Here is a glance over days 2, 3 and 4 of the Agricultural Power from the Past event – grabbed as and when I had…
The first day of this years new format Agricultural Power from the Past draws to a close after a busy session of preparation and shunting….
Here are some transport related snippets from around the site… Below: Michael is making great progress on wiring the machine shop. Much remains to be…
News regarding Blackpool Boat Tram No.233… Firstly, a gallery of its stay at Beamish, from first arrival in faded WW2 style livery to outshopping in…
Progress continues on numerous projects, as well as the day-to-day work on the transport and industry exhibits across the Museum – summer is always the…
Just a brief catch-up on a few things happening around the Pit village this week. The site of the Colliery Stables has been quiet for…
Lots happening so here is an overview, in pictures of some of today’s activities… Below: Edward Sholto, which is on loan to us, failed last…
This week sees the completion of the main construction/assembly phase of Samson’s frames. Here is the latest on progress: Below: Chris is seen welding up…
It seems like a while since we last had an update on the blog, so to redress things, here is an update on a ‘typical’…
For this post we cast our eyes a little more widely than usual and have a glimpse at the Bakery, on which much of the…
Up on the north bank of the Tyne on the site of the Neptune ship yard near the Roman Fort of Segedunum, archaeologists looking for…
With work on Samson progressing on a number of fronts, Dave made a start on machining the cylinder block today. Below: Setting up can be…
Threlkeld Quarry is located just to the east of Keswick in Cumbria. The quarry is home to a mining/quarry museum and features a collection of…
With the Agricultural Power from the Past (APftP) event looming (August 29 – September 1st), opening the Festival of Agriculture which runs throughout September, the…
Last night we had a visit from the North East Bus Preservation Trust, who care for a large collection of vehicles with a north east…
The project to restore (or heavily ‘tart up’!) the Harry Vickers built 1950s caravan that we purchased earlier in the year is in its closing…
With another hot week drawing to a close, here is but a brief glimpse at the T&I team activities over the last few days… Below:…
A steam locomotive’s identity is always allocated to its frames – all other components can be swapped, changed or replaced, but its identity and traceability…
The Colliery stable are beginning to take shape as the brick work continues to rapidly rise . As mentioned in earlier posts, the building…
This week is a big one for Samson, with us taking the frames on a road-trip to Bridgnorth in order to have them finally riveted…
We recently managed a few days (well, a week!) in a very hot and sunny Wales, staying near Cricieth on the beautiful Cardigan Bay. This…
There is quite a bit of finishing work taking place on the RHEC (Regional Heritage Engineering Centre) at the moment, though much work still taking…
It’s been a while coming but the wait is surely worth it! The B-Type bus has now entered the final stages of its overhaul and…
Andy Martin has had another session using the Victorian era wet-plate collodion photography technique. Below: The mobile dark room and studio! To the left is…
Today has been a filthy wet day, with the site certainly looking lush this evening, if not particularly appealing! In the workshops Brian and Tom…
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