It has been a little while since I’ve been out on the road to look at potential visiting exhibits or objects we may consider bringing…
There are a couple of updates this week, so we start with the NER station… Rowley Station Below: Regular volunteer Peter has made two replica…
This week features a brief snapshot of news items, taken around the Museum during the last working week. A great deal of other work is…
Hello and welcome to 2017! This is the first news post, which I intend to label by number rather than week of the year –…
Whilst readers will not have failed to notice the blog has been a little quite lately, this does not mean that a great deal hasn’t…
As has become customary, here is a brief review of 2016 and some of the highlights within the Transport & Industry/Site Support team. Needless to…
Here is a report on the volunteer narrow gauge projects from Keeper of Transport Matt Ellis. I’ve added images and captions to his report to…
We are now on the run into Christmas, with the site busy with visitors and the workshops advancing various projects which, working week-wise, don’t have…
We’re back – for now at least! Here is a quick catch-up on recent news from the T&I department… Narrow Gauge Railway Below: Since the last…
Its been a while since I posted, in part this is due to all of the various projects underway but in the main because, as…
Whilst April 2017 seems a very long way off, time is rapidly passing and exhibits are being invited to what will be the Great North…
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! …
This week’s post is something of a scrapbook, covering some workshop and site works as well as last weekends Power from the Past enhanced transport…
Here is a post to add some information on the forthcoming Power from the Past weekend (next weekend). The dates for this have variously been…
Having had a fortnight off, then a week catching up, there is quite a bit of content in this posting! It is also worth mentioning…
Some exciting news that I am sure has been eagerly awaited by many, Matt Ellis our Keeper of Transport reports on our latest hire locomotive….
As has been hinted on this blog previously, we have been looking for additional motive power for Rowley Station and the Colliery, to enable us…
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…
The summer holidays roll on and the site remains incredibly busy, no doubt assisted by favourable weather and perhaps the recent TV appearances on the…
An update on the Model T programme seems timely, starting with a review of recent activities on these projects. Crewe Tractor Below: For the Museum’s…
This week we take a look at the RHEC activities, which continue unabated whilst the site is busy with visitors and the anticipated school holiday…
This last week brought with it some mixed weather, with scorching sunshine, a spectacular electrical storm and quite a bit of cloud too. Under these…
Two weeks have rolled by since the last posting of T&I news, the weeks seemingly passing at an ever-quickening rate! The team are currently assisting…
Before a news report, a reminder for anyone thinking of coming to Beamish this weekend that it is the Somme commemoration and we are operating…
As part of a project funded by the Major Partner Museums scheme (MPM), the station gardens at Rowley are receiving dedicated attention from staff member…
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