11th June 2010 Furness 20 was steamed today and a test train run at Rowley – it will be operating every weekend until the end…
9th June 2010 In pouring rain Furness No.20 arrived today and was swiftly unloaded, with Renishaw taking its place on the lorry. It is seen…
9th June 2010 Progress continues on several fronts with the chaldron rebuilds. Dave Potter has arrived to make a survey from which he will produce…
8th June 2010 Philip Higgs sent through these images of newly repainted 101 (nee 703) on a special working at Blackpool on Monday evening. I…
7th June 2010 After a week away from work there are one or two things to catch up, so I’ll update the blog over the…
27th May 2010 Well, life has probably never been busier before. Yesterday we marked out the site for the fairground (only for our pegs to…
2oth May 2010 Various bits and pieces from on and off the site… Below: Sunderland 101 is born! After completion of its repaint, Blackpool 703…
18th May 2010 I haven’t reported much on the blog lately, but work on site continues on the chaldrons, some improvements to the colliery engine…
12th May 2010 A few more images of Twizell, which has returned to service on the Tanfield Railway following a lengthy and extensive restoration. There…
12th May 2010 Whilst no longer a Beamish engine, there are still strong ties between the museum and the NER J21 locomotive, which was transferred…
11th May 2010 Michael Davison’s 1889 Marshall traction engine ‘Mary Margaret’ recently suffered a broken spigot on the casting which restricts the movement of the…
10th May 2010 John Turnock kindly sent through this photo of Twizell in action yesterday, double heading with Sir Cecil Cochrane and looking very well!
5th May 2010 Below: This is the spot, being cleared, where the chaldrons will be erected, prior to No.14 being moved out and on to…
4th May 2010 Below: Our new steam engineer Stuart Hines has started work and is seen here with Rambler enjoying the newly surfaced road around…
23rd April 2010 Below: Blackpool 4 will be in service this weekend – the last chance to see it running in green livery before the…
22nd April 2010 Below: Rambler basks in the evening sunshine. I am likely to be out road rolling with Rambler on Saturday. A new construction…
20th April 2010 Neville Whaler sent through a selection of photos from the weekend/event and it is nice that these feature some of the people…
19th April 2010 Readers of this blog will probably have noticed that to the right of the main stream there are various options to view…
19th April 2010 Dave Hewitt kindly sent through some of his images from the PftP event – starting with my favorite (below – ten engines…
19th April 2010 Well, its all over now. Probably one of Beamish’s biggest ever events, certainly the biggest transport themed one and it seems to…
18th September 2010 Latest photos by Philip Higgs from the Blackpool paintshop… 101 is likely to arrive at Beamish in mid-June.
18th April 2010 Work on the restoration of the chaldron waggons has commenced. As was described in earlier posts, we have received financial support from…
17th April 2010 Day three has passed, bright, sunny and warm. We have been tremendously lucky with the weather and visitor attendance has been excellent…
16th April 2010 The event was in full swing today, and the weather was glorious! Lots of activity all around the site and despite one…
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