News Roundup

News Roundup

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…

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News roundup!

News roundup!

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…

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Beamish Museum is on Facebook

Beamish Museum is on Facebook

As you will see to the right you can follow Beamish on Facebook!

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Centre engine progress

Centre engine progress

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…

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Dave Hewitt's Twizell photographs

Dave Hewitt’s Twizell photographs

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…

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J21 Back in the north east!

J21 Back in the north east!

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…

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Lifting Mary Margaret...

Lifting Mary Margaret…

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…

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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!

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Chaldron Restoration - 2

Chaldron Restoration – 2

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…

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News Roundup

News Roundup

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…

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