A year since I first met Dunrobin in the flesh and eight months since it returned to the UK we are very pleased to announce…
Newcastle and Gateshead Official Tram Services Map We were recently able to purchase this wonderful folded guide to Newcastle and Gateshead tram services, dated April…
For those who subscribe to this blog I apologise for the appearance of some sort of large orange symbol at the top of each post…
It has been a busy couple of weeks with progress on several fronts but primarily a focus on various projects and research subjects that will…
Below: I called in at Stanegate last Thursday to see the Forcett coach and Ian Yates has also sent some further images showing progress. Below…
Here are the latest views of progress on the Forcett coach’s restoration at Stanegate Restorations & Replicas, as sent through by Ian Yates who leads…
Below: Another productive week on Lewin! On Tuesday I called in on Alton Engineering who are rapidly bringing to a conclusion the restoration of the…
Below: Colin Slater, who assists in coordinating the work that the Friends workshop volunteers do at Beamish, send through these photos of a ‘typical’ Saturday’s…
As the work to complete Lewin accelerates towards its conclusion (I hope!) in the late spring, I thought I would cover the progress on the…
Below: The latest addition to the Steam Mule ‘assemblage of steam bling and ornamentation’ (!) is this small water pump. Dave Young built it from…
Below: The restoration of the water cart by the Friends volunteers has taken a great step forwards after they rapidly dismantled it and dispatched the…
Few visitors to Beamish lately will have failed to notice how hard the bus fleet is working. There are some long term plans to expand…
Happy New Year to all blog followers! After a break I have returned full of ideas for the year ahead, which certainly looks to be…
The blog (well, me!) will be taking a break for the next week or so. I’d like to thank everyone for following these musings and…
Below: Not Lewin but relevant as it is the same workshop – this is the crankshaft from the Ruston portable seen on a lathe at…
Below: A superb effort by the track team with assistance from other members of the Facilities department saw the concrete to encase the new depot…
Below: I was recently trawling the Internet looking for background information or any new photographs of trams/locomotives/rolling stock in the Beamish collection when under the…
Below: To start this post here is a morning photo of Sunderland 16 heading into service – quite nice weather, unlike this evening! Below: The…
Readers and followers of other forums, blogs and internet sites, as well as those who are members of the Tramway Museum Society and in receipt…
Ian Yates has reported on progress on the Forcett Coach’s restoration… Below: A reminder of a previous restoration, being undertaken in 1974 at Shildon Wagon…
Last Friday night (and this Friday coming) Beamish held its nocturnal Christmas events. Andy was out and about with his camera doing what makes him…
The latest film on Beamish’s Youtube pages shows the wood sawing display at the Power from the Past event last September. Thanks to an ultra-compact…
Below: The concrete for the base of the tram depot Road 4 rails was poured this morning, as these three views show… Below: The core…
During 2011 we have benefited from the contributions of four placements under the Engineering Heritage Skills Initiative scheme, and in turn these placements have benefited…
In 2009 I posted on the blog a short film made in the late 1960s by Jon Marsh. Having checked back on this I realised…
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