Transport & Industry News update...

Transport & Industry News update…

The Christmas season is now in full swing, whilst various capital and maintenance projects are also under way, with the team contributing to a number…

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General RHEC News update...

General RHEC News update…

The winter season brings with it the benefit (from a maintenance point of view) of the Museum being closed on Monday’s and Fridays. This enables…

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Strengthening the tramcar fleet...

Strengthening the tramcar fleet…

Some exciting news for the tramway fleet – we are very pleased to have concluded negotiations with our colleagues at Heaton Park for the loan…

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Samson crankshaft machining begins...

Samson crankshaft machining begins…

Work on Samson continues each day, with tangible progress usually evident, and if not, a pile of swarf confirms things are progressing nicely! Below: Tony cut…

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General Transport News - Mid November 2013...

General Transport News – Mid November 2013…

Plenty to report this week and more to come, so we’ll kick off with a review of a few of the ongoing activities on and…

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Visit to Nenthead

Visit to Nenthead

On a recent visit to Nenthead Mines, near Alston in Cumbria, I took the opportunity to have a look around the site.  The visit was…

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News from the Colliery

News from the Colliery

Since the completion of the brick work the Colliery Stables site has been quiet. Contractors have been constructing the timber a-frames offsite and this week…

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Samson progress - beginning of November 2013...

Samson progress – beginning of November 2013…

Project ‘Samson’ is continuing to make great progress on a number of fronts, as this brief update shows… Below: David has completed the patters for…

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RHEC project news update - 6th November 2013...

RHEC project news update – 6th November 2013…

Here is an update on the various projects under way in and around the RHEC… Below: Tony is forging ahead with the Londonderry box chaldron…

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