Normal service is resumed in this post – with the latest progress from around the workshops. We also have No.18 back in traffic in the…
Looking back at some influential publications… For this post I thought I would take a little look into a series of books that have provided, and…
This week we have a more varied collection of news snippets, as various projects progress, some new ones appear and others draw (I really hope!)…
This week we look at the vehicles in and around the workshops, these being the subject of the efforts of various teams of staff and…
There has been a bit of a quiet spell on the blog lately – partly as not too much ‘new’ news occurred to report and…
It has been an eventful few weeks, though I apologise that blog coverage has been a little stifled lately. It has another small extension of…
We look at a couple of projects in a reasonable amount of depth in this post, in order to give them coverage they had otherwise…
Well, nearly two weeks have passed since the whirlwind that was the 2017 Great North Steam Fair. The event can be considered to have been…
What a contrast in weather! Day three has been spectacularly busy, perhaps one of the busiest days we’ve had for a steam fair. We start…
A sunny start was soon solid cloud for the day (the sun returning at around 6pm!), but the event got into full swing and so…
It has been a busy day at Beamish, and with so much to get ready, not many photos were captured, but for what it is…
Planning the Great North Steam Fair takes a great deal of preparatory work by a range of staff and volunteers. As a result, there are…
With less than a week to go until the 2017 Great North Steam Fair, most of our work is centred on the preparation for this…
A double-post this week, to round things off and catch up with news around the team… Plus the sun shone for some photos to be…
This time there is a little less from the workshops and a bit more from the sunny outdoors (sunny – not warm!)… This post covers…
There is quite a bit to report in this post, after a short break on the blog… We start with work taking place in the…
It has been half-term week at Beamish, alongside which numerous pre-season works have been underway. Whilst we are a year-round attraction now, there is still…
It has been a little while since I’ve been out on the road to look at potential visiting exhibits or objects we may consider bringing…
There are a couple of updates this week, so we start with the NER station… Rowley Station Below: Regular volunteer Peter has made two replica…
This week features a brief snapshot of news items, taken around the Museum during the last working week. A great deal of other work is…
Hello and welcome to 2017! This is the first news post, which I intend to label by number rather than week of the year –…
Whilst readers will not have failed to notice the blog has been a little quite lately, this does not mean that a great deal hasn’t…
As has become customary, here is a brief review of 2016 and some of the highlights within the Transport & Industry/Site Support team. Needless to…
It is a shorter post today I’m afraid – largely as the run-down to the end of the year is seldom quiet! There will also…
Here is a report on the volunteer narrow gauge projects from Keeper of Transport Matt Ellis. I’ve added images and captions to his report to…
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