Two weeks have rolled by since the last posting of T&I news, the weeks seemingly passing at an ever-quickening rate! The team are currently assisting…
We have found ourselves in something of a spot – with the early departure of Portbury to cover a motive power shortage at its home…
We start this week’s post with news of a new arrival in the shape of a Doxford Crane Tank. This example is Roker, and whilst…
Another mixed week with news and event announcements in this post. Its also been a week of training and travelling, which always makes things interesting! RHEC/Site Support…
We have now moved out of the transport festival and into that bit of the season which offers something of a lull before the summer…
Half term arrives next week, with the first day of nine days of Museum activity beginning tomorrow (Saturday). A project called ‘Just one spark’ is…
Dare I say we’ve been very busy lately?! It seems to be a repetition that hardly need occur, but in recent weeks has been particularly…
We have quite a mixed bag this week – I’m trying to sweep up various bits of news and occurrences in one post! One last…
Some fantastic news from Statfold Barn, with the completion of Samson’a driving wheels being unveiled. Below: These three views show the rolling chassis assembled and…
Regular, visitors may have noticed the lack of steam at the Fairground this week. This has been caused by a broken stud in the fire…
In 2012 the ‘Indiana Three’ returned to the UK. Ex Penrhyn Quarry narrow gauge locomotives Winifred, Ogwen and Glyder returned from long exile in the…
Another busy week! With two significant new arrivals into the collection, much progress on other projects and another exciting development in the offing, the usual…
Just a short addition to Paul’s last posting marking the end of the festival of Transport. Below are a few images from the weekends Old…
We are ending our Great North Festival Transport with our annual Old King Coal event. This community led event celebrates the regions mining heritage and…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 4th April A shorter posting this week, in anticipation of a plethora of postings as we get…
On what turned out to be the first really spring like day of 2015 (i.e. it was warm enough not to need a coat, there…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 8th March 2015 Its slightly alarming to find we are now well into March and still feel…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 31st 2015 Bus Restoration Below: This week we collected our second Leyland Cub, HL9621, from a location…
New and interesting photographs continue to emerge from collections, online auctions and donations – here is a smattering of some of the recent material that…
Since the sad news of the death of Frank Atkinson, the museum’s founding Director, we wanted to mark his contribution to the Transport and Industry…
The title photo sums up much of what we try to achieve – to present to visitors a real sense of the past in tangible…
Having started to number the weekly news posts, it is clear that something went awry and we are a little short on numbers – I…
With the help of members of the Friends we were made aware of some interesting industrial relics in Northumberland. A 20ft set of workshop line shafting,…
In anticipation of the arrival of a new locomotive in coming weeks and the forthcoming Christmas Festival at the Waggonway, we’ve been carrying out something…
On Saturday we made a start with a new team formed to tackle narrow gauge projects on a volunteer basis, partly formed from staff and…
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