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…
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…
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…
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),…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 31st 2015 Bus Restoration Below: This week we collected our second Leyland Cub, HL9621, from a location…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 24th January 2015 Here is a mixed presentation of news from the team this week, covering site activities and progress…
The remarkable pace of restoration of our Leyland Cub (ex Crosville) continues as the Historic Vehicle Restoration team apply their skills to the mechanical rebuild…
For quite some time I have been aware that the blog stocklists are getting a little out of date. To this end, a new downloadable…
Reportable news has been a bit thin on the ground over the last week or so – as I don’t want to endlessly repeat the…
New and interesting photographs continue to emerge from collections, online auctions and donations – here is a smattering of some of the recent material that…
Hello and happy new year! Welcome to the first blog post for 2015, which starting very much as we finished last year, looks at some…
The operation of steam locomotives in cold winter weather has its challenges, but also its rewards – when the low sun shines, the steam condenses…
The title photo sums up much of what we try to achieve – to present to visitors a real sense of the past in tangible…
Having started to number the weekly news posts, it is clear that something went awry and we are a little short on numbers – I…
A small group of like-minded friends and individuals has grouped together to form a regular narrow gauge working party to help develop this particular aspect…
News on the blog has been a little short lately. Not because nothing is happening, but because a great deal o my time has been…
Last week saw progress on a number of fronts, so here are some of them in a slightly delayed report for the week… Roadmending and…
It has been a little while since I updated this particular thread on this blog. Topics covered have included the overhaul of Beamish’s Fowler steam…
This week we look at our two main transport contracts – Dunrobin and 716 (the Leyland Cub) where significant progress has been made over the…
We are very pleased to be able to confirm that the locomotive which will spend at least the first half of the 2015 operating season…
Last week I realised that I had been at Beamish for exactly ten years – something of a personal anniversary perhaps, but one that caused…
The photo above is a taster of what our new arrival, Blackpool 284 (nee 621) might look something like once restored – casting our minds…
Brush car 621 (284) to join the Beamish fleet! Here is a statement that may be of interest to blog followers! In a tri party…
Its been a particularly busy week, with lots happening right across the Transport & Industry operation. Separate posts cover some of the activities in the Colliery…
In anticipation of the arrival of a new locomotive in coming weeks and the forthcoming Christmas Festival at the Waggonway, we’ve been carrying out something…
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