Last week Beamish reopened, though not without a few dramas along the way (as might be expected when waking any site from a period of…
It is hard to believe that it is mid-November already! I was writing up some notes for the next edition of the Beamish magazine (which…
As members of staff return to work from their lengthy furlough, the workshops and technical teams are assessing the engineering and transport systems as we…
I hope readers will forgive another round of images featuring Crosville 716… We visited the bus today to view progress and discuss some of the…
Once again it has been a bit tricky finding news to report on this blog, as the transport situation remains static, with the two Daimlers…
There is, it has been pointed out, a danger of this blog becoming the Beamish Bus Blog – somewhat inevitable, perhaps, given the only transport…
The schools have gone back and we are now contemplating operations under the new ‘normal’ outside of the school holiday period. The weather has been…
The summer holidays are now drawing to a close and with school children anticipated to return to school next week, this weekend (a bank holiday…
This is the twentieth post since we closed in March, so I thougth I would start with thanking everyone who contributed to the blog during…
The blog has been a little quiet lately, but this has been due to the extensive behind the scenes preparations ahead of the announcement (and…
The Motor Buses at Beamish Museum In 1987 Beamish introduced its first dedicated bus service for visitors to the Museum’s extensive site, connecting Pit Hill…
There is something of a bus theme this week! However, to provide some balance, the steam locomotives are included, whose steam tests ahead of the…
As usual, here is a bit of a roundup of news from the transport and engineering team… I’ve also included some words from Andrew Neale,…
Welcome to Beamish Transport Online 2020 – Happy New Year and here we go with the eleventh year of the transport blog covering the operational…
As has become something of a tradition, here is a review of the last 12 months (which make up a year that has absolutely flown…
Bus Depot The depot is now more or less complete and on Friday 22nd it was formally opened by guests from Go North-East, The Reece…
Another busy couple of weeks have flown by, so here are some news items to keep abreast of work taking place within the transport department…
It has been a very busy few weeks, so here is a roundup of what has been taking place within the transport team at the…
I start with an apology – this post will feature Samson, a lot! There has been a comment regarding the railway-heavy content on this blog. …
There has been plenty to report on the blog lately – and this week is no different! Anyone able to visit this coming weekend can…
This morning Rotherham 220 and Darlington 4 were posed in the Town street for photographs to be taken for future publicity material use. This obviously…
Most of this post is focused on the operation of buses at Beamish – including the rapid construction of the new depot and workshop as…
A glance through the content of this post reveals just how varied the work is, and how much is going on, carried out largely by…
Welcome back to the Beamish Transport Blog… As many of you will know, the original site suffered some issues recently, not least an amount of…
I can only apologise for the recent paucity of blog posts – their absence does not reflect a lack of things happening, rather that we…
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