Now the dust has now settled, after the three weekends of the Great War Festival of Transport, I thought it was time for a short…
We have now moved out of the transport festival and into that bit of the season which offers something of a lull before the summer…
With all of the recent excitement, it seems strangely out of habit to report on some of the projects that have quietly continued throughout the…
With any event there is always a certain pressure during it, hoping things work out and the show passes safely. It is only after it…
Wow – what a day! As before, a selection of views, then a gallery to be created with these and many more images of the…
Dave Hewitt very kindly sent through some of his images taken around the narrow gauge yesterday afternoon. We are already planning to develop the wood-sawing…
With the weather forecast not entirely promising, we were pleasantly surprised today by the favourable weather and large crowds that turned out for the third…
Another day of mixed weather but the spectacle more than made up for this – here are some more images to give a flavour of…
The first day was busy – probably one of the busiest first days we have had for the steam fair. The weather was probably…
Just a little preview of Samson in the sunshine earlier today… More on this in due course. Below: A photo to mimic the one that…
This post was accidentally posted early and in incomplete form – a slip of the finger on the touch screen tablet! However, due to the…
A previous posting on the blog made reference to tube issues on a couple of the steam locomotives here. Despite blanking, Edward Sholto’s continued to…
Another busy week has been and gone and Easter weekend presents an opportunity for progress on a number of fronts away from the distraction/temptation of…
The sun shone for Good Friday and the visitors turned out in large numbers. On the steam side, as well as Portbury at Rowley, the…
At around the same time that we started our Samson project, the North Bay Railway at Scarborough commenced construction of a similarly sized narrow gauge…
This week presents another mixed-bag of news from around the site, as carried out by the Transport & Industry/Site Support teams. A little bit of…
After various veiled references, it can now be made public that we have purchased another Leyland Cub – this time it is a 1932 KG2…
After what seems to have been an eternal winter (perhaps because it followed a fairly uninspiring summer?) the weather has finally offered the first inklings…
Reference has been made elsewhere on this site to the forthcoming Great War Steam Fair (part of the Great North Festival of Transport and including…
Joni Mitchell sang ‘you don’t know what you’ve got ’till its gone’, words often quoted today but in this case I would urge anyone who finds…
This weekend has marked our first Power from the Past of the year (the first of four planned). These may well reduce in time as…
Copy of press release: RARE BLACK PRINCE CAR TO UNDERGO EXPERT CLEAN A rare cycle-car manufactured in Barnard Castle in the early part of the…
Blackpool 147’s commissioning was completed today and the tram began crew training runs in the late afternoon. Below: The trolleybase had been removed for transit,…
This morning, after a troubled and traumatic journey, Blackpool 147 arrived at Beamish. The journey, over an approved high-load route, was delayed by a bridge…
Running behind again, here is a review of the last fortnight, compiled over that period and therefore possibly a little disjointed! West Hartlepool Harbour &…
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