We are approaching the end of the month of February, and already there seems to be a lot that has taken place this year! When…
Some years ago I was introduced to two fire engines that were stored in the fire station at Tynemouth. Over subsequent years (probably over a…
I thought that readers might appreciate a little insight into some of the day to day challenges of maintaining a historic fleet of buses. Sunderland…
The conservation/restoration project being applied to Sunderland Corporation bus No.2 (a 1929 Leyland Lion LT1) continues. Whilst most of the attention is to the saloon…
Welcome to the transport blog and the beginning of our 2025 content… A slightly shorter post this time as I’m keeping some material for separate…
It has become customary on this blog to look back at the past year, and also look ahead to some of the projects and developments…
This post has been some years in the making – very much on the to-do list, but then overtaken by other things. So, finally, here…
It was inevitable that as soon as I published the December update, there would be more news for the blog, that ideally fits into any…
This month’s Workshop Diary is appearing a little earlier, as there are some posts earmarked for the festive period and I didn’t want to crowd…
Welcome to another Workshop Diary – the last month has flown by, and so this report covers something of the end of the high-season, whilst…
The Duke of Sutherland brake saloon, 58A, is continuing to receive attention in readiness for a return to service in 2025. The old canvas was…
The expansion of the museum’s bus fleet continues; the latest bus to join the collection being Leyland Titan PD2/1 KPT 909. Built in 1949, the…
As suggested in the last post, there is a second part to October’s Workshop Diary. There are a number of other posts in preparation, and…
We might just squeeze another report into October, but as this post was getting longer and longer, it seemed prudent to publish and show some…
A little while ago, we were contacted by the new owner of the Stanhopeburn mining site, which had closed (by then, for fluorspar extraction) in…
Today, the 1st October, marks the 70th anniversary of the closure of the Sunderland Corporation Tramway system. With Sunderland 16 emerging from our workshops after…
Welcome to the latest blog post and in particular, hello to new readers who are joining from the museum’s Facebook page. The blog has been…
Restoring Sunderland 16’s shine… Sunderland tram 16’s partial repaint started at the beginning of September, aimed at refreshening the appearance of the tram and also…
This post takes a different approach to the usual ‘workshop diary’ format of my posts on the blog. In the post below, I’ve attempted to…
I’m catching up with posts and news, after taking some leave in August and being away for work too. So after the post dedicated to…
Last week I made a trip to Bridgnorth for a catch-up session with the Severn Valley Railway Engineering Services team who are carrying out the…
The blog returns after a short break (as I was on annual leave), with a summary of work that has been taking place in the…
Last weekend we held our second Fares Please! transport event. Once again the focus was inevitably on buses, though Lisbon 730 was on display outside…
In this post we find trams at the centre of attention, with work progressing on Gateshead 10 and Lisbon 730, as well as some interim…
Welcome to the latest blog post, which is something of a mixture of report and thought – as you’ll see below. The workshops are busy,…
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