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T&I News Week 25 2015…
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 roundup of news and occurrences in the Transport & Industry team...
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Steam Locomotive Restoration and Construction
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 Samson. Both are now seeing renewed activity and so a separate...
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More on Samson…
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 posting on the subject. With the boiler components...
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T&I News Week 28 2015…
Another week has passed by, and as ever it was a busy one in the T&I department at Beamish. I spent a few days on the road, carrying out some research for the Remaking Beamish project, including a...
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T&I News Week 30 2015…
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 number of water leaks that have occupied a great deal of the Site...
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T&I News Week 31 2015…
There is quite a lot to catch up with this week, so her we go with the usual varied round of news from the T&I department… RHEC Below: Matt Beddard has carried out the first assembly of Samson’s...
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T&I News Week 32 2015…
A slightly shorter post this week – mortgaging the available space we have available at present for storage of the blog and the rather large number of photographs that are stored here! Plans are in...
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Samson construction latest…
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 significant progress being made on its construction. Below: At...
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More Narrow Gauge news…
There has further narrow gauge activity at Beamish this week – here is a video of our riveting activity last week followed by an overview of today’s big shunt in the Colliery area… Below: We start with...
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Samson on the rails…
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 give them a day of running to see how they would perform....
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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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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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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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T&I News Week 51 2015
As there is a year-end review, I’ve kept this post very short – you will also spot the narrow gauge theme! Samson Below: Samson is rapidly being assembled, work sped along by the pre-assembly/testing...
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Another momentous day for Samson
Another momentous day for Samson, with it raising steam for the first time – ever! Below: The needle creeps off the stop for the very first time… Below: As steam was raised, various jobs were attended...
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T&I News Week 8 2016…
Running behind again, here is a review of the last fortnight, compiled over that period and therefore possibly a little disjointed! West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Horse Drawn Manual Fire Engine...
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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 the desk! As well as the work below, we’ve had...
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GWSF through the lens of Dave Hewitt…
Dave Hewitt very kindly sent through some of his images taken around the narrow gauge yesterday afternoon. We are already planning to develop the wood-sawing display and hope to repeat this in...
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Samson’s running trials begin…
Today the running and commissioning trials of Samson began at Beamish. Having made a static (in steam) appearance at the Great War Steam Fair, further adjustments have been carried out enabling the...
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T&I News Week 16…
We have now moved out of the transport festival and into that bit of the season which offers something of a lull before the summer season arrives in earnest. Many maintenance jobs are being tackled...
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