Pit Pony Stables open for business!

Pit Pony Stables open for business!

Although the museum site has been covered in mist for the past few days our Old King Coal celebrations and the opening of the Pony…

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The Transport Festival Build up continues...

The Transport Festival Build up continues…

This morning the first of our visiting steam locomotives for the Festival of Transport arrived, in the shape of ‘Vulcan’, the former Vulcan works shunter…

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Rolling Restorations Part 5: Introducing CC 002 - the donor...

Rolling Restorations Part 5: Introducing CC 002 – the donor…

In a previous post within ‘Rolling Restorations’ we met EE 067, my A Series Barford & Perkins motor roller.  One of the main things it…

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A hectic run into the new season...

A hectic run into the new season…

Today our summer season began, it was also the first day of the Great North Festival of Transport (featuring the community led ‘Old King Coal’…

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Samson - one year on and great leaps in progress being made!

Samson – one year on and great leaps in progress being made!

Samson’s progress this week has echoed the manic quest to get ready for the new season occurring all around it, with a major step being…

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Dunrobin Cylinder Block Progress...

Dunrobin Cylinder Block Progress…

In between all things ‘event’, I thought a quick update on Dunrobin might be of interest.  Work is progressing in a number of areas: Phase…

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More GNFoT exhibits confirmed...

More GNFoT exhibits confirmed…

The entrants for the Great North Festival of Transport are still being confirmed – you can see an updated gallery in the relevant post (which…

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Pit Pony Stables almost complete!

Pit Pony Stables almost complete!

The Pit Pony Stable project is now nearing completion, ready for its grand opening on 29th March. Over the past few weeks the building has…

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Transport & industry News Update - Pre Season 2014...

Transport & industry News Update – Pre Season 2014…

Here is a smattering of news from the Transport & Industry department at Beamish.  The main focus at the moment is getting ready for the…

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Rolling Restorations Part 4: Fowler DNAS Steam Roller 'Rambler'

Rolling Restorations Part 4: Fowler DNAS Steam Roller ‘Rambler’

I thought a post about a steam roller might ring the changes, with a look at the work being carried out on our 1931 built…

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T&I News Update - 12th March 2014...

T&I News Update – 12th March 2014…

Lots to report today – with the big event and start of the season bearing down upon us a great deal of work is being…

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Samson Progress - March 7th 2014...

Samson Progress – March 7th 2014…

It has been a few weeks since we last looked in on progress on Samson, but this doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been a great…

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Past and Present - a remarkable coincidence...

Past and Present – a remarkable coincidence…

I recently purchased a set of photographs taken on the Grimsby & Immingham Tramway – one of them was of particular interest, featuring No.26 –…

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