As a bit of a bonus, here is an additional news update for this week, to be followed by one next week then an intermission…
There is something of a narrow gauge theme this week, and a focus on work within the warmth of the RHEC (Regional Heritage Engineering Centre). …
Last Thursday was a significant one in Samson’s history – the boiler was subject to the insurance company hydraulic test (which it passed) and was…
Matt and I had a productive couple of days at Bridgnorth working with the SVR team on Samson’s boiler. This is now complete and awaits…
Anyone who as well as following the blog also follows the Museum’s other social media will not have failed to notice that Saturday the 14th…
We are looking forward to a heavy and focussed workload in the RHEC over the coming years, as present projects are completed and new ones…
Dare I say we’ve been very busy lately?! It seems to be a repetition that hardly need occur, but in recent weeks has been particularly…
We have quite a mixed bag this week – I’m trying to sweep up various bits of news and occurrences in one post! One last…
Sometimes you need a few days away! My Dad and I thus set a weekend to do some ‘steam stuff’ and this combined a trip…
With the rolling frames of Samson more or less completed, we took the opportunity today to take them down to the narrow gauge railway and…
There has further narrow gauge activity at Beamish this week – here is a video of our riveting activity last week followed by an overview…
Its been a busy week! As the other recent posts reveal, activity can come in bursts, and last week was no exception for Samson, with…
A slightly shorter post this week – mortgaging the available space we have available at present for storage of the blog and the rather large…
Though the day to day demands of the summer holidays places the support teams under a great deal of pressure (not least due to the…
Since the arrival of Samson’s components a few weeks ago, David (and Chris) have been busy progressing the project – as was seen in the previous…
Its been some time since we had a detailed look at two of our big railway projects – the restoration of Dunrobin and the construction of…
Its been a very busy week, and some items will be posted separately over the coming week (if I get a chance!), so here is a quick…
Some fantastic news from Statfold Barn, with the completion of Samson’a driving wheels being unveiled. Below: These three views show the rolling chassis assembled and…
When discussing Samson’s livery, as has been covered in this blog previously with the recording of the application of the paintwork to the bunkers, it…
In 2012 the ‘Indiana Three’ returned to the UK. Ex Penrhyn Quarry narrow gauge locomotives Winifred, Ogwen and Glyder returned from long exile in the…
Before the blog gets back into the routine of restoration and news reports, I thought a post to tidy up various lose ends might be of interest. The…
With the Horses at Work weekend ahead, and all of our railways (including the wooden waggonway) in operation, Matt E and I spent the afternoon preparing Edward…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 4th April A shorter posting this week, in anticipation of a plethora of postings as we get…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 28th March 2014 This week we have a fairly full posting, reflecting lot of work in the…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 21st March 2015 Another busy week behind us and with the weather warming up and projects on…
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