In this post we see a number of locomotive movements that took place today, Thursday 12th September… Below: Peckett 2000, acting as shunter, draws Peckett…
The cover photo above shows what a difference it makes to the site when we reach the end of the school summer holidays! A quieter…
I start with an apology – this post will feature Samson, a lot! There has been a comment regarding the railway-heavy content on this blog. …
The annual gala weekend on the narrow gauge (two-foot) railway at Threlkeld Quarry near Keswick in Cumbria has been reported on several times on the…
Not too much to report this week, so instead some pretty photographs will have to do! There is news on Dunrobin, which is never far…
A short post this week – time having run away from us for a lengthier report! Bus Depot Below: David Watchman took these photos for…
Readers will have noted in previous posts that we are in the process of recruiting a member of the team, following the departure of our…
I thought a quick post showing some views of the Old King Coal event over the weekend might be of interest to readers… First of…
There has been plenty to report on the blog lately – and this week is no different! Anyone able to visit this coming weekend can…
It’s been a busy week so far… We have seen the return to steam of Glyder, No.18’s trip to Tanfield and the arrival of 813…
Back in March 2012 the blog carried the news that Beamish would display two former Durham County Water Board two-foot gauge steam locomotives, named Ogwen…
Its been a wet week at Beamish! This hasn’t hampered any of the activities, but it has made it unpleasant at times – not least…
This week we have another eclectic mixture of projects, all of which have been progressing within the Regional Heritage Engineering Centre (RHEC) or which will…
This morning Rotherham 220 and Darlington 4 were posed in the Town street for photographs to be taken for future publicity material use. This obviously…
The blog recently recorded that we presently have the rather grand total of seven trams available for service! To note this occasion, Matt Ellis and…
Most of this post is focused on the operation of buses at Beamish – including the rapid construction of the new depot and workshop as…
A few days on from the 2019 steam fair, here is a post with a few photographic highlights – which are a sample of what…
I realise I often refer to the Museum’s Facebook page as a source of information or images at times. But also realise that not all…
I’m sure blog readers will be interested to see what is happening with the Great North Steam Fair this weekend – it would be fair…
I start this post with a reminder that the Great North Steam Fair starts tomorrow! Four very full days of veteran road vehicles, trams, buses,…
Preparations are well underway for the forthcoming Great North Steam Fair. Friday and Saturday last week were spent shunting the Colliery standard and narrow gauge…
Apologies for the fairly lengthy gestation of this report – lots happening and a lot of work on Remaking Beamish to cover as well. Our…
The inevitable focus this week is on the arrival of Box 40 from Blackpool, and its subsequent commissioning prior to entering service at Beamish. I’ve…
Here we have another Great North Steam Fair announcement. Paul hinted in a previous post about some interesting consequences of creating the 15 inch gauge ash…
One of the next elements of the Remaking Beamish programme to be commenced is a new, purpose-designed, bus depot. The work on site has already…
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