15th April 2010 Phew – one day down, three to go!!!! A lot of last minute preparation preceded a very successful day both in terms…
14th April 2010 Wow! What a busy day as we set up for the PftP event, which starts tomorrow… Below: The horse drawn street sweep…
11th April 2010 A quiet Sunday afternoon spent watching trams go by as I prepared Rambler for its steam test on Tuesday – all being…
9th April 2010 Phil Higgs from the Lancastrian Transport Trust sent through this photo of Sunderland 101 (nee Blackpool 703) in the paintshop at Blackpool….
9th April 2010 Below: This early (possibly pre egg-ended) boiler arrived today, recovered from a farm in Northumberland. Notable are the flat ends, which suggest…
9th April 2010 The latest edition of the transport collection stocklist is now available online – download it from the links on to the right…
8th April 2010 Below: Leeds 6 entered passenger service today – running with full loads on what has been a busy day at the museum….
7th April 2010 A couple of shots from the tram depot today… Below: Phil Anderson has been filling and rubbing the undercoat on 31 –…
6th April 2010 A quick update – this photo just received! Ian at Stanegate sent this photo through of the nearly completed bread van that…
6th April 2010 A selection of views taken today of various ‘paint projects’ in hand… Below: The living van interior is making good progress. Off…
6th April 2010 Easter was busy with passenger trains running at the station (very successfully – five deep queues at one point! No photos yet…
3rd April 2010 I took Coffee Pot out today for some more trials/shakedown. Also, with Jonathan’s assistance, an opportunity to pose it with its fellow…
3rd April 2010 A couple of tramway views here: Below: Phil Anderson applying the green primer to 31. Below: A sneak preview of 31 aka…
3rd April 2010 Thursday saw yet more transport activity when the new passenger operation at Rowley was tested, successfully! Below: No.6 raising steam behind the…
31st March 2010 Below: Phil Anderson applies the green undercoat to Blackpool tram 31. Below: The No.1 end dash panel of Blackpool 31 in undercoat….
31st March 2010 Two new arrivals today – engine and coach for the station passenger service which commences on Easter Sunday and should run every…
31st march 2010 Today was a big day for the Steam Mule project – we collected the completed engine unit and mounted this on the…
30th March 2010 It has certainly been a busy day – so I’ll confine this post to the following photo, showing the arrival of Leeds…
30th March 2010 At last! Almost four years after the project first started, the restoration to as-built condition (almost!) of our 139 year old Coffee…
30th March 2010 This morning the externally completed Tarmac living van was rolled out for the first time. This will enable it to ‘acclimatise’ following…
24th March 2010 A couple of sundry views from the day: Below: The incline to the colliery hauler is under construction, seen here being dressed…
24th March 2010 The long-awaited Model T Fords arrived today and a training session was carried out for the staff. There were one or two…
23rd March 2010 A big day for Coffee Pot, and for David, Vince and me too – Coffee Pot’s first full steam test following completion…
23rd March 2010 As many readers will be aware, we are sending Blackpool Tram 31 to Blackpool in mid June to stay until November (at…
22nd March 2010 Right – where were we up to?! A few more exciting exhibits for April 15th to 18th confirmed or in the process…
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