3rd July 2009 A quick Friday afternoon glimpse of this weeks tracklaying progress. I guess this is about a third of the way along and…
29th June 2009 Whilst in the West Midlands a quick visit to the Black Country Museum was possible. The last few visits have been in…
29th June 2009 Whilst in the West Midlands at the weekend I took the opportunity to visit the awesome Severn Valley Railway. A lifetime favorite…
29th June 2009 Locomotion arrived safely at Tyseley last Wednesday and took part in three days steaming as part of the venue’s open weekend. It…
25th June 2009 Today has been another gloriously hot day and a number of projects have made some significant steps forward… Below: Sunderland 16 has…
24th June 2009 Last night Locomotion departed for Tyseley (Birmingham) where it is taking part in their annual open weekend. It will be in steam…
24th June 2009 Yesterday a group of us headed for Southport and a visit to the village of Banks where the workshops of Johnsons and…
24th June 2009 Whilst visiting Banks, the opportunity was taken to visit the British Commercial Vehicle Museum at nearby Leyland. This is a museum devoted…
22nd June 2009 Under a threatening sky and in oppressive heat the various projects in hand proceed apace. Below: As the 360 digger retreats eastwards…
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…
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