
I thought I’d better have a post to note the recent Steam Gala and Easter weekend – both of which were extremely busy for the…

The day before our transport events usually sees various guest exhibits being inspected and tested, prior to their appearance on the busty event days. This…

This post is a bit of a roundup relating to various matters, as it’s been a few weeks since I had time to post on…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Warden Law Engine This year (2022) marks the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Hetton Railway in Co Durham – a significant occasion in…

This post is a bit of a sweeping up of lose ends exercise, with various bits of news to report. We also had updated figures…

Well, that was quite a weekend!!! The first Beamish Steam Gala format event was blessed with decent weather, superb exhibits and a very good visitor…

This week, as alluded to in the previous post, has been around preparation for the Steam Gala. On Thursday, some of the heavy haulage exhibits…

This week is, as would be expected, all about preparing for the Beamish Steam Gala this coming weekend. The first exhibits arrived on Monday, with…

This post sweeps up a few different themes, that reflect recent progress and look ahead to the forthcoming Beamish Steam Gala… As a result, there…

This week we have a miscellaneous round-up of transport and engineering news. As readers will no doubt know, the big news has been the opening…

Planning for the April Steam Gala continues, and we are now in a position to announce some more exhibits. All the way back in 2017…

In various posts in the recent past I have alluded to our review of all things operational and events. We are now finalising our events…
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