Review of 2015...

Review of 2015…

It really seems only five minutes since I was writing the review of 2015, but 12 months later here we are!  It is perhaps a…

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T&I News Week 51 2015

T&I News Week 51 2015

As there is a year-end review, I’ve kept this post very short – you will also spot the narrow gauge theme! Samson Below: Samson is…

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The Last Pit

The Last Pit

Just a short post to marks the end of deep mining in the UK. As I write the miners of Kellingley Colliery, Yorkshire, will be…

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264's testing continues...

264’s testing continues…

The extensive testing of Sheffield 264 continues, the aim being to carry out all remedial work before the tram re-enters Road 1 for completion of…

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T&I News Extra December 2015...

T&I News Extra December 2015…

As a bit of a bonus, here is an additional news update for this week, to be followed by one next week then an intermission…

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T&I News Week 49 2015...

T&I News Week 49 2015…

There is something of a narrow gauge theme this week, and a focus on work within the warmth of the RHEC (Regional Heritage Engineering Centre). …

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Samson Progress...

Samson Progress…

Last Thursday was a significant one in Samson’s history – the boiler was subject to the insurance company hydraulic test (which it passed) and was…

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T&I News Week 48 2015...

T&I News Week 48 2015…

A more diverse range of news for this report – I am struggling to keep the posts up to date with the work actually taking…

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A Seddon joins the fleet...

A Seddon joins the fleet…

As hinted at on this blog recently, we have added to the collection of vintage vehicles available to staff for use as part of their…

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T&I News Week 47 2015...

T&I News Week 47 2015…

The motoring theme started in the last post continues this week with news of developments within the collections here at Beamish.  This won’t be the…

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T&I News Week 46 2015...

T&I News Week 46 2015…

This week we have something of a road vehicle theme, as we look at a number of projects currently underway at Beamish or on our…

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Samson Boiler Construction Completed...

Samson Boiler Construction Completed…

Matt and I had a productive couple of days at Bridgnorth working with the SVR team on Samson’s boiler.  This is now complete and awaits…

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T&I News Week 45 2015...

T&I News Week 45 2015…

Anyone who as well as following the blog also follows the Museum’s other social media will not have failed to notice that Saturday the 14th…

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The Model T Programme...

The Model T Programme…

We are looking forward to a heavy and focussed workload in the RHEC over the coming years, as present projects are completed and new ones…

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Northern and Go North East at Beamish

Northern and Go North East at Beamish

As part of the enhanced transport weekend, Power from the Past, and celebrating 114’s 114th birthday, a number of buses played a role in the…

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T&I News Week 44 2015...

T&I News Week 44 2015…

The weather hasn’t been entirely kind to our last weekend of enhanced transport here at Beamish, and with Newcastle 114 as the star attraction it…

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114's birthday weekend...

114’s birthday weekend…

The final enhanced transport weekend of 2015 takes place on November 7 and 8 and concludes the programme which began in the spring with the…

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T&I News Week 43 2015...

T&I News Week 43 2015…

The half-term has arrived and the site is busy with visitors and staff, who are also preparing for the sell-out Halloween evenings, a couple of…

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T&I News Week 42 2015...

T&I News Week 42 2015…

Dare I say we’ve been very busy lately?!  It seems to be a repetition that hardly need occur, but in recent weeks has been particularly…

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News from the Fairground

News from the Fairground

Anyone visiting the museum over the last couple of weeks can’t have failed to notice the large around of ground works taking place around the…

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Bingfield Steams Again

Bingfield Steams Again

We were recently invited to see the inaugural steaming of the Bingfield Engine at Anson Engine Museum, Cheshire. The Bingfield Engine & Thresher, made between…

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T&I News Week 40 2015...

T&I News Week 40 2015…

This week we have a bit of an engineering focus for those who are interested in the minutia of some of the jobs carried out…

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T&I News Week 39 2015

T&I News Week 39 2015

We have quite a mixed bag this week – I’m trying to sweep up various bits of news and occurrences in one post! One last…

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Sheffield 264 reassembly milestone...

Sheffield 264 reassembly milestone…

After some time in pieces, 1907 built Sheffield 264 has now been reassembled into a recognisable shape once again as it enters the final stages…

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T&I News Week 38 2015...

T&I News Week 38 2015…

Well, autumn seems to have arrived – golden leaves are appearing across the Museum and we’ve been basking in warm sunshine for over a week!  Rain last week did…

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