Below: The scumbling (wood-graining) of Lewin’s cab is now completed, and once dry and hardened it will have borders and lining added before final varnishing. …
There is a lot going on at Beamish, as ever, so here is a summary of a few of the transport projects underway. Preparations are…
The Y7, No.985, is currently receiving maintenance, which we hope to complete by next weekend. In the meantime Coffee Pot No.1 has been relocated to…
I am sure that many followers of the blog will be aware of the recent tragic occurence at the Museum, and will also appreciate that the blog…
Well, the sun is shining here, and we are presenting visitors with quite a bit of steam action today, with the Wallis Advance, Marshall and…
Below: The latest stage in No.18/Lewin’s lengthy and comprehensive restoration was completed today (though expected to arrive last week!) when the engine arrived from the…
A busy week at Beamish… Below: We’ve acquired this rather nice heavy duty trolley, which will be used in the Colliery engine shed for carting…
Below: Dan and Tony have glued up and secured the buffer beams together and onto No.18. Below: Injectors and associated sandbox and water valve have…
On the trail of Samson… The tramway from Whitfield Brow to Cornish Hush mine. I have mentioned the London Lead Company’s little Stephen Lewin locomotive…
The cab interior of No.18/Lewin is to be a wood grain effect, something quite commonly seen on Victorian locomotives and often practised today on engines…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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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