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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…
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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…
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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,…
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A shorter post this time – but one which hopefully satisfies those with an interest in what we get up to behind the scenes here……
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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,…
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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…
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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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Our first Wheels of Industry event has been and gone, with nearly 11,000 visitors over the two days, making it successful operationally and commercially. Despite…
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The week has been dominated by the arrival of exhibits for Wheels of Industry this weekend, and preparing the various railway exhibits for operation. Here…
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The blog celebrates fifteen years of existence this month – which is rather hard to believe, looking back! Some of the earlier posts were rather…
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It would be fair to say that news of the 2024 events programme is landing a little late – the pressures of everything else that…
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I think it is fair to say that the blog is becoming more of a monthly newsletter now – and certainly for the T&I posts,…
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Welcome to 2024! I very much hope to increase the rate of posting this year, as it fell a little behind my own aspirations for…
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Happy new year to all readers, and we start the year with an exciting piece of news regarding the tramway… Readers may have seen elsewhere…
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This is the final post of the year – probably the year with fewest posts for some time now, but they have kept up with…
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Once again it has been a while since the last blog post. Work has been progressing on various fronts, but the majority of the time…
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This post has a little bit of variety, including work taking place both indoors and outdoors. We are still in a period of planning for…
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It has been a while since I sat at the keyboard to write a blog post! A combination of things have conspired to reduce the…
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For this post I thought we’d focus on the recent transport gala and the narrow gauge railway in particular, given that we presented both a…
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Another lengthy break in blog posts, due to having taken some unplanned leave. But work has continued on various fronts, and plans/arrangements remain underway for…
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We had a new item of rolling stock on test at Beamish last week, in the shape of a new-build Stockton & Darlington Railway chaldron…
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There is lots to report in this post, across a variety of areas of the team’s activity. There should be more to report next week…
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I realise that July is upon us and that I have not done the customary summary of 2022, let alone the look ahead to 2023…
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I’ve covered recent progress on Dunrobin’s restoration/overhaul in numerous posts, but being aware of the very specific interest in this locomotive, thought a summary of…
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Firstly, an apology for the long gap since the last blog post – I’ve been away and also dealing with some family matters, so haven’t…
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