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…
Below: Work on Lewin (or No.18 as I am increasingly calling it) is progressing well, with daily achievements visible. Tony Vollans has joined in, fitting…
Below: Those who have taken an interest in the arrival of Glyder and Ogwen at Beamish may be interested in these views of Winifred, the…
Below: We have been very busy working on Lewin/No.18. Work from the Beamish point of view (i.e. myself and Dave Young) has focused on carrying…
Below: One of the last remaining cosmetic jobs on Blackpool Boat tram No.233 has been the refitting of its chrome numbers – it is now…
Below: We have been given another motor vehicle! This 1953 Ford Popular has been donated to us for eventual use as part of the 1950s…
Below: Graham Morris, owner of Glyder, has recently cleaned up the locomotive and removed the many years of dust accumulated in the USA. He has…
Below: A weeks holiday in North Wales enabled, amongst other things, a wide selection of narrow gauge railways to be visited and in some cases…
Below: The various components for Lewin that have been under overhaul/being manufactured in various parts of the country are now gathering back in Co Durham. …
As part of the preparation for the Severn Vally Railways 150th anniversary celebrations gala this coming weekend, the three guest ‘oldies’ were steam tested and…
Today the sunshine shone (for the most part!) brightly over the South Tynedale Railway, holding a gala to mark the commencement of the restoration of…
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