
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…

A short post this time, as much of the progress made is a continuation of work seen previously, including Gateshead 10, whose engineering challenges are…

We’ve had quite a bit to report recently, so hopefully readers are enjoying a certain revitalisation of the blog news as a result?! General news…

After all the excitement of holding a mini-event last week, here is a post to sweep up a few other developments and to display a…

Today we held our first transport event since 2019, tied in with the international Twitter Steam Rally (Matt explains what this is in the video…

Over the last two days of this week (Thursday and Friday), Peckett 1370 was prepared for relocation from Rowley Station to the Colliery Railway. Built…

This post is a reminder that our first steam ‘event’ since 2019 is due to take place this Saturday, with weekend and holiday operation on…

It has been some time since I compiled a general news roundup, so here is something to redress that. In terms of transport operation in…

Part 1: Coffee Pot No.1 1871 – 2004 2021 sees the 150th birthday of one of my favourite artefacts at the museum – Head Wrightson…

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…

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…
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