6th April 2010 A quick update – this photo just received! Ian at Stanegate sent this photo through of the nearly completed bread van that…
6th April 2010 A selection of views taken today of various ‘paint projects’ in hand… Below: The living van interior is making good progress. Off…
6th April 2010 Easter was busy with passenger trains running at the station (very successfully – five deep queues at one point! No photos yet…
3rd April 2010 I took Coffee Pot out today for some more trials/shakedown. Also, with Jonathan’s assistance, an opportunity to pose it with its fellow…
3rd April 2010 A couple of tramway views here: Below: Phil Anderson applying the green primer to 31. Below: A sneak preview of 31 aka…
3rd April 2010 Thursday saw yet more transport activity when the new passenger operation at Rowley was tested, successfully! Below: No.6 raising steam behind the…
31st March 2010 Below: Phil Anderson applies the green undercoat to Blackpool tram 31. Below: The No.1 end dash panel of Blackpool 31 in undercoat….
31st March 2010 Two new arrivals today – engine and coach for the station passenger service which commences on Easter Sunday and should run every…
31st march 2010 Today was a big day for the Steam Mule project – we collected the completed engine unit and mounted this on the…
30th March 2010 It has certainly been a busy day – so I’ll confine this post to the following photo, showing the arrival of Leeds…
30th March 2010 At last! Almost four years after the project first started, the restoration to as-built condition (almost!) of our 139 year old Coffee…
30th March 2010 This morning the externally completed Tarmac living van was rolled out for the first time. This will enable it to ‘acclimatise’ following…
24th March 2010 A couple of sundry views from the day: Below: The incline to the colliery hauler is under construction, seen here being dressed…
24th March 2010 The long-awaited Model T Fords arrived today and a training session was carried out for the staff. There were one or two…
23rd March 2010 A big day for Coffee Pot, and for David, Vince and me too – Coffee Pot’s first full steam test following completion…
23rd March 2010 As many readers will be aware, we are sending Blackpool Tram 31 to Blackpool in mid June to stay until November (at…
22nd March 2010 Right – where were we up to?! A few more exciting exhibits for April 15th to 18th confirmed or in the process…
22nd March 2010 On Friday I called in at Alton Engineering in Derbyshire and was able to see the startling progress on our new boiler…
22nd March 2010 I’m back! After a few weeks of major IT problems, which barred me from my own blog, I am quickly sweeping up…
11th March 2010 Here are some more confirmations for Power from the Past… Below: Ian Thompson’s Foden steam lorry ‘Cestria’. Below: Peter Walker’s Sentinel S6…
10th March 2010 The trackwork at Foulbridge has now been completed and is in use – as the following photographs testify. The top dressing of…
11th March 2010 On Sunday we entertained delegates from the Road Roller Association’s AGM, which had been held in Durham on the previous day. For…
10th March 2010 Phil Anderson has started to strip Blackpool 31 in anger now, both to prepare it for its temporary appearance in works green…
4th March 2010 Wow – another sunny day, almost T-Shirt weather! Work around site continues apace as the Easter full opening of the museum looms…
3rd March 2010 Below: Conservation work continues on the tower wagon – moving it today gave an opportunity to photograph it in one! Below: Quarts…
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