T&I News Update Week 43 2014...

T&I News Update Week 43 2014…

Its been a particularly busy week, with lots happening right across the Transport & Industry operation.  Separate posts cover some of the activities in the Colliery…

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T&I News Update Week 42 2014...

T&I News Update Week 42 2014…

Another mixed bag on the news front this week!  A good deal of work has also en taking place on our ‘Remaking Beamish’ development, with…

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T&I News Update Week 39 2014...

T&I News Update Week 39 2014…

A mixture of workshop news and operations this week – with the first weekend marking our enhanced transport activity around site, something which will be…

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T&I News Update Week 38 2014...

T&I News Update Week 38 2014…

Behind the scenes there is much planning taking place in anticipation of the winter maintenance period, which as ever will see a focus on the…

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T&I News Update Week 37 2014...

T&I News Update Week 37 2014…

We’ve missed a few weeks with the regular reports, so here is a quick round up of happenings over the last few days in the…

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T&I News Update Week 30 2014...

T&I News Update Week 30 2014…

Well, its been a busy and slightly unusual week.  Tuesday morning saw the early starters arrive to find that vandals had paid us a visit…

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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 Week 24 2014...

T&I News Update Week Week 24 2014…

We are nearly halfway through the year now, and I have adopted a week number for the blog heading to differentiate general news from feature…

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RHEC News Update...

RHEC News Update…

Another snapshot into life in the RHEC on a typical Friday…!!!  I will look at developments on R025 as part of the next ‘Rolling Restorations’…

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Samson Developments Mid May 2014 (including first test of engine unit!)...

Samson Developments Mid May 2014 (including first test of engine unit!)…

It has been a few weeks since I reported on Samson’s progress, so here is a synopsis of recent, exciting, progress… Below: The drain cocks…

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Samson - late spring progress...

Samson – late spring progress…

After a little break in the reports on Samson’s rapid construction, which in no way indicates an absence of progress (!), here is an update…

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General T&I news from the RHEC...

General T&I news from the RHEC…

With so much going on out on site, with the Festival of Transport dominating, I haven’t reported much on our other activities.  We have had…

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Samson - one year on and great leaps in progress being made!

Samson – one year on and great leaps in progress being made!

Samson’s progress this week has echoed the manic quest to get ready for the new season occurring all around it, with a major step being…

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Samson Progress - March 7th 2014...

Samson Progress – March 7th 2014…

It has been a few weeks since we last looked in on progress on Samson, but this doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been a great…

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More T&I Activity around Beamish *Updated*...

More T&I Activity around Beamish *Updated*…

In this post we will have a look around the site, and RHEC, at some of the other projects taking place that haven’t been looked…

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Transport & Industry News Mid February 2014...

Transport & Industry News Mid February 2014…

After a few days leave here is the latest T&I news from Beamish.  You may also notice some subtle changes to the Blog, part of…

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General T&I News Roundup - late Jan 2014...

General T&I News Roundup – late Jan 2014…

An eclectic round up this week.  I am trying to keep the update posts at least weekly, with feature posts as and when they are…

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*Updated* Samson - cylinder block construction progress...

*Updated* Samson – cylinder block construction progress…

David is focusing intensively on Samson’s cylinder block construction at present, hoping to trail fit the completed block onto the boiler shell next week, enabling…

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General T&I news mid Jan...

General T&I news mid Jan…

The big project in the workshop at the moment is the rebuild of the decks of the gallopers, to be followed by the rounding boards….

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Transport & Industry - a busy week in retrospect...

Transport & Industry – a busy week in retrospect…

The winter period is a key one for us in terms of carrying out maintenance and advancing projects on a number of fronts.  Here is…

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Samson - Christmas 2013...

Samson – Christmas 2013…

Looking back over the year, it is quite something to think that in April, Samson was no more than a set of frame plates awaiting…

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In and around the RHEC...

In and around the RHEC…

Work on all fronts continues at a startling rate – how did we cope without the facilities we now have?!  I’ve already sketched out the…

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Samson's crankshaft...

Samson’s crankshaft…

Work on Samson has seen a major accomplishment over the last week, with David trial fitting the new crankshaft and then spending a great deal…

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Transport & Industry News update...

Transport & Industry News update…

The Christmas season is now in full swing, whilst various capital and maintenance projects are also under way, with the team contributing to a number…

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Samson crankshaft machining begins...

Samson crankshaft machining begins…

Work on Samson continues each day, with tangible progress usually evident, and if not, a pile of swarf confirms things are progressing nicely! Below: Tony cut…

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