This post marks a return to regular blog updates after some interruption in recent weeks – there has been a great-deal going on, which hasn’t…
Winter continues to bite, with recent snow and rain making ground conditions particularly soft, and the appeal of working outside is seemingly some months away…
One of the aspirations of the current transport strategy at Beamish, is a focus on increasing the use and display of regionally appropriate vehicles wherever…
Welcome to the first blog post of 2023, and we wish all blog readers a happy and peaceful 2023. We pick up where we left…
Welcome to what is the last news update for 2022. I’m aiming to produce a review of the year, plus look forward to 2023 before…
Here is the latest news from the transport and engineering team at Beamish. A mix of coverage, as usual, and probably the penultimate post this…
A late report this week, as we were struck down at home by a bug my one-year old son caught at nursery, and rapidly spread…
It is a short post this week, but with some newsworthy content as projects march forwards. Out on the tramway, a programme of sleeper replacement…
There is quite a bit to report from the last week or so, covering some familiar topics. Meanwhile, the site maintenance team are busy establishing…
Here is a short post, covering a few of the team’s activities as the half-term week reaches its conclusion and we look back at what…
The weeks seem to get shorter and shorter as the year rolls by! The workshops are busy and the work inside is bearing fruit. We…
Followers of the historic transport developments at Beamish may recall that over ten years ago we toyed with the idea of constructing a North Eastern…
A bit of a varied roundup today, to clear the decks and catch up with news from around the team… Trolleybuses Below: At the end…
A quick catch up featuring last week’s work, and a little bit of this week too, with developments on various familiar fronts progressing well. Buses…
In this brief update we continue to follow the progress on Gateshead 10’s heavy overhaul, as well as looking at some work underway to improve…
In October 2021 we were delighted to reveal that one of the model railway manufacturers was producing a range of chaldron waggons in 4mm scale…
We’ve been catching our breath this week after the extremely busy summer holidays, and are now taking stock of feedback, job lists and other works…
This first part of this week’s post focusses on the road transport – buses and trams, plus road signs! The focus of the engineering work…
I realised I hadn’t posted this part-made post, so I’ve included it here for completeness, along with a lot of updates from the last few…
For this post we take a look at a past-resident of the museum, one of the two repatriated Durham County Water Board locomotives that had…
There is quite a bit to report this week, as we’ve had both a number of challenges operationally, and also seen some milestones achieved in…
The last few weeks have been fairly challenging, as we are operating with a depleted team as recruitment is underway and COVID-19 has somewhat ravaged…
Blog coverage has been a little disrupted this last fortnight, but plenty is going on, and for some of it I took photographs to illustrate…
The team have had a busy week, not helped by a fairly widespread dose of COVID-19 resulting in several members having to isolate. Trams and…
Warden Law Engine This year (2022) marks the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Hetton Railway in Co Durham – a significant occasion in…
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