We visited Beamish museum today and in the school house there was a player piano! And I asked if it worked and it did and I got to run it! I've actually never operated a working one. Inspired me to get a move on repairing mine.

The "school teacher" demonstrating it to me complained they only have one working piece of music for it so I might donate them a couple of mine.

There was much more cool stuff at Beamish but I'll toot about that later.

#beamishmuseum #beamish #playerpiano #pianola

Original Tyne and Wear Metro unit donated to Tyneside railway for preservation http://dlvr.it/TN2bv1 #BeamishMuseum #CountyDurham #Metro #Newcastle
Old Tyne and Wear Metro Trains Are Being Recycled and Repurposed http://dlvr.it/TMV6yD #BeamishMuseum #BishopAuckland #CountyDurham #Nexus
Beamish Museum

2019

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Chaldron wagon at Beamish Open Air Museum, this type of wagon was a staple for early pit railways, and many survived a very long time carrying coalstone and slag.

#ChaldronWagon #KingCoal #beamishmuseum

Museum lines are here.
#Sandtoft
and the new line
at #BeamishMuseum
are visible, excited to travel on the Beamish one at some point.