Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends

30th July 2009 Thursday has been a busy day with a number of comings and goings as well as a dash down to the NRM…

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Les Oakes Auction - Cheadle

Les Oakes Auction – Cheadle

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…

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Tram 10's mishap

Tram 10’s mishap

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…

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Coffee Pot's boiler passes hydraulic test!!!

Coffee Pot’s boiler passes hydraulic test!!!

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…

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'New' Chaldron!

‘New’ Chaldron!

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…

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Blackpool Tramway Visit

Blackpool Tramway Visit

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…

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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…

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The Week's Sweepings

The Week’s Sweepings

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…

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Tuesday Odds and Ends

Tuesday Odds and Ends

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…

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Crich (National Tramway Museum) Visit

Crich (National Tramway Museum) Visit

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…

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Street Watering Cart update

Street Watering Cart update

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…

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Water Cart Update

Water Cart Update

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…

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Beamish Rural District Council is born!

Beamish Rural District Council is born!

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…

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Beamish's Navvies

Beamish’s Navvies

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…

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Rails in the Rain!

Rails in the Rain!

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…

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