T&I News Update Week 7 2015...

T&I News Update Week 7 2015…

Covering the period up to and including Saturday February 21st 2015 Site work Below: The signalbox at Rowley Station is now nearing completion, with the…

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Curator's bookshelf...

Curator’s bookshelf…

The photo above shows the London Transport Museum’s ‘Battle Bus’ alongside Tom Fryer’s Crossley Tender – chosen as I could not get the blog template…

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Great North Steam Fair 2015 Part 3...

Great North Steam Fair 2015 Part 3…

We’re still over a week from the deadline for return of invitations for exhibiting at the GNSF, but already there is a sizable response and…

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Great North Steam Fair 2015 Part 2...

Great North Steam Fair 2015 Part 2…

Introducing the Battle Bus… We are very pleased to announce that the famous London Transport Museum ‘Battle Bus’ B2737 will be in attendance at Beamish…

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T&I News Week 5/6 2015... *Updated*

T&I News Week 5/6 2015… *Updated*

Covering the period up to and including Saturday 14th February 2015 As ever there is lots happening but not necessarily different enough in appearance to…

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Remembering West Stanley

Remembering West Stanley

Today marks the 106th anniversary of the West Stanley Colliery Explosion. The event was the most deadly single explosion in the County, resulting in the…

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Early days at Beamish...

Early days at Beamish…

I recently received a CD of images from Brian Tunnard, who has very kindly allowed them to be shared with a wider audience via the…

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Great North Steam Fair 2015... Part 1

Great North Steam Fair 2015… Part 1

So, the Great North Steam Fair is but 9 weeks or so away and as ever, the pages of this blog will record just some of…

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Portbury arrives and steams...

Portbury arrives and steams…

Portbury (or No.34 as we should refer to it as it is in the guise it appeared before being named), arrived at Beamish yesterday (Tuesday),…

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