Sometimes you need a few days away! My Dad and I thus set a weekend to do some ‘steam stuff’ and this combined a trip…
I’ve been off site quite a bit over the last two weeks so here is a quick summary of news for the blog, with the…
With the rolling frames of Samson more or less completed, we took the opportunity today to take them down to the narrow gauge railway and…
Power from the Past used to be the theme of the first weekend f September four-day event each year, but this year has been replaced…
There has further narrow gauge activity at Beamish this week – here is a video of our riveting activity last week followed by an overview…
Its been a busy week! As the other recent posts reveal, activity can come in bursts, and last week was no exception for Samson, with…
As there are a number of other detailed reports appearing, this week’s T&I news is a shorter one. Below: The new entrance board to the…
After a little break in reports, here are some photographs showing the recent restoration progress on our new accessible bus, ex Crosville Leyland Cub No.716, which…
A slightly shorter post this week – mortgaging the available space we have available at present for storage of the blog and the rather large…
There is quite a lot to catch up with this week, so her we go with the usual varied round of news from the T&I…
As seen elsewhere on the blog, recent attention by the Site Support Team has been focussed upon the station area. As part of the repainting…
Though the day to day demands of the summer holidays places the support teams under a great deal of pressure (not least due to the…
Once a year the Threlkeld Quarry Railway near Keswick in the Lake District holds a narrow gauge themed gala – as has appeared in these…
The Museum’s bus fleet is formed of three vehicles at present – two very good replicas plus one accessible bus. Of the two replicas, the…
Another week has passed by, and as ever it was a busy one in the T&I department at Beamish. I spent a few days on the…
Since the arrival of Samson’s components a few weeks ago, David (and Chris) have been busy progressing the project – as was seen in the previous…
We’ve had a fairly intensive period of working on the Remaking Beamish project, so things on here may seem a little quiet, but this isn’t…
July 5th saw the Shuttleworth Collection hold its annual Military Pageant at Old Warden aerodrome in Bedfordshire. Famous for its WW1 and pioneering aircraft collection…
Possibly one of the star attractions, certainly one that prompts most questions, in the Town Garage is the SHEW car – the name alone provoking…
Its been some time since we had a detailed look at two of our big railway projects – the restoration of Dunrobin and the construction of…
Here is the first of what will be an occasional series looking at the various members of the team and some of their activities within…
Over the years there are often reoccurring letters and e-mails regarding certain regional features that Beamish might consider saving. A few years ago there was…
Its been a very busy week, and some items will be posted separately over the coming week (if I get a chance!), so here is a quick…
With two of our vehicles occupying bays at Seb Marshall’s Historic Vehicle Restoration premises in Byfleet, the two projects are forging ahead with some purpose towards completion (of both) during the…
This weekend saw the Tanfield Railway hold its steam gala – relocated to a new date earlier in the year in order to avoid clashes…
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