Without a doubt the Great North Steam Fair last week was our best-ever transport event, receiving many favorable comments and seeing a huge variety of…
In anticipation of a dedicated gallery to teh Great North Festival of Transport 2014, here are some more images taken on my rather battered compact…
We are now halfway through the Great North Steam Fair – and with the sun shining today visitors could enjoy what must be our best…
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…
The last two weeks have been busy preparing for and operating the first two four-day weekends of the Great North Festival of Transport. With so…
Although the museum site has been covered in mist for the past few days our Old King Coal celebrations and the opening of the Pony…
In a previous post within ‘Rolling Restorations’ we met EE 067, my A Series Barford & Perkins motor roller. One of the main things it…
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…
In between all things ‘event’, I thought a quick update on Dunrobin might be of interest. Work is progressing in a number of areas: Phase…
The entrants for the Great North Festival of Transport are still being confirmed – you can see an updated gallery in the relevant post (which…
The Pit Pony Stable project is now nearing completion, ready for its grand opening on 29th March. Over the past few weeks the building has…
Here is a smattering of news from the Transport & Industry department at Beamish. The main focus at the moment is getting ready for the…
I thought a post about a steam roller might ring the changes, with a look at the work being carried out on our 1931 built…
I recently purchased a set of photographs taken on the Grimsby & Immingham Tramway – one of them was of particular interest, featuring No.26 –…
The sun has shone today, with real warmth from it too. Hopefully this will last over the weekend for all of those visiting our Blackpool…
Just a reminder to fans of Blackpool trams that this weekend sees our whole service operated by the current ex Blackpool residents – 31, 167,…
As reported in the last Pit Pony Stables update work is now progressing with tub track in the stable yard. Tracks such as these provided a…
We have been very saddened by the recent death of a stalwart of the Museum and the Beamish Tramway Group – Tony Wickens. Tony died…
We are very pleased to announce that we have completed the purchase of Sunderland tram No.101 (formerly Blackpool 703) from the Lancastrian Transport Trust. Purchase…
As usual here is a round up of some of the goings on around the workshops. Its half-term here and you can find wider coverage…
Part 3 of this occasional series ponders on some of the questions raised as I begin to research EE067 and start the first tasks in…
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…
Our band of ex-BT volunteers are starting to make real progress with the telephone exchange. The exchange is working more reliably than it has for…
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…
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