There has been a great deal of interest in the visit of Manning Wardle No.1210 Sir Berkeley to Beamish, and having promised further steamings, here…
The blog celebrates fifteen years of existence this month – which is rather hard to believe, looking back! Some of the earlier posts were rather…
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…
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…
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…
This post covers quite a few aspects of the transport activity at the museum, as I haven’t posted for a little while and there is…
This post is a bit of a roundup relating to various matters, as it’s been a few weeks since I had time to post on…
This post marks a return to regular blog updates after some interruption in recent weeks – there has been a great-deal going on, which hasn’t…
Winter continues to bite, with recent snow and rain making ground conditions particularly soft, and the appeal of working outside is seemingly some months away…
One of the aspirations of the current transport strategy at Beamish, is a focus on increasing the use and display of regionally appropriate vehicles wherever…
Welcome to the first blog post of 2023, and we wish all blog readers a happy and peaceful 2023. We pick up where we left…
Welcome to what is the last news update for 2022. I’m aiming to produce a review of the year, plus look forward to 2023 before…
Here is the latest news from the transport and engineering team at Beamish. A mix of coverage, as usual, and probably the penultimate post this…
A late report this week, as we were struck down at home by a bug my one-year old son caught at nursery, and rapidly spread…
It is a short post this week, but with some newsworthy content as projects march forwards. Out on the tramway, a programme of sleeper replacement…
There is quite a bit to report from the last week or so, covering some familiar topics. Meanwhile, the site maintenance team are busy establishing…
Here is a short post, covering a few of the team’s activities as the half-term week reaches its conclusion and we look back at what…
The weeks seem to get shorter and shorter as the year rolls by! The workshops are busy and the work inside is bearing fruit. We…
Followers of the historic transport developments at Beamish may recall that over ten years ago we toyed with the idea of constructing a North Eastern…
A bit of a varied roundup today, to clear the decks and catch up with news from around the team… Trolleybuses Below: At the end…
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