its early years it built…

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Scenes from the weekend...

Scenes from the weekend…

Here is a further selection of scenes taken today whilst we displayed, in action, some additional transport and industry based artifacts.  Over the weekend we…

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Edward Sholto steams at Beamish for first time...

Edward Sholto steams at Beamish for first time…

Today we enjoyed a number of additional transport attractions in action around the Museum, including Coffee Pot No.1, Mary Margaret (Marshall traction engine), the SOS…

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Narrow Gauge Hunslet 0-4-0ST 'Edward Sholto' arrives...

Narrow Gauge Hunslet 0-4-0ST ‘Edward Sholto’ arrives…

This evening we took delivery of the Quarry Hunslet ‘Edward Sholto’ – it is anticipated that the locomotive will be in action this coming weekend…

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Welcome to the new-look blog!

Welcome to the new-look blog!

Hello and welcome to the blog, now hosted on Word press and hopefully with much clearer access to a wider range of information relating to…

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