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Stables

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:14:18 +0000

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The cream brickwork stands out on the stable block at Beamish Museum. I particularly like the ventilators. This building is a re-creation of the stables located between High Spen and Greenside, near Rowlands Gill, which served the Victoria Garesfield Colliery.

Colliery steam

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:22:04 +0000

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Lewin 18 shunts chaldron wagons in the Beamish Colliery yard whilst Peckett 1370 simmers outside the shed.

Exchange sidings

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:28:59 +0000

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Two foot gauge Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT "Glyder" (Works No.1994) and standard gauge Lewin 0-4-0T 18 (Works No.683) run side by side in the exchange sidings at Beamish.

Behind the shed

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:15:16 +0000

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Lewin 0-4-0T 18 (Works No,683) at the rear of the locomotive shed at Beamish as it heads through the boscage towards the colliery.

Colliery yard

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:53:57 +0000

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Lewin 18 arrives in the colliery yard at Beamish whilst Peckett 1370 simmers outside the shed.

The driver

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:37:41 +0000

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The Puffing Billy is said to be the oldest surviving steam locomotive in the world. It was constructed in 1813-1814 by colliery viewer William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. It proved too heavy for the track and was rebuilt in 1815 with ten wheels, but was returned to its original condition in 1830 when the line was relaid with stronger rails. Puffing Billy remained in service until 1862, when Edward Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery, lent it to the Patent Office Museum in South Kensington, London (later the Science Museum). He later sold it to the museum for £200. It is still on display there. Its sister locomotive, Wylam Dilly, is preserved in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

In 2006 a replica was built for use at Beamish Museum and it is this locomotive that is seen here operating on the Pockerley Waggonway on its first day back in service after a major overhaul and retubing over the winter. The driver seems happy with his steed and commented that the new boiler lagging was very effective and they were having trouble keeping the safety valves from lifting.

Coal and water

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 06:56:11 +0000

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Coaling stage outside the colliery locomotive shed at Beamish Museum.

Waggon Works

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:24:10 +0000

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This large corrugated iron and brick building at Beamish museum was completed in 2002. This is actually the Regional Museums Store, which Beamish shares with Tyne and Wear Museums. The lean-to section to the right is used to service and store the locomotives and stock used on the railway.

Egg-ended

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:45:11 +0000

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An egg-ended boiler in re-use as a water tank at Beamish Museum. These externally fired boilers were common in the mid-19th century and were particularly popular at collieries and ironworks.

Waggonway haulage

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 06:02:16 +0000

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The Puffing Billy is said to be the oldest surviving steam locomotive in the world. It was constructed in 1813-1814 by colliery viewer William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. It proved too heavy for the track and was rebuilt in 1815 with ten wheels, but was returned to its original condition in 1830 when the line was relaid with stronger rails. Puffing Billy remained in service until 1862, when Edward Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery, lent it to the Patent Office Museum in South Kensington, London (later the Science Museum). He later sold it to the museum for £200. It is still on display there. Its sister locomotive, Wylam Dilly, is preserved in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

In 2006 a replica was built for use at Beamish Museum and it is this locomotive that is seen here operating on the Pockerley Waggonway on its first day back in service after a major overhaul and retubing over the winter. The crew commented that the new boiler lagging was very effective and they were having trouble keeping the safety valves from lifting.

Barn

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 29 May 2023 14:03:03 +0000

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Corrugated iron barn at the 1940s farm in Beamish Museum. The plate on the face states: Hill & Smith makers, Brierley Hill.

Coal stage

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 05:57:39 +0000

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Lewin 18 ahead of Peckett 1370 at the coaling stage outside the shed before a day's working on the lines at the Beamish colliery.

Ogwen

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 08:35:48 +0000

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This 2ft gauge 0-4-0T built by the Avonside Engine Company in 1933, sits unrestored in the shed at Beamish. This locomotive was built for the Durham County Water Board on the construction of the Burnhope Reservoir where she was named DURHAM. In 1936 she was sold to the Penrhyn Slate Quarry at Bethesda in North Wales where she was renamed OGWEN. When steam on the quarry railways ended in 1965 this locomotive was sold to an American buyer and remained untouched until repatriated in 2012, still in original condition.

Ogwen was finally restored to full working order in October 2021 and made its debut into traffic at the Moseley Railway Trust’s Apedale Valley Light Railway that same month.

Lewin at Beamish

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 11:58:23 +0000

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Lewin 0-4-0T 18 (Works No,683) runs towards the colliery at Beamish with a short train of chaldron type wagons.

Glyder

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 06:50:44 +0000

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Two foot gauge Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT "Glyder" (Works No.1994) pushing back near the colliery at Beamish.

Colliery steam

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 15:32:10 +0000

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Two foot gauge Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT "Glyder" (Works No.1994) runs in front of the colliery at Beamish with a short train.

Beamish industrials

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 06:44:17 +0000

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Lewin 18 and Peckett 1370 in action on the lines at the Beamish colliery during a photoshoot just before the former locomotive went out of boiler certificate.

Colliery chaldrons

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 15:06:54 +0000

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Peckett 1370 works a set of chaldron wagons on the colliery sidings at Beamish.

Whim Gin

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:10:44 +0000

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Replica whim gin for mine winding at the Beamish open air museum. These were used extensively in the coal industry across Britain until steam winding became widespread.

Brew hut

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 05:16:40 +0000

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A novel use for one end of an old egg-ended boiler as a mess hut for the workers on the Pockerley Waggonway at Beamish museum.