2nd April 2011 It’s only 12 days away now – don’t forget the Great North Steam Fair, the regions premier steam and vintage transport event!…
2nd April 2011 Today the Y7 had it’s first steaming at Beamish. Following a lengthy and gentle warming plus a thorough inspection By Stuart Hines,…
2nd April 2011 Here are some random photos from the last week – some took a while to put up on the blog as I…
2nd April 2011 A fine sunny day today saw a lot of progress being made around Foulbridge, with the Friends carrying out work on existing…
1st April 2011 Due to over-running track works, this weekends anticipated debut on the Rowley passenger train has been postponed until the following weekend. The…
31st March 2011 Stuart Hines (the Steam Engineer) was down in Suffolk recently and called in to see progress on the Ruston, Proctor portable which…
28th March 2011 The Tram Group are currently diligently working on Mondays and Thursdays on 101, 114 and on various other jobs. These include maintenance…
28th March 2011 Maybe it was the relief at it running, or maybe the gas, but the Robinson gas engine has been running today for…
28th March 2011 Below: Newcastle 114 is now beginning to wear a number of varied shades of primer and undercoat as the push to have…
28th March 2011 Few recent visitors to Beamish can fail to have noticed the increasingly perilous state of the road through the Pit Village and…
28th March 2011 For many years I have been working on the ultimate transport guide to the Beamish collection. This is still some way off,…
23rd march 2011 I realise that we still have yet to hold the Great North Steam Fair, but as there seems to be some internet…
22nd March 2011 I called in at Dave Young’s workshop today to collect the newly restored gas engine and potato chipper. He is making terrific…
22nd March 2011 A quick roundup of a spring Monday at Beamish: Below: The Fergie tractor was at work in the Pockerley area, volunteer Dick…
20th March 2011 As ever the Friends have been busy carrying out a wide variety of restoration and conservation works on Beamish’s behalf. Here is…
18th March 2011 This week has been as busy as ever, but with a lot of behind the scenes work, whence less than usual on…
16th March 2011 Some more confirmations for the Great North Steam Fair have been put on the Flickr site covering the event (to the right…
15th March 2011 Here are the latest photos from David Young showing the chip chipper and gas engine complete and ready for collection. They will…
15th March 2011 Progress on the chip shop is now focussed on the internal works, with the external landscaping and paths virtually complete. Here are…
9th March 2011 Today I called in at Shildon (NRM) to meet Anthony Coulls and catch up on various and varied matters, as always the…
4th March 2011 This week a major clear up of the stockpile of track fittings and rail behind the town commenced. This is to clear…
4th March 2011 In my spare (!) time I occasionally get around to doing a little model making and was recently looking for a prototype…
3rd March 2011 With 513 making its first runs at the East Anglian Transport Museum, a look back to its arrival at Beamish seems appropriate!…
26th February 2011 Exciting news from Anthony Coulls in Shildon, who has in his care the ex Northumberland County Council Aveling 15 ton roller which…
25th February 2011 David Young, true to his word, is busily overhauling the chip shop gas engine (as we shall now refer to this Robinson…
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