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T&I News 28 2022...

T&I News 28 2022…

December 3, 2022
Paul Jarman
Bus Restorations, Collections, Engineering, Industrial Archaeology, NER 559 K Class, News, RHEC, Steam Locomotives, Tram Restorations

A late report this week, as we were struck down at home by a bug my one-year old son caught at nursery, and rapidly spread…

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T&I News 19 2022...

T&I News 19 2022…

September 13, 2022
Paul Jarman
Engineering, Industrial Archaeology, News, RHEC, Tram Restorations

We’ve been catching our breath this week after the extremely busy summer holidays, and are now taking stock of feedback, job lists and other works…

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T&I News 12 2022...

T&I News 12 2022…

June 2, 2022
Paul Jarman
Collections, Engineering, Industrial Archaeology, News, Vintage & Veteran

The team have had a busy week, not helped by a fairly widespread dose of COVID-19 resulting in several members having to isolate.  Trams and…

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T&I News 11 2022...

T&I News 11 2022…

April 30, 2022
Paul Jarman
Bus Shelter Restoration, Engineering, News

Here is a short update this week, to keep news posts ticking along… Engineering Below: The two portable ‘pits have arrived from North Bay Railway…

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T&I News 9 2022...

T&I News 9 2022…

April 11, 2022
Paul Jarman
Beamish Steam Gala, Industrial Archaeology, News, Steam Locomotives, Vintage & Veteran

Well, that was quite a weekend!!!  The first Beamish Steam Gala format event was blessed with decent weather, superb exhibits and a very good visitor…

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T&I News 6 2022...

T&I News 6 2022…

April 1, 2022
Paul Jarman
Bus Restorations, Colliery, Engineering, Industrial Archaeology, News, Steam Locomotives, Vintage & Veteran

This post sweeps up a few different themes, that reflect recent progress and look ahead to the forthcoming Beamish Steam Gala…  As a result, there…

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T&I News 5 2022

T&I News 5 2022

March 22, 2022
Paul Jarman
Colliery, Engineering, Industrial Archaeology, Narrow Gauge Railway, News, Vintage & Veteran

After a bit of a gap, the news returns…  We’ve been very busy across the museum, in all departments.  It is also the time of…

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T&I News 4 2022...

T&I News 4 2022…

February 24, 2022
Paul Jarman
Bus Shelter Restoration, Industrial Archaeology, News, Tram Restorations

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…

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T&I News 32 2021...

T&I News 32 2021…

October 23, 2021
Paul Jarman
Bus Restorations, Colliery, Engineering, Industrial Archaeology, Narrow Gauge Railway, News, Steam Locomotives, Tram Restorations

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,…

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T&I News 31 2021...

T&I News 31 2021…

October 7, 2021
Paul Jarman
Bus Restorations, Engineering, Industrial Archaeology, News, Steam Locomotives, Tram Restorations, Vintage & Veteran

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. …

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T&I News 28 2021...

T&I News 28 2021…

September 17, 2021
Paul Jarman
Colliery, Narrow Gauge Railway, News, Steam Locomotives, Vintage & Veteran

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…

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T&I News 19 2021...

T&I News 19 2021…

June 30, 2021
Paul Jarman
Bus Restorations, Collections, Industrial Archaeology, News, RHEC, Steam Locomotives, Vintage & Veteran

We’ve a strong engineering bias to this week’s post.  Matt has been taking detailed photographs of various processes that are often referred to but not…

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T&I News 13 2021...

T&I News 13 2021…

May 20, 2021
Paul Jarman
Bus Restorations, Colliery, News, Steam Locomotives, Tram Restorations

We’ve had quite a bit to report recently, so hopefully readers are enjoying a certain revitalisation of the blog news as a result?! General news…

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Dunrobin - ten years on...

Dunrobin – ten years on…

May 19, 2021
Paul Jarman
Dunrobin, News, Steam Locomotives

It seems, to me at least, incredible that it is now ten years (this week) since Dunrobin arrived in the UK, following its long overland…

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T&I News 10 2021...

T&I News 10 2021…

May 18, 2021
Paul Jarman
Colliery, Narrow Gauge Railway, News, Samson, Steam Locomotives

There is quite a bit of news this week, so I’ll break it down into a sequence of posts, starting with a quick look at…

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Motoring and Motorcycling in the early years...

Motoring and Motorcycling in the early years…

April 19, 2021
Paul Jarman
Bus Restorations, Collections, Industrial Archaeology, News, Vintage & Veteran

Last week Beamish reopened, though not without a few dramas along the way (as might be expected when waking any site from a period of…

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T&I News 6 2021...

T&I News 6 2021…

April 1, 2021
Paul Jarman
Colliery, Industrial Archaeology, Narrow Gauge Railway, News, Samson, Steam Locomotives

Hello and welcome to the blog.  The clocks have changed, we’re enjoying some warm, sunny weather, and we look forward to the first stage of…

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T&I News 5 2021...

T&I News 5 2021…

March 17, 2021
Paul Jarman
Colliery, Narrow Gauge Railway, News, Steam Locomotives

T&I News 4 marked a notable step change in activity online and on site.  This post follows the trend, reporting on the steam tests carried…

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T&I News 4 2021...

T&I News 4 2021…

March 12, 2021
Paul Jarman
Colliery, Narrow Gauge Railway, News, Steam Locomotives

It has been some time since I compiled a general news roundup, so here is something to redress that.  In terms of transport operation in…

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Head Wrightson Coffee Pot No.1 at 150 years old Part 3...

Head Wrightson Coffee Pot No.1 at 150 years old Part 3…

March 2, 2021
Paul Jarman
Industrial Archaeology, News, Steam Locomotives

Coffee Pot 2010 to the present – and its 150th anniversary Welcome to Part 3 of this series looking at the history, restoration and ongoing…

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Head Wrightson Coffee Pot No.1 at 150 years old - Part 1...

Head Wrightson Coffee Pot No.1 at 150 years old – Part 1…

February 19, 2021
Paul Jarman
Colliery, Industrial Archaeology, News, Steam Locomotives

Part 1: Coffee Pot No.1 1871 – 2004 2021 sees the 150th birthday  of one of my favourite artefacts at the museum – Head Wrightson…

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T&I News 2 2021...

T&I News 2 2021…

January 18, 2021
Paul Jarman
Collections, Vintage & Veteran

Here is a news-worthy post on here for a change!  A new addition to the vehicle collection… Murton Colliery Cooperative Society Mobile Shop Around two…

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T&I News 1 2021...

T&I News 1 2021…

January 15, 2021
Paul Jarman
Collections, Industrial Archaeology, Narrow Gauge Railway, News

Happy new year and welcome to Beamish Transport Online! As readers will no doubt realised, news is a little thin on the ground at the…

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Beamish Transport Online: Review of 2020

Beamish Transport Online: Review of 2020

December 30, 2020
Paul Jarman
News

Any review of 2020 is inevitably going to be dominated by a single subject, Cornavirus. In the interests of offering a change in diet for…

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T&I News 26 2020...

T&I News 26 2020…

December 4, 2020
Paul Jarman
News, Tram Restorations, Vintage & Veteran

We now reach December, and with the end of the national lockdown but in practice little to relish as the region enters a period of…

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