The recent gap in blog entries marked a ten-day break in Switzerland, journeying through the central Alpine region with Great Railway Journeys, a tour company specialising…
The construction of Samson’s cylinder block and valve chest owes quite a lot to experience from work on No.18 and also the book ‘Traction Engines…
The week hardly seems to have begun when it is already drawing to a close! There is progress on projects wherever you look, so here…
David and Chris have been busy progressing Samson’s construction, with the water tanks welded and bolted into place between the frames. The boiler barrel has…
Following a fortnight’s holiday (more of which in due course – inevitably such a break involved trains!) I returned and offer this post as a quick…
Just a brief updated on the Colliery Stables. Work began this week on the floor of the building. As the stables we are copying has…
Below: Phil is well advanced on the B-Type bus’ repaint. It is seen here with adverts trial fitted (Vaux have been a great supporter of…
The Museum took part in a wider Festival of the North East this weekend, contributing numerous activities as well as a mini steam gala. The…
In a bit of a change, of author and subject, I will be looking at some of the other work going on in the Transport…
Its been a little while since I posted on the blog – there is a lot happening but much of it is progress in either…
Ok, so the title may be slightly mixing biblical history, but it neatly describes the current rapid progress in the construction of Samson’s frames. Once…
Below: Smiths, old and new – several decades separate these two vans, but both are products of a local firms to us, Smiths Electric Vehicles….
There is a lovely video of the Beamish Tramway 40th anniversary weekend on the Glasgow 488 website that might be of interest to readers: http://www.488.cyberpictures.net/yt-beamish2013.htm…
Below: This 1921 Excelsior single cylinder motorcycle is a new addition to the collection, purchased for Beamish by the Friends and formerly part of the…
Today we hosted the British Association of Removers, who are holding their AGM in the north east and had arranged for a wide selection and…
There was a lot of banging and hammering in the RHEC Erecting Shop today – the RHEC being the Regional Heritage Engineering Centre (we pronounce…
Here are a few photos that might be of interest. Firstly, Samson, sporting its frame extensions and now with pretty much most of the metal…
A new gallery of 1970s transparencies has been added to the blog – under the heading ‘galleries’ in the menu bar. I’ve added captions to the…
Its been a little while since I put a general news post onto the blog/website, so here are some of the things going on at…
A team of the Friends workshop volunteers have set about dismantling the Barford & Perkins motor roller, R025. The aim is to break it down into its…
With the kind cooperation of the editors of Old Glory and Narrow Gauge World we are now able to offer more articles on Beamish transport…
This fascinating photograph (by an unknown photographer) recently came to light on e-bay (thanks to Andy for the tip off!). It shows Sheffield 513, sans truck, jacked…
This photograph was recently purchased on e-bay for our archives and to enhance the file on Esme. It shows the engine at Wardie Garage in…
Below: Tony and Matt set about re-canvassing the B-Type bus roof (which forms the upstairs floor, with wooden laths to protect the canvas) this morning. …
Here is a final selection of images from the Great North Festival of Transport, which I think we can consider a great success. The tramway…
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