Looking back at the folder for ‘October blog images’ I was surprised to see just how many photos there were in it! It has certainly…
Whilst these pages are described as a blog, they usually contain news of restoration, repairs and events. I thought that, for a change, I might…
I thought that an update on progress with the restoration of 4085 Dunrobin was timely, with the locomotive having had its hydraulic boiler test this…
October is proving to be as busy as every other month has been, with lots of news from the team as activity in various areas…
The trams have seen a great deal of attention this month, with 114’s paintwork being brought closer to completion, Gateshead 10’s truck assembly continuing, Blackpool…
For the first part of the month, here is a fleet/site round-up, to record progress on numerous vehicles. Readers will have noted the previous post…
The 27th September is an important day in the calendar for railway history, being 200 years, to the day, since the opening of the Stockton…
Dunrobin’s new dome components arrived recently at Bridgnorth, enabling the boiler reconstruction to be completed. The next steps in the process (after water testing for…
After the triumph of seeing the SHEW car in operation, for the first in generations, a number of tasks have been attended to in order…
This month has passed by in something of a blur, with lots happening, and therefore quite a bit to report. The separate post regarding the…
In the programme of vehicle conservation and restoration, a number of key dates have been identified as being of significance to certain vehicles within the…
We round off July’s diary updates with more progress on Gateshead 10 and an exciting development on the Daimler CC lorry. Gateshead 10 has received…
Here is a second gallery of images taken over the last few days, showing (primarily) the narrow gauge operation, which featured visiting locomotives Velinheli and…
There has been quite a lot of discussion on social media platforms with regard to the railway at Beamish and the route it once took…
As readers will know, Dunrobin’s restoration is being undertaken at the Severn Valley Railway’s engineering works at Bridgnorth, where exciting progress is being made towards…
May is going to be another busy month! The notable occurrences are the re-commencement of operation at Rowley Station (24th May), and the Festival of…
It is now five years since the last passenger operations at Rowley Station, during February half-term 2020 and featuring Peckett 0-6-0ST No.2000. Not long afterwards…
This second instalment of April’s Workshop Diary contains some new threads, covering development work associated with Oporto 196, further signage developments and progress reports on…
It is surprising (or maybe not!) just how quickly we get to Easter each year – traditionally the focal point for completing the winter maintenance…
For the final post of the three Workshop Diaries this month, we catch up on a few of the jobs not covered in detail elsewhere… …
We continue our look at the restoration/maintenance activity around the transport collections in this second part of two (maybe even three!) posts for March 2025… …
This month there is so much content available that we’ll split the workshop diary into two posts – this being the first of those, and…
We are approaching the end of the month of February, and already there seems to be a lot that has taken place this year! When…
Some years ago I was introduced to two fire engines that were stored in the fire station at Tynemouth. Over subsequent years (probably over a…
The conservation/restoration project being applied to Sunderland Corporation bus No.2 (a 1929 Leyland Lion LT1) continues. Whilst most of the attention is to the saloon…
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