With so much going on out on site, with the Festival of Transport dominating, I haven’t reported much on our other activities. We have had…
The last two weeks have been busy preparing for and operating the first two four-day weekends of the Great North Festival of Transport. With so…
This morning the first of our visiting steam locomotives for the Festival of Transport arrived, in the shape of ‘Vulcan’, the former Vulcan works shunter…
In a previous post within ‘Rolling Restorations’ we met EE 067, my A Series Barford & Perkins motor roller. One of the main things it…
Today our summer season began, it was also the first day of the Great North Festival of Transport (featuring the community led ‘Old King Coal’…
Samson’s progress this week has echoed the manic quest to get ready for the new season occurring all around it, with a major step being…
In between all things ‘event’, I thought a quick update on Dunrobin might be of interest. Work is progressing in a number of areas: Phase…
The entrants for the Great North Festival of Transport are still being confirmed – you can see an updated gallery in the relevant post (which…
Here is a smattering of news from the Transport & Industry department at Beamish. The main focus at the moment is getting ready for the…
I thought a post about a steam roller might ring the changes, with a look at the work being carried out on our 1931 built…
Lots to report today – with the big event and start of the season bearing down upon us a great deal of work is being…
It has been a few weeks since we last looked in on progress on Samson, but this doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been a great…
I recently purchased a set of photographs taken on the Grimsby & Immingham Tramway – one of them was of particular interest, featuring No.26 –…
The sun has shone today, with real warmth from it too. Hopefully this will last over the weekend for all of those visiting our Blackpool…
Just a reminder to fans of Blackpool trams that this weekend sees our whole service operated by the current ex Blackpool residents – 31, 167,…
We have been very saddened by the recent death of a stalwart of the Museum and the Beamish Tramway Group – Tony Wickens. Tony died…
We are very pleased to announce that we have completed the purchase of Sunderland tram No.101 (formerly Blackpool 703) from the Lancastrian Transport Trust. Purchase…
As usual here is a round up of some of the goings on around the workshops. Its half-term here and you can find wider coverage…
Part 3 of this occasional series ponders on some of the questions raised as I begin to research EE067 and start the first tasks in…
In this post we will have a look around the site, and RHEC, at some of the other projects taking place that haven’t been looked…
A lot has been reported on the blog re the restoration of No.18. Like all projects, there always seems to be bits and pieces that…
Peter Barlow, from the Beamish Tramway Group, has been sorting though his images, taken over a period since 1969. As a result, here are some…
After a few days leave here is the latest T&I news from Beamish. You may also notice some subtle changes to the Blog, part of…
Part 2 of this occasional series closely follows Part 1 where we looked at Beamish’s Barford & Perkins D4 roller of 1925, R025. In this…
Welcome to a new theme in the blog – looking at road rollers and associated equipment in all of its many shapes and sizes. The…
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