I start with an apology – this post will feature Samson, a lot! There has been a comment regarding the railway-heavy content on this blog. …
Not too much to report this week, so instead some pretty photographs will have to do! There is news on Dunrobin, which is never far…
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…
This week we have another eclectic mixture of projects, all of which have been progressing within the Regional Heritage Engineering Centre (RHEC) or which will…
Most of this post is focused on the operation of buses at Beamish – including the rapid construction of the new depot and workshop as…
The inevitable focus this week is on the arrival of Box 40 from Blackpool, and its subsequent commissioning prior to entering service at Beamish. I’ve…
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…
Welcome to the blog in 2019. Here we have the annual summary of tramcar mileages as well as an update of what is going on…
For this post we have an eclectic mix of projects from the workshops and out on site… Rowley Station Below: With the assistance of the…
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…
This week’s post is more of an interim one as I haven’t been around the site as much during the week… Steam Operations Below: Rambler,…
More updates on ongoing projects and maintenance this week… The RHEC is making headway on a number of fronts, some of which are smaller jobs…
A good deal of news from the machine shop this week… The Dandy coach is also progressing well, with varnishing and cosmetic detailing underway whilst…
This week we see progress on vehicles and rolling stock – the high mileages of the bus and tram fleet being particularly noticeable at this…
A shorter report this time – just to bring readers up to date on the items reported in post number 11… Rowley Station Below: The…
More news from the RHEC in this post… On site work continues to repaint the Colliery screens/winder house building. The school holidays have begun too…
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…
Unlike previous years, I’ve not had a chance to add much about the steam fair this year – so here is a small gallery of…
With less than a week to go until the Great North (War) Steam Fair, Friday and Saturday have been spent preparing the Colliery area, largely…
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