This week has been half-term at the museum, so we have been open every day and welcoming a steady stream of visitors – many coming…
This week we have a miscellaneous round-up of transport and engineering news. As readers will no doubt know, the big news has been the opening…
Planning for the April Steam Gala continues, and we are now in a position to announce some more exhibits. All the way back in 2017…
This week’s post includes some nice milestones – including the start of testing on the Foulbridge – Town section of the Tramway. There is quite…
In various posts in the recent past I have alluded to our review of all things operational and events. We are now finalising our events…
In this report we take a look specifically at the ongoing restoration of ex Dundee Gas Works Kerr Stuart 0-4-0WT No.721. This project is largely…
Today we called in at North Bay Engineering to view progress on the restoration of the Darlington cast-iron bus shelter. Since we last saw it,…
Here are some more images and a film of No.18’s last day in steam yesterday – David Watchman filmed these for our social media platforms,…
Happy New Year and welcome to a the first blog post of 2022 (if we exclude the review of 2021, which was started last year…
As has become the annual tradition, I thought a review of the year was timely, and like 2020’s article, it has the inevitable cloud of…
NEXUS visit Beamish By Matthew Ellis, Keeper of Transport Through contacts set up with Les Brunton from the Beamish Tramway Group, on Monday 13th December…
The blog resumes following a short hibernation (as I was on paternity leave!) with an update covering the period I was off. Matt kept notes…
Below: No.18 has been relocated to Rowley Station in order to carry out the shunting associated with Christmas (grottos once again being assembled in the…
Last weekend, we had No.18 and No.1370 in steam in the late afternoon in readiness for darkness, when Andy Martin was visiting us in order…
After last week’s bumper post, this week is a little shorter! I have a couple of other, subject specific, posts in the pipeline however, to…
This week there is quite a lot to report, so I will probably spill some of the image-based content into separate posts next week. Meanwhile,…
Looking at all of the news coverage this week, it certainly feels we’re hitting our stride again, with work very near pre-pandemic levels once again. …
In this post we hand over to Matt Ellis, Keeper of Transport, for an update on Gateshead 10’s mechanical overhaul… As promised, here is an…
After the excitement of the Autumn Steam Gala, Monday brought another event, of sorts, with the Omnibus Society attending the museum as part of their…
I wasn’t able to take many photographs during the steam (and other transport) gala last weekend, but the ones that I did manage were blessed…
This weeks post inevitably focusses on the forthcoming transport activities this weekend, but I’ve also included a video that I am sure readers will enjoy. …
The weeks following the summer holidays often remain busy and that has been no exception this year. Whilst behind the scenes, work has progressed along…
Return of the trams! We’ve waited a long time for this day, and it has been something we know visitors have keenly missed up to…
This week’s post reflects the ongoing efforts to ready the tramway for operation, as well as a few other operations odds and ends that I…
In this post, I hand over to Matt Ellis, Keeper of Transport, for a special feature on Gateshead 10, and the extensive engineering work that…
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