The recent gap in blog entries marked a ten-day break in Switzerland, journeying through the central Alpine region with Great Railway Journeys, a tour company specialising…
The construction of Samson’s cylinder block and valve chest owes quite a lot to experience from work on No.18 and also the book ‘Traction Engines…
The week hardly seems to have begun when it is already drawing to a close! There is progress on projects wherever you look, so here…
David and Chris have been busy progressing Samson’s construction, with the water tanks welded and bolted into place between the frames. The boiler barrel has…
Following a fortnight’s holiday (more of which in due course – inevitably such a break involved trains!) I returned and offer this post as a quick…
Just a brief updated on the Colliery Stables. Work began this week on the floor of the building. As the stables we are copying has…
Below: Phil is well advanced on the B-Type bus’ repaint. It is seen here with adverts trial fitted (Vaux have been a great supporter of…
The Museum took part in a wider Festival of the North East this weekend, contributing numerous activities as well as a mini steam gala. The…
In a bit of a change, of author and subject, I will be looking at some of the other work going on in the Transport…
Its been a little while since I posted on the blog – there is a lot happening but much of it is progress in either…
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