Leyland Cub Restoration - Part 1

Leyland Cub Restoration – Part 1

Leyland Cub No.716 Here is the first in what will no doubt be a regular series featuring the restoration of Leyland Cub 716, which is…

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Threlkeld Quarry Museum railway festival July 2014...

Threlkeld Quarry Museum railway festival July 2014…

Its that time again – the annual narrow gauge steam festival at Threlkeld Quarry Museum near Keswick, being held from Friday to Sunday July 25…

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T&I News Update Week 28 2014...

T&I News Update Week 28 2014…

If sweat is any indication of hard work, we have had a very hard week this week!  I’ve reported elsewhere on No.18’s trials, so here…

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No.18 on test...

No.18 on test…

No.18 was in steam again today to enable Matt to test some modifications to the injector pipework to increase the amount of steam reaching the…

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T&I News Update Week 27 2014 - much ado about bearings...

T&I News Update Week 27 2014 – much ado about bearings…

Is there such a thing as a quiet week?!  Another busy one with lots of activity, a sample of which is presented here, along with…

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Rolling Restorations Part 7: Restoration updates

Rolling Restorations Part 7: Restoration updates

In this ‘Rolling Restorations’ I will review various roller related activities, starting with the restoration of Beamish’s D4 roller, R025. R025 Below: R025 came to…

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Seaham scenes...

Seaham scenes…

While working through the collections cataloguing recently, Julian Harrop came across these scenes of Seaham Harbour, showing work on the construction of the concrete staithes…

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Newcastle 114 to visit Crich!

Newcastle 114 to visit Crich!

Here is an exciting press release from the Tramway Museum Society… We are excited to announce in our 50th year of running electric trams at…

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T&I News Update Week 26 2014...

T&I News Update Week 26 2014…

Its been another of those weeks which starts with Monday and seems to reach Friday without any sense of the passage of time in between,…

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T&I News Update Week 25 2014...

T&I News Update Week 25 2014…

As we rapidly approach the mid-year point, here are some photographs of just two of the activities we in the T&I team have been busy…

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A long day in Cheshire...

A long day in Cheshire…

Today Tony, Brian and I met a party from Historic Vehicle Restorations and our Leyland Cub’s previous owner for a session preparing it for collection…

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Edward Sholto's Steam Test...

Edward Sholto’s Steam Test…

The owner of Edward Sholto has had the injectors for the engine overhauled, at some expense, to remedy the original reason for it being taken…

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