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). …
Last Thursday was a significant one in Samson’s history – the boiler was subject to the insurance company hydraulic test (which it passed) and was…
A more diverse range of news for this report – I am struggling to keep the posts up to date with the work actually taking…
As hinted at on this blog recently, we have added to the collection of vintage vehicles available to staff for use as part of their…
The motoring theme started in the last post continues this week with news of developments within the collections here at Beamish. This won’t be the…
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…
Matt and I had a productive couple of days at Bridgnorth working with the SVR team on Samson’s boiler. This is now complete and awaits…
Anyone who as well as following the blog also follows the Museum’s other social media will not have failed to notice that Saturday the 14th…
We are looking forward to a heavy and focussed workload in the RHEC over the coming years, as present projects are completed and new ones…
As part of the enhanced transport weekend, Power from the Past, and celebrating 114’s 114th birthday, a number of buses played a role in the…
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…
The final enhanced transport weekend of 2015 takes place on November 7 and 8 and concludes the programme which began in the spring with the…
The half-term has arrived and the site is busy with visitors and staff, who are also preparing for the sell-out Halloween evenings, a couple of…
Dare I say we’ve been very busy lately?! It seems to be a repetition that hardly need occur, but in recent weeks has been particularly…
Anyone visiting the museum over the last couple of weeks can’t have failed to notice the large around of ground works taking place around the…
We were recently invited to see the inaugural steaming of the Bingfield Engine at Anson Engine Museum, Cheshire. The Bingfield Engine & Thresher, made between…
This week we have a bit of an engineering focus for those who are interested in the minutia of some of the jobs carried out…
We have quite a mixed bag this week – I’m trying to sweep up various bits of news and occurrences in one post! One last…
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…
Sometimes you need a few days away! My Dad and I thus set a weekend to do some ‘steam stuff’ and this combined a trip…
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…
With the rolling frames of Samson more or less completed, we took the opportunity today to take them down to the narrow gauge railway and…
Power from the Past used to be the theme of the first weekend f September four-day event each year, but this year has been replaced…
There has further narrow gauge activity at Beamish this week – here is a video of our riveting activity last week followed by an overview…
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