Another mixed week with news and event announcements in this post. Its also been a week of training and travelling, which always makes things interesting! RHEC/Site Support…
Last week (Wednesday to be precise) our Leyland Cub was able to make its first moves under power to demonstrate the progress made in this…
April seemed to be a very long month, with so many events taking place and so many comings and goings associated with them. We will…
We have now moved out of the transport festival and into that bit of the season which offers something of a lull before the summer…
Today the running and commissioning trials of Samson began at Beamish. Having made a static (in steam) appearance at the Great War Steam Fair, further adjustments have…
With all of the recent excitement, it seems strangely out of habit to report on some of the projects that have quietly continued throughout the…
The Horses at War event is in full swing this weekend and provided an opportunity to recreate scenes of shunting WDLR waggons using horse power….
There are a number of opportunities to see the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway’s Hunslet 0-4-0ST Lilla in operation at Beamish in the coming weeks….
With any event there is always a certain pressure during it, hoping things work out and the show passes safely. It is only after it…
Wow – what a day! As before, a selection of views, then a gallery to be created with these and many more images of the…
Dave Hewitt very kindly sent through some of his images taken around the narrow gauge yesterday afternoon. We are already planning to develop the wood-sawing…
With the weather forecast not entirely promising, we were pleasantly surprised today by the favourable weather and large crowds that turned out for the third…
After over a decade out of passenger use, Sheffield 264 has returned to passenger service following the completion of its overhaul and stunning repaint. The…
Another day of mixed weather but the spectacle more than made up for this – here are some more images to give a flavour of…
The first day was busy – probably one of the busiest first days we have had for the steam fair. The weather was probably…
Just a little preview of Samson in the sunshine earlier today… More on this in due course. Below: A photo to mimic the one that…
This post was accidentally posted early and in incomplete form – a slip of the finger on the touch screen tablet! However, due to the…
A previous posting on the blog made reference to tube issues on a couple of the steam locomotives here. Despite blanking, Edward Sholto’s continued to…
Another busy week has been and gone and Easter weekend presents an opportunity for progress on a number of fronts away from the distraction/temptation of…
The sun shone for Good Friday and the visitors turned out in large numbers. On the steam side, as well as Portbury at Rowley, the…
Some exciting news from Byfleet where Seb Marshall and his team at Historic Vehicle Restoration are reaching the imminent point in the restoration of Crosville…
At around the same time that we started our Samson project, the North Bay Railway at Scarborough commenced construction of a similarly sized narrow gauge…
This week presents another mixed-bag of news from around the site, as carried out by the Transport & Industry/Site Support teams. A little bit of…
After various veiled references, it can now be made public that we have purchased another Leyland Cub – this time it is a 1932 KG2…
After what seems to have been an eternal winter (perhaps because it followed a fairly uninspiring summer?) the weather has finally offered the first inklings…
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