26th may 2009 Beamish now has its first visiting tramcar! L53, the well known Eades reversible horse tram usually based at Heaton Park in Manchester…
26th May 2009A burst of shunting activity in the colliery along with some extra ‘mileage’ upon which to run enabled John and I to shunt…
26th May 2009 This morning Shaun delivered the completed wooden frame, one days work to him! Produced from left over timbers from the lamp cabin…
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 Last Wednesday I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations taking place at the National Tramway Museum…
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 Just before I post the updates on the water cart, I have been sorting through the patterns David Young has made for…
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 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 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 Yet another water cart! This time one which is engine/tractor hauled. We’ve had this cart for some time, it being stored on…
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