29th July 2009 Over two days (yesterday and today) part of the large collection of horse drawn vehicles amassed by the late Les Oakes was…
27th July 2009 This morning Coffee Pot No.1’s new boiler passed its hydraulic test and quality assurance checks. It is therefore complete as far as…
27th July 2009 Last Thursday museum visitors leaving Beamish in the late afternoon would have seen Gateshead 10 sat in the ballast between the entrance…
27th July 2009 Just catching up on the blog for last week… We were donated the remains of the two chaldron waggons that once stood…
27th July 2009 Last Tuesday I visited Blackpool to attend a meeting regarding the 2010 125th anniversary celebrations, which will include our own Blackpool Tram…
18th July 2009 On Saturday we attended the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Tyne & Wear Museum’s science and industry collections. We were asked to…
17th July 2009 I’ve gathered a few odds and ends together from this week, hopefully which will be of interest… Below: Two shots of Dave…
14th July 2009 Here are a couple of shots taken off my phone (so please excuse the poor quality!). Below: Currently underway is work to…
10th July 2009 A day trip to Crich saw Leeds 399 and Paisley 68 in passenger service on a glorious summers day. Below: In the…
13th July 2009 Dave Young has completed the wooden spray box for the horse drawn street watering cart and this is temporarily fitted to the…
13th July 2009 Davy Sheen has been assembling the water cart in time for it to accompany the steam roller to Newcastle City Centre on…
13th July 2009 Phil Anderson, sign-writer, has been in today working on the steam roller and water cart in readiness for their appearance in Newcastle…
13th July 2009 An update on the station track relaying programme. The lads have reached the curve and as the first photo in the sequence…
3rd July 2009 A quick Friday afternoon glimpse of this weeks tracklaying progress. I guess this is about a third of the way along and…
29th June 2009 Locomotion arrived safely at Tyseley last Wednesday and took part in three days steaming as part of the venue’s open weekend. It…
29th June 2009 Whilst in the West Midlands at the weekend I took the opportunity to visit the awesome Severn Valley Railway. A lifetime favorite…
29th June 2009 Whilst in the West Midlands a quick visit to the Black Country Museum was possible. The last few visits have been in…
25th June 2009 Today has been another gloriously hot day and a number of projects have made some significant steps forward… Below: Sunderland 16 has…
24th June 2009 Whilst visiting Banks, the opportunity was taken to visit the British Commercial Vehicle Museum at nearby Leyland. This is a museum devoted…
24th June 2009 Yesterday a group of us headed for Southport and a visit to the village of Banks where the workshops of Johnsons and…
24th June 2009 Last night Locomotion departed for Tyseley (Birmingham) where it is taking part in their annual open weekend. It will be in steam…
22nd June 2009 Under a threatening sky and in oppressive heat the various projects in hand proceed apace. Below: As the 360 digger retreats eastwards…
22nd June 2009 News is filtering from Blackpool that 513 will be running at the Lancastrian Transport Trust’s ‘Totally Transport’ event in Blackpool next Sunday….
22nd June 2009 I called in at Taylor Street depot on the Birkenhead Tramway, home of the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society, yesterday. This is a…
22nd June 2009 At the Woodside Ferry Terminal Merseytravel have relocated the German U-Boat U534 to a new display adjacent to the terminal and tramway…
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