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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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A shorter post this time – but one which hopefully satisfies those with an interest in what we get up to behind the scenes here……
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The week has been dominated by the arrival of exhibits for Wheels of Industry this weekend, and preparing the various railway exhibits for operation. Here…
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I think it is fair to say that the blog is becoming more of a monthly newsletter now – and certainly for the T&I posts,…
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Welcome to 2024! I very much hope to increase the rate of posting this year, as it fell a little behind my own aspirations for…
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Another lengthy break in blog posts, due to having taken some unplanned leave. But work has continued on various fronts, and plans/arrangements remain underway for…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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As has become the annual tradition, I thought a review of the year was timely, and like 2020’s article, it has the inevitable cloud of…
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After last week’s bumper post, this week is a little shorter! I have a couple of other, subject specific, posts in the pipeline however, to…
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This week saw an important event take place, albeit in the hours before the museum opened on Tuesday; namely the first tramcar movement (outside of…
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This week has certainly been a warm one! Looking at some of the track on site, we’ve had a fair bit of distortion in the…
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We’re back to looking at some of the engineering taking place behind the scenes this week, starting with the fabrication shop and moving onto the…
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We’ve a strong engineering bias to this week’s post. Matt has been taking detailed photographs of various processes that are often referred to but not…
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We roll onwards towards the summer, with various jobs receiving attention. The priority is to commission Crosville 716, complete the repairs to Puffing Billy and…
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Well, no sooner had I said ‘staff returning from furlough’ the whole picture changed as the UK Government announced further restrictions, which brought about the…
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As members of staff return to work from their lengthy furlough, the workshops and technical teams are assessing the engineering and transport systems as we…
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The schools have gone back and we are now contemplating operations under the new ‘normal’ outside of the school holiday period. The weather has been…
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There has been very little to report on the transport blog lately (for obvious reasons), meanwhile the operation of the museum in these new and…
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