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…
As we are now into quite detailed planning for the Remaking Beamish project, considerable thought is being given to the details – which in the…
As we approach the longest day (Oh no! Now they start getting shorter!), the work to develop and maintain the transport collections continues. As we…
Very occasionally we are able to escape the bonds of work and have a week of leave to take a holiday somewhere in the UK…
We recently hosted a two-day photographic charter organised by David Tillotson, who kindly supplied the images used in the gallery below. For those who haven’t…
Exciting news! We are announcing two new jobs in the Transport & Industry/Regional Heritage Engineering Centre teams. Both can be found, with full details of…
Some fantastic news from Statfold Barn, with the completion of Samson’a driving wheels being unveiled. Below: These three views show the rolling chassis assembled and…
Following on from Jonathan’s post showing the work undertaken more or less behind the scenes at Beamish, here is a taster of what is ongoing, off site,…
When discussing Samson’s livery, as has been covered in this blog previously with the recording of the application of the paintwork to the bunkers, it…
In 2012 the ‘Indiana Three’ returned to the UK. Ex Penrhyn Quarry narrow gauge locomotives Winifred, Ogwen and Glyder returned from long exile in the…
There will be a number of separate posts over the next week or so covering some news from the transport side of things at Beamish,…
Another busy week! With two significant new arrivals into the collection, much progress on other projects and another exciting development in the offing, the usual…
Today has seen the very exciting arrival of a new addition to the transport collection at Beamish, with the arrival of ex Rotherham Corporation CVG6…
With all of the events of the last month, the regular news on the blog has been somewhat interrupted. Here are some snippets of news…
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