Below: Newcastle wasn’t the only thing we acquired! This pile of bits is in fact a historically important side tipping waggon of the ‘MSC’ type…
Here is some exciting news – we’ve bought another steam locomotive! I’ll be posting an article in the links section in due course, containing all…
Some activities from around the site, though they do not convey just how busy everyone is at the moment – the site is buzzing with…
On Saturday our century old Dene single cylinder motorcycle fired into life on the second kick after some 11 years slumber in the Museum’s garage…
A few more photos from last week… Below: The National Railway Museum have transferred to us a number of bogies that have been stored in…
Below: A few notes from the Friends activities: Here is an invalid carriage undergoing full restoration. More of this to appear on here in due…
Well, it’s here! The Blackpool Boat No.233 (currently 605) arrived early this morning having been loaded and travelled as far as North Yorkshire yesterday. As…
Below: This morning Lewin’s boiler arrived back from Alton Engineering following completion of its rebuild. The view below shows it aboard Dave Gibson’s lorry, along…
Steam Engineer Stuart Hines was recently in Suffolk and called in to see progress on the rebuild of the Ruston, Proctor portable engine’s boiler currently…
Below: Andy has been busy with his gadgets again, producing this very convincing shot of Sunderland 101 in vintage guise – we could almost produce…
The puns can run thick and fast – ‘Don’t miss the boat at Beamish’ seems to be a favorite for the moment! But what has…
There has been much going on in recent days, with a lot of tooing and froing of wagons among other things… Below: The three Bowes…
Last week we enjoyed a staff/team bonding trip to Scotland, which included New Lanark and the Riverside Museum (transport) in Glasgow: Below: A part of…
Part 1: A selection of railway exhibits: In anticipation of the Great North Steam Fair (April 12 – 15th) I will start to filter out…
The wonder of the ‘App’ has come to Beamish! Andy Martin has made this short film showing Coffee Pot No.1 at work during this February’s…
On the 18th June 1970 Ray Manning chanced across Fort Steele and found an expatriate there, in steam and operating on the 4km line there….
Its been another one of those weeks where lots of work hasn’t produced so much to show on the blog, though hopefully I can change…
Below: The level crossing gates from Rowley have been moved to the Colliery Engine Works for Tony to overhaul. They have been suffering from rot…
Below: Progress is still ongoing, though this week not quite as visible. The cylinder covers (seen below) are now receiving the final coats of colour…
Last weekend was the first ‘enhanced transport performance’ weekend of the year, which as posted here previously will see the first weekend of every month…
A year since I first met Dunrobin in the flesh and eight months since it returned to the UK we are very pleased to announce…
Newcastle and Gateshead Official Tram Services Map We were recently able to purchase this wonderful folded guide to Newcastle and Gateshead tram services, dated April…
For those who subscribe to this blog I apologise for the appearance of some sort of large orange symbol at the top of each post…
It has been a busy couple of weeks with progress on several fronts but primarily a focus on various projects and research subjects that will…
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