The big news for the end of October is the re-entry of Gateshead 10 into passenger service. We intend to make a bit of a…
Here we are again – the fortnights roll by very quickly! For this post, we have lots of shorter news-bites, tracking progress in various areas…
September has flown by, with lots to report on progress from around the workshops and depots. Entering the autumn is always a little nerve-wracking, as…
Gateshead 10’s test running continues, and here is proof of its ventures out onto the Tramway as it accumulates mileage and adjustments continue to the…
This month the blog updates return to the two-part format, in order to accommodate everything that is taking place without creating an overly-long post. Steam…
A longish post for the whole of August this time – as annual leave disrupted the usual flow of writing! This means that quite a…
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…
It’s well past mid-May and with a busy latter half of the month anticipated, here is an update for the first half of the month,…
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…
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…
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…
October is proving to be as busy as every other month has been, with lots of news from the team as activity in various areas…
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…
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…
We round off July’s diary updates with more progress on Gateshead 10 and an exciting development on the Daimler CC lorry. Gateshead 10 has received…
There is a lot to report already this month, so we’ll split the output into two-parts, once again. In this post we catch up with…
There is just the one post this month – there was plenty to report in May, and June has been a process of putting the…
This second instalment of April’s Workshop Diary contains some new threads, covering development work associated with Oporto 196, further signage developments and progress reports on…
It is surprising (or maybe not!) just how quickly we get to Easter each year – traditionally the focal point for completing the winter maintenance…
For the final post of the three Workshop Diaries this month, we catch up on a few of the jobs not covered in detail elsewhere… …
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