Workshop Diary March 2025 Part 1

Workshop Diary March 2025 Part 1

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…

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Workshop Diary SCT No.2: January Update

Workshop Diary SCT No.2: January Update

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…

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Workshop Diary January 2025

Workshop Diary January 2025

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…

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Roof rebuild for the Duke's Saloon

Roof rebuild for the Duke’s Saloon

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…

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Workshop Diary September 2024

Workshop Diary September 2024

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…

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T&I News 7 2024...

T&I News 7 2024…

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,…

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T&I News 5 2024...

T&I News 5 2024…

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,…

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T&I News 3 2024...

T&I News 3 2024…

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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T&I News 14 2023...

T&I News 14 2023…

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…

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2023 - 2026: Looking ahead to the next three years...

2023 – 2026: Looking ahead to the next three years…

I realise that July is upon us and that I have not done the customary summary of 2022, let alone the look ahead to 2023…

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T&I News 12 2023...

T&I News 12 2023…

Firstly, an apology for the long gap since the last blog post – I’ve been away and also dealing with some family matters, so haven’t…

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