This post has been in gestation for several months, as a suitable point to post it was awaited. New material was added to the post…
We close the month with some images of Glyder in Cumbria, and an update on the Armstrong Whitworth car, which is now in the ‘keep…
This coming weekend we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the formal rededication and reopening of Rowley Station at Beamish Museum. It is my intention to…
We start another busy month, with July’s weather encouraging visitors to the museum, where often rather challenging temperatures have had to be endured by the…
Well, this has been quite a project! Originally envisaged to be completed three years ago as part of the Remaking Beamish scheme, it struggled to…
The latter half of June saw further progress made on previously reported work streams and projects, despite some stifling temperatures in the workshops (and even…
Well, the best laid plans… I’ve still not managed to find time over the busy Easter period to learn how to post on the new…
At last the long wet days of winter seem behind us, with some good weather and corresponding good progress on numerous projects outside, and the…
February has been and gone, with half-term stretching to two weeks this year to cover the misalignment of dates for school holidays that have occurred…
I thought reporting of progress on the two Armstrong Whitworth projects deserved their own post – partly as it may make them easier to find…
The third post from January, looking at the Armstrong Whitworth car and stationary engine, is on-hold for a week or so whilst some more content…
With plenty of content by mid-January, there will be enough material to have three posts this month, covering something of the variety of workshop and…
As has become traditional for this blog, I have compiled a review of 2025’s activities (well, some of them!) and outlined these as a month-by-month…
I’ve alluded to this project in earlier posts, but can now reveal this new project that we will be undertaking largely in our own workshops. …
It has been quite some time since Part 4 of this story, and there has been something of a hiatus in programme for the restored…
Just one update this month, largely as there hasn’t been much time to write up the post, not because there isn’t plenty to report! November…
Looking back at the folder for ‘October blog images’ I was surprised to see just how many photos there were in it! It has certainly…
The trams have seen a great deal of attention this month, with 114’s paintwork being brought closer to completion, Gateshead 10’s truck assembly continuing, Blackpool…
For the first part of the month, here is a fleet/site round-up, to record progress on numerous vehicles. Readers will have noted the previous post…
After the triumph of seeing the SHEW car in operation, for the first in generations, a number of tasks have been attended to in order…
This month has passed by in something of a blur, with lots happening, and therefore quite a bit to report. The separate post regarding the…
In the programme of vehicle conservation and restoration, a number of key dates have been identified as being of significance to certain vehicles within the…
After a period of commissioning, cosmetic attention and a re-upholstering, former Weardale Motor Services Leyland Titan PD2/1 KPT 909 has now been signed off for…
There is just the one post this month – there was plenty to report in May, and June has been a process of putting the…
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