It has been a few weeks since I reported on Samson’s progress, so here is a synopsis of recent, exciting, progress… Below: The drain cocks…
As usual, here is the usual round-up of news from the Transport side of things around the Museum. More to follow next week… Below: Some…
After a little break in the reports on Samson’s rapid construction, which in no way indicates an absence of progress (!), here is an update…
The post-event glow has now faded almost to the point of evaporation as we set about getting ready for the high-season, with numerous things that…
With so much going on out on site, with the Festival of Transport dominating, I haven’t reported much on our other activities. We have had…
Today our summer season began, it was also the first day of the Great North Festival of Transport (featuring the community led ‘Old King Coal’…
Samson’s progress this week has echoed the manic quest to get ready for the new season occurring all around it, with a major step being…
Lots to report today – with the big event and start of the season bearing down upon us a great deal of work is being…
It has been a few weeks since we last looked in on progress on Samson, but this doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been a great…
In this post we will have a look around the site, and RHEC, at some of the other projects taking place that haven’t been looked…
A lot has been reported on the blog re the restoration of No.18. Like all projects, there always seems to be bits and pieces that…
After a few days leave here is the latest T&I news from Beamish. You may also notice some subtle changes to the Blog, part of…
Work on all fronts continues at a startling rate – how did we cope without the facilities we now have?! I’ve already sketched out the…
The winter season brings with it the benefit (from a maintenance point of view) of the Museum being closed on Monday’s and Fridays. This enables…
Here is an update on the various projects under way in and around the RHEC… Below: Tony is forging ahead with the Londonderry box chaldron…
The RHEC (pronounced ‘Wreck’) team has been busy on both repairs and restorations lately – here is a glimpse of some of those which take…
This week has been particularly busy, with no end of occurrences (and breakdowns) to deal with as well as a break in the recent wet…
There are a number of posts in preparation but for starters here is a brief update on some of the projects in the RHEC that…
As well as the recent event, there has been a certain amount of progress on other fronts, not least Samson and the Bread Van. The…
Progress continues on numerous projects, as well as the day-to-day work on the transport and industry exhibits across the Museum – summer is always the…
It seems like a while since we last had an update on the blog, so to redress things, here is an update on a ‘typical’…
The project to restore (or heavily ‘tart up’!) the Harry Vickers built 1950s caravan that we purchased earlier in the year is in its closing…
There is quite a bit of finishing work taking place on the RHEC (Regional Heritage Engineering Centre) at the moment, though much work still taking…
Following a fortnight’s holiday (more of which in due course – inevitably such a break involved trains!) I returned and offer this post as a quick…
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