Part 1: Coffee Pot No.1 1871 – 2004 2021 sees the 150th birthday of one of my favourite artefacts at the museum – Head Wrightson…
For the first time in some months we have a post that doesn’t feature buses! The visit of Glyder’s owner, alongside the arrival back at…
At this time, with the museum closed, there is very little news to report. However, there are various queries that have arrived, or observations that…
I regularly search online for negatives or prints relating to the transport collections at Beamish. Seaham Harbour is a particular favourite and over the years…
Hodbarrow Side Tipping Waggon With the aim of finding some things to talk about during what is likely to be a slow spring for us…
Updated 22/04/20 In order to generate some content for the blog, I thought I’d take a look at the things I have been meaning to…
Following on from the previous post, we now move on to April 2010, ten years ago and with preparations underway for the Power from the…
Whilst we are not generating any news at the moment, certainly in terms of blog content, I thought it would be interesting to look back…
Unbelievably, another February half-term is nearly over and we are enjoyed a fairly busy week at the museum, having largely escaped recent storms (other than…
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,…
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…
A short post this week – time having run away from us for a lengthier report! Bus Depot Below: David Watchman took these photos for…
I thought a quick post showing some views of the Old King Coal event over the weekend might be of interest to readers… First of…
There has been plenty to report on the blog lately – and this week is no different! Anyone able to visit this coming weekend can…
It’s been a busy week so far… We have seen the return to steam of Glyder, No.18’s trip to Tanfield and the arrival of 813…
Back in March 2012 the blog carried the news that Beamish would display two former Durham County Water Board two-foot gauge steam locomotives, named Ogwen…
Its been a wet week at Beamish! This hasn’t hampered any of the activities, but it has made it unpleasant at times – not least…
I’m sure blog readers will be interested to see what is happening with the Great North Steam Fair this weekend – it would be fair…
I start this post with a reminder that the Great North Steam Fair starts tomorrow! Four very full days of veteran road vehicles, trams, buses,…
Preparations are well underway for the forthcoming Great North Steam Fair. Friday and Saturday last week were spent shunting the Colliery standard and narrow gauge…
Apologies for the fairly lengthy gestation of this report – lots happening and a lot of work on Remaking Beamish to cover as well. Our…
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…
A mixed assortment of news this week… Vehicles Below: Following the successful installation of the refurbished engine (with new, to this bus, block), the old…
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…
This posting is largely pictorial and includes a few random galleries relating to recent events etc. RHEC Below: The Model T team have stripped the…
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