For the first part of the month, here is a fleet/site round-up, to record progress on numerous vehicles. Readers will have noted the previous post…
After the triumph of seeing the SHEW car in operation, for the first in generations, a number of tasks have been attended to in order…
This month has passed by in something of a blur, with lots happening, and therefore quite a bit to report. The separate post regarding the…
In the programme of vehicle conservation and restoration, a number of key dates have been identified as being of significance to certain vehicles within the…
After a period of commissioning, cosmetic attention and a re-upholstering, former Weardale Motor Services Leyland Titan PD2/1 KPT 909 has now been signed off for…
There is just the one post this month – there was plenty to report in May, and June has been a process of putting the…
May is going to be another busy month! The notable occurrences are the re-commencement of operation at Rowley Station (24th May), and the Festival of…
For the final post of the three Workshop Diaries this month, we catch up on a few of the jobs not covered in detail elsewhere… …
We continue our look at the restoration/maintenance activity around the transport collections in this second part of two (maybe even three!) posts for March 2025… …
This month there is so much content available that we’ll split the workshop diary into two posts – this being the first of those, and…
The ongoing work to revive the 1906 Armstrong Whitworth open tourer continues. With the garage shuffle to release it from the showroom complete, it has…
Some years ago I was introduced to two fire engines that were stored in the fire station at Tynemouth. Over subsequent years (probably over a…
The conservation/restoration project being applied to Sunderland Corporation bus No.2 (a 1929 Leyland Lion LT1) continues. Whilst most of the attention is to the saloon…
Welcome to the transport blog and the beginning of our 2025 content… A slightly shorter post this time as I’m keeping some material for separate…
This post has been some years in the making – very much on the to-do list, but then overtaken by other things. So, finally, here…
It was inevitable that as soon as I published the December update, there would be more news for the blog, that ideally fits into any…
This month’s Workshop Diary is appearing a little earlier, as there are some posts earmarked for the festive period and I didn’t want to crowd…
The Duke of Sutherland brake saloon, 58A, is continuing to receive attention in readiness for a return to service in 2025. The old canvas was…
As suggested in the last post, there is a second part to October’s Workshop Diary. There are a number of other posts in preparation, and…
Welcome to the latest blog post and in particular, hello to new readers who are joining from the museum’s Facebook page. The blog has been…
Restoring Sunderland 16’s shine… Sunderland tram 16’s partial repaint started at the beginning of September, aimed at refreshening the appearance of the tram and also…
I’m catching up with posts and news, after taking some leave in August and being away for work too. So after the post dedicated to…
Welcome to the latest blog post, which is something of a mixture of report and thought – as you’ll see below. The workshops are busy,…
There is lots to report this month. It is also worth noting that we had to cancel the rest of Sir Berkeley’s steaming dates here,…
The blog celebrates fifteen years of existence this month – which is rather hard to believe, looking back! Some of the earlier posts were rather…
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