In a change of author, while Paul takes a few days off, I though it was time for a general site maintenance update. It has…
It has become customary on this blog to look back at the past year, and also look ahead to some of the projects and developments…
This post has been some years in the making – very much on the to-do list, but then overtaken by other things. So, finally, here…
It was inevitable that as soon as I published the December update, there would be more news for the blog, that ideally fits into any…
This month’s Workshop Diary is appearing a little earlier, as there are some posts earmarked for the festive period and I didn’t want to crowd…
Welcome to another Workshop Diary – the last month has flown by, and so this report covers something of the end of the high-season, whilst…
The Duke of Sutherland brake saloon, 58A, is continuing to receive attention in readiness for a return to service in 2025. The old canvas was…
The expansion of the museum’s bus fleet continues; the latest bus to join the collection being Leyland Titan PD2/1 KPT 909. Built in 1949, the…
As suggested in the last post, there is a second part to October’s Workshop Diary. There are a number of other posts in preparation, and…
We might just squeeze another report into October, but as this post was getting longer and longer, it seemed prudent to publish and show some…
A little while ago, we were contacted by the new owner of the Stanhopeburn mining site, which had closed (by then, for fluorspar extraction) in…
Today, the 1st October, marks the 70th anniversary of the closure of the Sunderland Corporation Tramway system. With Sunderland 16 emerging from our workshops after…
Welcome to the latest blog post and in particular, hello to new readers who are joining from the museum’s Facebook page. The blog has been…
Restoring Sunderland 16’s shine… Sunderland tram 16’s partial repaint started at the beginning of September, aimed at refreshening the appearance of the tram and also…
This post takes a different approach to the usual ‘workshop diary’ format of my posts on the blog. In the post below, I’ve attempted to…
I’m catching up with posts and news, after taking some leave in August and being away for work too. So after the post dedicated to…
Last week I made a trip to Bridgnorth for a catch-up session with the Severn Valley Railway Engineering Services team who are carrying out the…
The blog returns after a short break (as I was on annual leave), with a summary of work that has been taking place in the…
Last weekend we held our second Fares Please! transport event. Once again the focus was inevitably on buses, though Lisbon 730 was on display outside…
In this post we find trams at the centre of attention, with work progressing on Gateshead 10 and Lisbon 730, as well as some interim…
Welcome to the latest blog post, which is something of a mixture of report and thought – as you’ll see below. The workshops are busy,…
A shorter post this time – but one which hopefully satisfies those with an interest in what we get up to behind the scenes here……
There is lots to report this month. It is also worth noting that we had to cancel the rest of Sir Berkeley’s steaming dates here,…
I thought it useful to readers that this update was posted, following on from the last post here. Sir Berkeley developed a fault on Monday…
There has been a great deal of interest in the visit of Manning Wardle No.1210 Sir Berkeley to Beamish, and having promised further steamings, here…
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