22nd June 2009 News is filtering from Blackpool that 513 will be running at the Lancastrian Transport Trust’s ‘Totally Transport’ event in Blackpool next Sunday….
22nd June 2009 I called in at Taylor Street depot on the Birkenhead Tramway, home of the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society, yesterday. This is a…
22nd June 2009 At the Woodside Ferry Terminal Merseytravel have relocated the German U-Boat U534 to a new display adjacent to the terminal and tramway…
19th June 2009 There will always be a long list of ‘one day projects’ to carry out at Beamish, but here is a selection of…
19th June 2009 Dave Young brought in the wooden trough for the street watering cart this morning, for trial fitting to the brackets and supply…
19th June 2009 You read it here first! 2010 is looking like being a fantastic year for tram enthusiasts. In the late summer we can…
19th June 2009 Yesterday I sauntered over to Bowes to drop off two ex NCB gates that were surplus to requirements at Beamish… Below: The…
19th June 2009 A few more pictures showing what the recent rain has done around the site!
19th June 2009 Progress on the NER demonstration line proceeds at quite a pace, though the torrential rainfall lately has turned the trackbed into a…
19th June 2009 Work on the Sunderland 16 is cracking on, as seen in the photos below. The Beamish Tramway Group, museum staff and Stanegate…
16th June 2009 Here are a selection of views taken on Sunday when Michael Davison and Guy Rutter steamed their respective engines and roaded them…
16th June 2009 Following on from the previous blog posting, here are some shots taken at Bowes and the NRM’s Locomotion at Shildon on the…
16th June 2009 This post is a little delayed as it relates to a visit made two weeks ago, but I just hadn’t got around…
15th June 2009 Dave Young, fresh from his holidays, set to with some work on the steam roller, including the gauge glass fittings and injector…
15th June 2009 Just a few hours ago we were basking in hot sunshine! About an hour ago the clouds released a downpour like Beamish…
12th June 2009 Here is a quick photographic roundup of one or two of the things going on here… Below: Fresh from the foundry is…
12th June 2009 The track lads and Komatsu gang have made rapid progress on the station branch, with the line through the cutting now dismantled…
12th June 2009 After a few days of pretty indifferent weather, today has been a hot one. While wandering about on site the following scenes…
1st June 2009 Here are a selection of views from the Power from the Past event, suitably ‘photoshopped’…
1st June 2009 We were recently sent a selection of black and white photographs by Mr Tony Johnson. Amongst them were these views taken along…
Power from the Past During the event the horse team, fresh from their antics on the horse tram, took the furniture van, Rington’s tea van…
Power from the Past Here is a roundup of some of the things we were up to before and during the event… Below: A late…
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