This week’s post reflects the ongoing efforts to ready the tramway for operation, as well as a few other operations odds and ends that I…
In this post, I hand over to Matt Ellis, Keeper of Transport, for a special feature on Gateshead 10, and the extensive engineering work that…
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…
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…
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…
The weeks are becoming busier as the teams get into their stride with the backlog of maintenance jobs accrued over the last year or so. …
There has been plenty going on this week, so it is nice to compile a detailed blog post recording some of the activity. I tend…
We’ve had quite a bit to report recently, so hopefully readers are enjoying a certain revitalisation of the blog news as a result?! General news…
We now reach December, and with the end of the national lockdown but in practice little to relish as the region enters a period of…
Here is the annual summary of tramcar mileages, which are a popular feature on the blog. The tramway has seen another busy season with 25,250…
As has become something of a tradition, here is a review of the last 12 months (which make up a year that has absolutely flown…
The blog recently recorded that we presently have the rather grand total of seven trams available for service! To note this occasion, Matt Ellis and…
The announcement over the past few weeks of the two visiting tram cars has generated considerable excitement and interest. Whilst these announcements have been made a great…
A short post to announce the first confirmed exhibit for the Great North Steam Fair. Manchester 765 to visit Beamish Museum Beamish Museum and Heaton…
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…
Hello and welcome to the blog in 2018… The close of 2017 saw rather fewer posts than had been the case previously – a combination…
I can only apologise for the recent paucity of blog posts – their absence does not reflect a lack of things happening, rather that we…
More of the same this week, with a lot of progress on all fronts, as you will read below… Rowley Station Below: Rob, one of…
This week we look at the vehicles in and around the workshops, these being the subject of the efforts of various teams of staff and…
There has been a bit of a quiet spell on the blog lately – partly as not too much ‘new’ news occurred to report and…
In lieu of a news roundup from last week (as I didn’t get a chance to take any photographs!), here is something much more interesting! …
Some news that I am sure will be of interest to readers of the blog… It is a joint press release and you can also find…
We recently received the donation of a tramcar letterbox, originating from Newcastle and once attached to a tramcar as a means of supplementing the postal…
After over a decade out of passenger use, Sheffield 264 has returned to passenger service following the completion of its overhaul and stunning repaint. The…
Another busy week has been and gone and Easter weekend presents an opportunity for progress on a number of fronts away from the distraction/temptation of…
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