25th November 2011 Andy Basnett called in today and brought the following photographs showing his restoration of the Hodbarrow side tipper body to date. Below:…
23rd November 2011 Below: This morning a Brimec type lorry arrived to move the Waggonway train from Pockerley to the Colliery, partly to free up…
22nd November 2011 Our Christmas season opened on Saturday and as part of this Father Christmas was subjected (!) to a trip to Durham aboard…
18th November 2011 Road 4 is getting longer, as the two photos below show. The rails are working their way around the traction pole (and…
18th November 2011 Vincent Allen has completed the overhaul of the wheelsets for the Hodbarrow side tipper. Meanwhile, the ironwork for the chassis has been…
16th November 2011 Below: Work continues on Road 4 – more rails are being brought in from store and placed ready for laying out and…
15th November 2011 Below: Sunderland 101 leaves the depot and crosses the new pointwork in the yard. Below: Initial marking up of Road 4 is…
15th November 2011 On Saturday I was at the Apedale Valley Light Railway in Stoke for a meeting. Appropriately for the weekend (Remembrance Sunday) two…
11th November 2011 Below: Brian has been working on recommissioning the Armstrong Whitworth car. The magneto (which generates the spark – this car does not…
9th November 2011 Below: Well, they did it! The turnout was installed and the team even got around to removing the remains of the tramway…
9th November 2011 Here are a few photographs (taken on my phone so I apologise for the rather weak colours and poor quality) showing some…
8th November 2011 Last week a small delegation from Beamish was made very welcome by the staff at Blackpool Transport Services, at what is for…
7th November 2011 A recent e-bay discovery and purchase was this wonderful view taken at Seaham Harbour some time in the 1950s and showing Lewin,…
7th November 2011 A bit of a gap since the last post as a lot going on. Here are some of the activities of the…
31st October 2011 Below: I called in to see Vince Allen this morning and drop off more components for Lewin. Whilst there I was able…
28th October 2011 Below: Yesterday a lengthy shunt took place to extract the Armstrong car from the garage showroom. During the move the Daimler lorry…
25th October 2011 Below: This view shows Pockerley loop sans siding, with the newly reinstated plain running lines now in use. This has enabled the…
23rd October 2011 Dave Young has had a mega-session in his workshop and turned the gunmetal blanks seen in an earlier posting into these finished…
21st October 2011 Lots happening this week! I conclude the week with a look at the Forcett coach at Stanegate Restorations & Replicas in Haltwhistle….
21st October 2011 Whilst in the area (visiting Alton Engineering) I called in at the National Tramway Museum at nearby Crich. Two trams were operating…
21st October 2011 Yesterday (Thursday) Jacob was collected and taken to Statfold barn, its new home. Here are some views showing it being loaded (onto…
21st October 2011 Yesterday was spent in Derbyshire, firstly visiting Alton Engineering to view progress on Lewin’s boiler which is now in the repair bay…
19th October Whilst on my travels I called in on the Birkenhead Tramway. This interesting line with a varied collection of restored trams has featured…
18th October Below: Whilst I’ve been off Dave Young has been turning a pile of castings into some beautiful machined components, these components assembling into…
18th October 2011 Well, over a year after it arrived, the Blackpool Balloon tram ex No.703 and now known as Sunderland 101 has entered passenger…
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