This first part of this week’s post focusses on the road transport – buses and trams, plus road signs! The focus of the engineering work…
I realised I hadn’t posted this part-made post, so I’ve included it here for completeness, along with a lot of updates from the last few…
There is quite a bit to report this week, as we’ve had both a number of challenges operationally, and also seen some milestones achieved in…
The last few weeks have been fairly challenging, as we are operating with a depleted team as recruitment is underway and COVID-19 has somewhat ravaged…
This week has been half-term at the museum, so we have been open every day and welcoming a steady stream of visitors – many coming…
This week we have a miscellaneous round-up of transport and engineering news. As readers will no doubt know, the big news has been the opening…
This week’s post includes some nice milestones – including the start of testing on the Foulbridge – Town section of the Tramway. There is quite…
As has become the annual tradition, I thought a review of the year was timely, and like 2020’s article, it has the inevitable cloud of…
NEXUS visit Beamish By Matthew Ellis, Keeper of Transport Through contacts set up with Les Brunton from the Beamish Tramway Group, on Monday 13th December…
This week there is quite a lot to report, so I will probably spill some of the image-based content into separate posts next week. Meanwhile,…
Looking at all of the news coverage this week, it certainly feels we’re hitting our stride again, with work very near pre-pandemic levels once again. …
In this post we hand over to Matt Ellis, Keeper of Transport, for an update on Gateshead 10’s mechanical overhaul… As promised, here is an…
After the excitement of the Autumn Steam Gala, Monday brought another event, of sorts, with the Omnibus Society attending the museum as part of their…
Return of the trams! We’ve waited a long time for this day, and it has been something we know visitors have keenly missed up to…
This week’s post reflects the ongoing efforts to ready the tramway for operation, as well as a few other operations odds and ends that I…
In this post, I hand over to Matt Ellis, Keeper of Transport, for a special feature on Gateshead 10, and the extensive engineering work that…
This week saw an important event take place, albeit in the hours before the museum opened on Tuesday; namely the first tramcar movement (outside of…
We’re back to looking at some of the engineering taking place behind the scenes this week, starting with the fabrication shop and moving onto the…
We roll onwards towards the summer, with various jobs receiving attention. The priority is to commission Crosville 716, complete the repairs to Puffing Billy and…
The weeks are becoming busier as the teams get into their stride with the backlog of maintenance jobs accrued over the last year or so. …
There has been plenty going on this week, so it is nice to compile a detailed blog post recording some of the activity. I tend…
We’ve had quite a bit to report recently, so hopefully readers are enjoying a certain revitalisation of the blog news as a result?! General news…
We now reach December, and with the end of the national lockdown but in practice little to relish as the region enters a period of…
Here is the annual summary of tramcar mileages, which are a popular feature on the blog. The tramway has seen another busy season with 25,250…
As has become something of a tradition, here is a review of the last 12 months (which make up a year that has absolutely flown…
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