It has been a while since I sat at the keyboard to write a blog post! A combination of things have conspired to reduce the…
We had a new item of rolling stock on test at Beamish last week, in the shape of a new-build Stockton & Darlington Railway chaldron…
The Fares Please! event the weekend before last was a great success and operationally went very well indeed. Whilst the Monday weather deterred many, I’m…
This post covers quite a few aspects of the transport activity at the museum, as I haven’t posted for a little while and there is…
This post marks a return to regular blog updates after some interruption in recent weeks – there has been a great-deal going on, which hasn’t…
Winter continues to bite, with recent snow and rain making ground conditions particularly soft, and the appeal of working outside is seemingly some months away…
Welcome to the first blog post of 2023, and we wish all blog readers a happy and peaceful 2023. We pick up where we left…
Here is the latest news from the transport and engineering team at Beamish. A mix of coverage, as usual, and probably the penultimate post this…
A late report this week, as we were struck down at home by a bug my one-year old son caught at nursery, and rapidly spread…
Work on the Darlington Corporation bus shelter has been on hold whilst we await the availability of our painter and a reasonable stint of good…
This post sweeps up a few different themes, that reflect recent progress and look ahead to the forthcoming Beamish Steam Gala… As a result, there…
This week’s post includes some nice milestones – including the start of testing on the Foulbridge – Town section of the Tramway. There is quite…
As has become the annual tradition, I thought a review of the year was timely, and like 2020’s article, it has the inevitable cloud of…
This week there is quite a lot to report, so I will probably spill some of the image-based content into separate posts next week. Meanwhile,…
Looking at all of the news coverage this week, it certainly feels we’re hitting our stride again, with work very near pre-pandemic levels once again. …
After the excitement of the Autumn Steam Gala, Monday brought another event, of sorts, with the Omnibus Society attending the museum as part of their…
Return of the trams! We’ve waited a long time for this day, and it has been something we know visitors have keenly missed up to…
This week has certainly been a warm one! Looking at some of the track on site, we’ve had a fair bit of distortion in the…
In this post we look at some non-engineering activities that have been underway over the last week or so… Work is still underway to look…
We’ve a strong engineering bias to this week’s post. Matt has been taking detailed photographs of various processes that are often referred to but not…
We roll onwards towards the summer, with various jobs receiving attention. The priority is to commission Crosville 716, complete the repairs to Puffing Billy and…
The weeks are becoming busier as the teams get into their stride with the backlog of maintenance jobs accrued over the last year or so. …
There has been plenty going on this week, so it is nice to compile a detailed blog post recording some of the activity. I tend…
In June 2014, we announced the purchase of our next accessible bus, know more correctly described as a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (as it is often…
We’ve reached the summer half term holiday, including a Bank Holiday Monday within it, and the museum has certainly become much busier. We had targetted…
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