Ian Yates has reported on progress on the Forcett Coach’s restoration… Below: A reminder of a previous restoration, being undertaken in 1974 at Shildon Wagon…
Last Friday night (and this Friday coming) Beamish held its nocturnal Christmas events. Andy was out and about with his camera doing what makes him…
The latest film on Beamish’s Youtube pages shows the wood sawing display at the Power from the Past event last September. Thanks to an ultra-compact…
Below: The concrete for the base of the tram depot Road 4 rails was poured this morning, as these three views show… Below: The core…
During 2011 we have benefited from the contributions of four placements under the Engineering Heritage Skills Initiative scheme, and in turn these placements have benefited…
In 2009 I posted on the blog a short film made in the late 1960s by Jon Marsh. Having checked back on this I realised…
On a number of visits to Bridgnorth we have on several occasions pondered the purpose of four hooks mounted on each corner of Dunrobin’s bufferbeams….
Below: An unusual site for a winter Monday is to see a large proportion of the tram and bus fleet outside. Basking in the sun…
Below: We have quietly aimed for having enhanced activity for the Transport & Industry department on the first weekend of the month through 2011 and…
Below: 196’s truck was removed this morning to enable the wheelsets and motors to be stripped out and receive overhauls and wheel re-profiling. The truck…
To ring the changes the blog has been given a bit of a makeover and thanks to Andy Martin’s efforts it now looks much sharper…
29th November 2011 Readers of this blog may be interested in a new post which Beamish is currently advertising on the main website – for…
28th November 2011 As readers of the blog will no doubt be aware, the Transport & Industry department at Beamish is a great beneficiary of…
25th November 2011 Below: The work to prepare the tram depot floor for partial removal of concrete to allow track laying has been completed. The…
25th November 2011 Andy Basnett called in today and brought the following photographs showing his restoration of the Hodbarrow side tipper body to date. Below:…
23rd November 2011 Below: This morning a Brimec type lorry arrived to move the Waggonway train from Pockerley to the Colliery, partly to free up…
22nd November 2011 Our Christmas season opened on Saturday and as part of this Father Christmas was subjected (!) to a trip to Durham aboard…
18th November 2011 Road 4 is getting longer, as the two photos below show. The rails are working their way around the traction pole (and…
18th November 2011 Vincent Allen has completed the overhaul of the wheelsets for the Hodbarrow side tipper. Meanwhile, the ironwork for the chassis has been…
16th November 2011 Below: Work continues on Road 4 – more rails are being brought in from store and placed ready for laying out and…
15th November 2011 Below: Sunderland 101 leaves the depot and crosses the new pointwork in the yard. Below: Initial marking up of Road 4 is…
15th November 2011 On Saturday I was at the Apedale Valley Light Railway in Stoke for a meeting. Appropriately for the weekend (Remembrance Sunday) two…
11th November 2011 Below: Brian has been working on recommissioning the Armstrong Whitworth car. The magneto (which generates the spark – this car does not…
9th November 2011 Below: Well, they did it! The turnout was installed and the team even got around to removing the remains of the tramway…
9th November 2011 Here are a few photographs (taken on my phone so I apologise for the rather weak colours and poor quality) showing some…
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