Beamish: Great North Steam Fair 12/4/12 Part 1

On Thursday 12 April, I ventured up to the North East for the day, to the Beamish open-air museum where they were holding their annual "Great North Steam Fair".
My main purpose of visit was to film some of there steam locomotives, although I did get a fair deal of other steam powered vehicles such as traction engines, steamrollers and even a steam-powered car, all of which trundled around the museum grounds throughout the day.
I recorded about 30 minutes of footage on that day, which has been split into a two-part video.
We start off at the Pit Village, under the shadow of the colliery, where the recently acquired Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST "Newcastle" stands awaiting restoration. Ironically, despite Beamish's proximity to the nearby city of the same name, it is named after Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire!
The museum's 1871-built 0-4-0VBT "Coffee Pot No.1" was in a siding being coupled onto a rake of replica Stockton & Darlington railway wagons. It took them up to the main colliery site soon afterward.
At the colliery, it shunted the wagons into a good shed, before moving them out again.
Road vehicle-wise there were two Foden steam lorries in the Pitt Village- Isle of Man Haighways Board No.1 (BS 9983) and "Cestria" (BUP 71) and Aveling & Porter steam roller "Ayesha" (TN 216)- excuse the error in number on the video!
There was also a 2ft-gauge demonstration line, where 2007-built 0-4-0VBT "Paddy" along with an old friend from the Abbey Light Railway in Leeds, Baguley WW1 petrol locomotive No.11, were in action. Also there was DeWinton 0-4-0VBT "Chaloner" from the Leighton Buzzard Railway in Bedfordshire which also had the chance to move under its own power.
One oddity which caught my interest was an odd steam powered contraption called the "Steam Mule"!
Later, Coffee Pot No.1 climbs up towards the colliery, and again reverses its load into the goods shed.
Meanwhile, at Pockerley Waggonway, the Steam Elephant (2002 replica) was awaiting attention, for it was unable to haul the train out of the depot, meanwhile "Locomotion" (1975 replica) stands by in the shed, along with the 2006 replica of Timothy Hackworth's "Puffing Billy".
In Part 2, we will look at the vintage trams and more steam powered vehicles, as well as the Rowley station demonstration line.
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[@WoodenThomasAdventures]

As I live and breathe! A coffee pot Engine in service. Thank you for sharing this with us. I really appreciate it.

[@DVR01]

Just like seeing Glynn.

[@60007Gresley]

Thank you! :)

[@philipross2013]

Nice to hear coffeepot in steam , the first time I saw her was in 1958 at the back of the shed behind Baxter at Betchworth where she worked for about 80 years.

[@legdig]

ive never seen a coffee pot in steam before, thanks for sharing

[@60007Gresley]

You are welcome. :)

[@thunder230mph6]

Definitely not the fastest, probably not even the strongest, either, but a wonderful piece of English railroading history nonetheless! The reason I stated what I said at the start of this sentence is because there's probably some people out there who think that steam locomotives are supposed to be large, strong, fast, or all three, that's just not so.

[@OneTrueThomasFan]

Hey, it's Glynn from The Adventure Begins!

[@mmandmcb14]

+OneTrueThomasFan Well, look after the branchline, Thomas. and wear that number with pride.

[@purpleknightofficial6481]

I will mr coffee pot

[@DanInHisDen]

No it is not its a coffee pot 0-4-0

[@wondermenel2811]

@@DanInHisDen GLYNN IS 0-4-0

[@DanInHisDen]

Joanna Gwizdała true but Glynn was based off of the coffee pot.

[@user-gk8gg1zt7l]

Very good video, 🤩 like !

[@Fxetren]

Glynn the coffee pot engine in real life, sweet.

[@arlesdaleengine8243]

Glynn WAS preserved!!! :)

[@arlesdaleengine8243]

You are entitled to your own opinion, as am I. But I would like to point out some facts about the Thomas franchise. Firstly the original books were written by a railway enthusiast and stick very accurately with events and procedures of British Railways at the time, so i cannot see how that is making fun of the countries locomotives. Secondly isn't it a positive thing that many of our locomotives were preserved because of the show, so we a enthusiasts can enjoy them today? And leading on from this point, the TV show and books have, several times, promoted the preservation for steam loco's and heritage lines. I am a railway enthusiast too, and I also appreciate what the Thomas stories have done for the railway world, there creators intentions, and why they are still extremely popular 71 years later.

[@pixelgamer2.041]

Just goes to show that most of Thomas and friends are based of real life things.

[@datboi884]

it's the coffee pot give my coffee back me chasing the coffee pot train imagine that 😂😂

[@aestheticcruise8807]

Glynn looks great!!!

[@bigallan7181]

AWSOME!!

[@onetrackmind3558]

I wonder how many other of Glynns class are there

[@60007Gresley]

From my knowledge, there are at least 3 still in existence, including another similar one at Beamish, but with outside cylinders. However information on these engines, certainly on the internet, appears to be very hard to find.

[@ShortPuff]

wait..i tought they din't used the coffe pot engines anymore?

[@vanellopevonschweetz9892]

Hey Glynn was there! Cool

[@milkvanman104]

It's Gleen!

[@milkvanman104]

Ethan Watson 12! ^_^

[@jamiebroad760]

model 3-5" locomotives

[@infanterist1917]

it's looks like a coffee pot locomotive

[@vectorbrony3473]

+Timelord 1912 A de-winton I think is the right name.

[@60007Gresley]

No, it is a Coffee Pot. De Winton refers to a locomotive builder which built some narrow-gauge vertical boilered engines for Welsh slate quarries. This loco was built in London in 1871 by by Head Wrightson & Co., so it is not a De Winton engine.

[@jacob2954]

coffee pot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DoraemonFan-vj7ip]

The name of that engine is glynn

[@ncopictures7182]

Would you like a cup of milk with that, young James? Dohohohohohoho!!!

[@CraftyFoxe]

glen and george the steam roller

[@thebrearlycrestmf9165]

Hey look it's Glynn.

[@connybenyamin8671]

Are you sir Nigel gressly

[@connybenyamin8671]

Are you mallards brother

[@larsgrupstra727]

0:51 glynn!

[@purpleknightofficial6481]

yay

[@roysmodeltrains]

Just Trains., iT is mister coffee pot😂

[@DanInHisDen]

Who the bloody hell is Glynn?

[@Fxetren]

the Coffee Pot engine

[@Masumi-571]

coffee pot(^^)

[@Marcy53Volkswagen]

cho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!