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…
This week presents another mixed-bag of news from around the site, as carried out by the Transport & Industry/Site Support teams. A little bit of…
Some exciting news for tram enthusiasts and Beamish visitors alike: Marton Box 31 and Standard 147 to swap places for 2016! Photos above courtesy of…
My apologies to those who have missed the blog for the last week or so. The completion of a manuscript for a book detailing Samson’s…
The extensive testing of Sheffield 264 continues, the aim being to carry out all remedial work before the tram re-enters Road 1 for completion of…
As a bit of a bonus, here is an additional news update for this week, to be followed by one next week then an intermission…
There is something of a narrow gauge theme this week, and a focus on work within the warmth of the RHEC (Regional Heritage Engineering Centre). …
A more diverse range of news for this report – I am struggling to keep the posts up to date with the work actually taking…
This week we have something of a road vehicle theme, as we look at a number of projects currently underway at Beamish or on our…
The weather hasn’t been entirely kind to our last weekend of enhanced transport here at Beamish, and with Newcastle 114 as the star attraction it…
After some time in pieces, 1907 built Sheffield 264 has now been reassembled into a recognisable shape once again as it enters the final stages…
Well, autumn seems to have arrived – golden leaves are appearing across the Museum and we’ve been basking in warm sunshine for over a week! Rain last week did…
I’ve been off site quite a bit over the last two weeks so here is a quick summary of news for the blog, with the…
There is quite a lot to catch up with this week, so her we go with the usual varied round of news from the T&I…
As we approach the longest day (Oh no! Now they start getting shorter!), the work to develop and maintain the transport collections continues. As we…
Following on from Jonathan’s post showing the work undertaken more or less behind the scenes at Beamish, here is a taster of what is ongoing, off site,…
There will be a number of separate posts over the next week or so covering some news from the transport side of things at Beamish,…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 28th March 2014 This week we have a fairly full posting, reflecting lot of work in the…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 21st March 2015 Another busy week behind us and with the weather warming up and projects on…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 31st 2015 Bus Restoration Below: This week we collected our second Leyland Cub, HL9621, from a location…
Covering the period up to and including Saturday 24th January 2015 Here is a mixed presentation of news from the team this week, covering site activities and progress…
New and interesting photographs continue to emerge from collections, online auctions and donations – here is a smattering of some of the recent material that…
The title photo sums up much of what we try to achieve – to present to visitors a real sense of the past in tangible…
News on the blog has been a little short lately. Not because nothing is happening, but because a great deal o my time has been…
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