Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway Helps us out...

Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway Helps us out…

A previous posting on the blog made reference to tube issues on a couple of the steam locomotives here.  Despite blanking, Edward Sholto’s continued to…

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T&I News Week 12 2016...

T&I News Week 12 2016…

Another busy week has been and gone and Easter weekend presents an opportunity for progress on a number of fronts away from the distraction/temptation of…

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Good Friday - a busy start to the holiday...

Good Friday – a busy start to the holiday…

The sun shone for Good Friday and the visitors turned out in large numbers.  On the steam side, as well as Portbury at Rowley, the…

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Leyland Cub Bus - milestone nearly reached...

Leyland Cub Bus – milestone nearly reached…

Some exciting news from Byfleet where Seb Marshall and his team at Historic Vehicle Restoration are reaching the imminent point in the restoration of Crosville…

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Not so dissimilar to Samson...

Not so dissimilar to Samson…

At around the same time that we started our Samson project, the North Bay Railway at Scarborough commenced construction of a similarly sized narrow gauge…

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T&I News Week 11 2016...

T&I News Week 11 2016…

This week presents another mixed-bag of news from around the site, as carried out by the Transport & Industry/Site Support teams.  A little bit of…

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Another Leyland Cub joins the collection...

Another Leyland Cub joins the collection…

After various veiled references, it can now be made public that we have purchased another Leyland Cub – this time it is a 1932 KG2…

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T&I News Week 10 2016

T&I News Week 10 2016

After what seems to have been an eternal winter (perhaps because it followed a fairly uninspiring summer?) the weather has finally offered the first inklings…

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Great War Steam Fair *Updated*

Great War Steam Fair *Updated*

Reference has been made elsewhere on this site to the forthcoming Great War Steam Fair (part of the Great North Festival of Transport and including…

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Make the most of your heritage - while you can...

Make the most of your heritage – while you can…

Joni Mitchell sang ‘you don’t know what you’ve got ’till its gone’, words often quoted today but in this case I would urge anyone who finds…

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T&I News Week 9 2016...

T&I News Week 9 2016…

This weekend has marked our first Power from the Past of the year (the first of four planned).  These may well reduce in time as…

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The Black Prince...

The Black Prince…

Copy of press release: RARE BLACK PRINCE CAR TO UNDERGO EXPERT CLEAN A rare cycle-car manufactured in Barnard Castle in the early part of the…

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Blackpool 147 on test...

Blackpool 147 on test…

Blackpool 147’s commissioning was completed today and the tram began crew training runs in the late afternoon. Below: The trolleybase had been removed for transit,…

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Blackpool 147 arrives...

Blackpool 147 arrives…

This morning, after a troubled and traumatic journey, Blackpool 147 arrived at Beamish.  The journey, over an approved high-load route, was delayed by a bridge…

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