Today, as part of our event preparation, Coffee Pot No.1 was moved back to the Colliery. The tent inside the shed has been dismantled and…
Below: Gateshead 10’s transformation is at present enjoying that stage of a paint job where it looks, to be frank, rather a mess! It is…
Below: With so much going on it is hard to know where to start an update. So lets begin with Gateshead 10, seen here sans…
Well, we are only a few weeks away from our late summer transport spectacular – Power from the Past – August 30th to September 2nd. …
The forthcoming Power from the Past event is now coming together with some really exciting exhibits booked. More on these will appear shortly, displayed in…
Below: A productive day all around. Phil Anderson is seen here adding yellow edges to the black lining on No.18 – a useful way of…
A few snippets from the regularly reported on projects… Below: A sample of 196’s new adverts, examples of which were carried on South Shields trams….
Below: Work continues on the narrow gauge railway, as part of our general development of this feature but also with the ever-useful target of a…
On a recent escape to foreign shores, we found ourselves (not by accident, I should confess!) staying for a week in Wernigerode, Lower Saxony, Germany. …
Below: The scumbling (wood-graining) of Lewin’s cab is now completed, and once dry and hardened it will have borders and lining added before final varnishing. …
There is a lot going on at Beamish, as ever, so here is a summary of a few of the transport projects underway. Preparations are…
The Y7, No.985, is currently receiving maintenance, which we hope to complete by next weekend. In the meantime Coffee Pot No.1 has been relocated to…
I am sure that many followers of the blog will be aware of the recent tragic occurence at the Museum, and will also appreciate that the blog…
Well, the sun is shining here, and we are presenting visitors with quite a bit of steam action today, with the Wallis Advance, Marshall and…
Below: The latest stage in No.18/Lewin’s lengthy and comprehensive restoration was completed today (though expected to arrive last week!) when the engine arrived from the…
A busy week at Beamish… Below: We’ve acquired this rather nice heavy duty trolley, which will be used in the Colliery engine shed for carting…
Below: Dan and Tony have glued up and secured the buffer beams together and onto No.18. Below: Injectors and associated sandbox and water valve have…
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…
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