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T&I News Week 36 2015…
I’ve been off site quite a bit over the last two weeks so here is a quick summary of news for the blog, with the promise to do better next week! The design for our new bus depot and maintenance...
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T&I News Week 38 2015…
Well, autumn seems to have arrived - golden leaves are appearing across the Museum and we’ve been basking in warm sunshine for over a week! Rain last week did reveal that the gutters that need...
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Sheffield 264 reassembly milestone…
After some time in pieces, 1907 built Sheffield 264 has now been reassembled into a recognisable shape once again as it enters the final stages of its substantial overhaul. Below: The lower deck is...
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T&I News Week 39 2015
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 shunt of the season Below: The penultimate Power from the Past weekend was held...
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T&I News Week 40 2015…
This week we have a bit of an engineering focus for those who are interested in the minutia of some of the jobs carried out by the team. This time of year is certainly busy and the construction of a...
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Bingfield Steams Again
We were recently invited to see the inaugural steaming of the Bingfield Engine at Anson Engine Museum, Cheshire. The Bingfield Engine & Thresher, made between 1835 and 1845, from a design by...
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News from the Fairground
Anyone visiting the museum over the last couple of weeks can’t have failed to notice the large around of ground works taking place around the Fairground. This work is being carried out to bring the...
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T&I News Week 42 2015…
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 true! So I apologise for lumping so much into one post, but...
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T&I News Week 43 2015…
The half-term has arrived and the site is busy with visitors and staff, who are also preparing for the sell-out Halloween evenings, a couple of bonfire nights and the looming Christmas festival which...
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114′s birthday weekend…
The final enhanced transport weekend of 2015 takes place on November 7 and 8 and concludes the programme which began in the spring with the Great North Steam Fair. We now reach a winter break for...
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T&I News Week 44 2015…
The weather hasn’t been entirely kind to our last weekend of enhanced transport here at Beamish, and with Newcastle 114 as the star attraction it was perhaps inevitable that after happily and reliably...
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Northern and Go North East at Beamish
As part of the enhanced transport weekend, Power from the Past, and celebrating 114′s 114th birthday, a number of buses played a role in the operation of transport services in place of the usual...
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The Model T Programme…
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 are created to support the Remaking Beamish developments around...
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T&I News Week 45 2015…
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 November was the date marked in every diary as the opening of...
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Samson Boiler Construction Completed…
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 some attention before submission for a (brutal!) 320psi hydraulic...
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T&I News Week 46 2015…
This week we have something of a road vehicle theme, as we look at a number of projects currently underway at Beamish or on our behalf. Model T Programme Below: John and Mike had a successful day on...
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T&I News Week 47 2015…
The motoring theme started in the last post continues this week with news of developments within the collections here at Beamish. This won’t be the last word on the subject and I hope to make a...
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A Seddon joins the fleet…
As hinted at on this blog recently, we have added to the collection of vintage vehicles available to staff for use as part of their daily roles around the Museum. This is the first of two commercial...
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T&I News Week 48 2015…
A more diverse range of news for this report – I am struggling to keep the posts up to date with the work actually taking place! RHEC Below: The Model T Ford programme continues to see the dismantling...
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Samson Progress…
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 then drained and collected for delivery back to...
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