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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
A shorter post this time – but one which hopefully satisfies those with an interest in what we get up to behind the scenes here……
There is lots to report this month. It is also worth noting that we had to cancel the rest of Sir Berkeley’s steaming dates here,…
The week has been dominated by the arrival of exhibits for Wheels of Industry this weekend, and preparing the various railway exhibits for operation. Here…
Welcome to 2024! I very much hope to increase the rate of posting this year, as it fell a little behind my own aspirations for…
This is the final post of the year – probably the year with fewest posts for some time now, but they have kept up with…
Once again it has been a while since the last blog post. Work has been progressing on various fronts, but the majority of the time…
This post has a little bit of variety, including work taking place both indoors and outdoors. We are still in a period of planning for…
It has been a while since I sat at the keyboard to write a blog post! A combination of things have conspired to reduce the…
For this post I thought we’d focus on the recent transport gala and the narrow gauge railway in particular, given that we presented both a…
Another lengthy break in blog posts, due to having taken some unplanned leave. But work has continued on various fronts, and plans/arrangements remain underway for…
We had a new item of rolling stock on test at Beamish last week, in the shape of a new-build Stockton & Darlington Railway chaldron…
There is lots to report in this post, across a variety of areas of the team’s activity. There should be more to report next week…
I realise that July is upon us and that I have not done the customary summary of 2022, let alone the look ahead to 2023…
I’ve covered recent progress on Dunrobin’s restoration/overhaul in numerous posts, but being aware of the very specific interest in this locomotive, thought a summary of…
Firstly, an apology for the long gap since the last blog post – I’ve been away and also dealing with some family matters, so haven’t…
Thank you all of those who have responded regarding the future direction of this blog. For now, at least, and probably for the foreseeable future,…
After a few weeks away, the regular T&I update returns with this post, the tenth news update of the year. Puffing Billy returns to steam…
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