26th May 2009 Last weekend was glorious and the museum enjoyed a good turnout of visitors. We had No.22 in steam on the Monday as…
23rd May 2009 A quick roam around the site this afternoon revealed much preparation for next weeks Power from the Past event… Below: The Model…
23rd May 2009 Just before I post the updates on the water cart, I have been sorting through the patterns David Young has made for…
23rd May 2009 Over the last few evenings there have been a number of arrivals of engines in anticipation of the Power from the Past…
23rd May 2009 Last Wednesday I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations taking place at the National Tramway Museum…
22nd May 2009 The last two days have been pretty frantic as various preparations are put in place for the Power from the Past event…
18th May 2009 An early start saw several jobs carried out by lunchtime. Davy Sheen carried on painting the water cart. The tank is believed…
15th May 2009 We’ve had a productive morning today! After clearing vast piles of patterns that were recently received (mostly ex Locomotion Enterprises stock from…
15th may 2009 Ian and Sarah from Stangate Restorations & Replicas Ltd are in today, surveying a number of proposed jobs in order to help…
15th May 2009 Sunderland tramcar No.16 has been lifted off its truck to enable various repairs to be undertaken, a thorough inspection to be carried…
15th May 2009 Progress on the water cart is being made deliberately rapidly as I want to out shop this before the summer season (and…
14th May 2009 Fiddler passed its hydraulic test successfully on Tuesday. In the photo below, Joe Moore (Zurich’s boiler inspector) and Vincent Allen pump the…
14th May 2009 Work lately has centred around preparing exhibits for the forthcoming Power from the Past event (28 – 31st May – I hope…
14th May 2009 The tale of Little Nut’s snowplough goes back some time. The first photograph below is our first awareness of the plough, being…
14th May 2009 We are poised to take on loan from Tyne & Wear Museum a 1020 built roadmender’s living van, seen in the photos…
14th May 2009 Yet another water cart! This time one which is engine/tractor hauled. We’ve had this cart for some time, it being stored on…
General News – April 2009 The arrival of a new fork-lift truck has plus hire of a HIAB for a day has enabled various items…
May 5th 2009 A recent visit to West Yorkshire to inspect a scarifier also presented the opportunity to look around the Armley Mills Industrial Museum…
May 5th 2009 I thought a few photos of the rear rolls from the steam roller ‘Fiddler’ might be of interest. These rolls are unusual…
May 5th 2009 I am now picking up Coffee Pot’s blog on this thread, for administrative purposes. Current progress at the boilermakers is such that…
24th April 2009 Mark, Darren and Bob have started work on the far end of the colliery exchange sidings. The point in the foreground now…
14th April 2009 John Young and I popped up to a firm in Haltwhistle geared up to carrying out restoration of railway vehicles. Two of…
14th April 2009 I called in at Bowes today – the hinges and new gates build by John Moore (hinges) and Alan Milburn (gates) are…
12th April 2009 Gateshead 10 rests in the warm sun enjoyed at Beamish over Easter weekend. Open top cars tend to prove rather more popular…
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