Some exciting news for tram enthusiasts and Beamish visitors alike: Marton Box 31 and Standard 147 to swap places for 2016! Photos above courtesy of…
Its been another busy couple of weeks, with lots happening and little opportunity for blogging! However, here is the usual roundup of news from the last…
It is the time of year, once again, when we start looking for seasonal team members across the Museum. March to October is the busiest…
My apologies to those who have missed the blog for the last week or so. The completion of a manuscript for a book detailing Samson’s…
Another momentous day for Samson, with it raising steam for the first time – ever! Below: The needle creeps off the stop for the very first…
Today was an auspicious day for Samson – its first fire was lit, three years after construction began. Here are some photos from the day….
Another mixed roundup of news from the T& department to mark the first full week back at work… Below: Whilst Sheffield 264’s overhaul reaches its…
Hello and happy new year! It looks set to be a busy year ahead with a number of vehicles (rail and road) returning/entering service and…
It really seems only five minutes since I was writing the review of 2015, but 12 months later here we are! It is perhaps a…
As there is a year-end review, I’ve kept this post very short – you will also spot the narrow gauge theme! Samson Below: Samson is…
Just a short post to marks the end of deep mining in the UK. As I write the miners of Kellingley Colliery, Yorkshire, will be…
The extensive testing of Sheffield 264 continues, the aim being to carry out all remedial work before the tram re-enters Road 1 for completion of…
As a bit of a bonus, here is an additional news update for this week, to be followed by one next week then an intermission…
There is something of a narrow gauge theme this week, and a focus on work within the warmth of the RHEC (Regional Heritage Engineering Centre). …
Last Thursday was a significant one in Samson’s history – the boiler was subject to the insurance company hydraulic test (which it passed) and was…
A more diverse range of news for this report – I am struggling to keep the posts up to date with the work actually taking…
As hinted at on this blog recently, we have added to the collection of vintage vehicles available to staff for use as part of their…
The motoring theme started in the last post continues this week with news of developments within the collections here at Beamish. This won’t be the…
This week we have something of a road vehicle theme, as we look at a number of projects currently underway at Beamish or on our…
Matt and I had a productive couple of days at Bridgnorth working with the SVR team on Samson’s boiler. This is now complete and awaits…
Anyone who as well as following the blog also follows the Museum’s other social media will not have failed to notice that Saturday the 14th…
We are looking forward to a heavy and focussed workload in the RHEC over the coming years, as present projects are completed and new ones…
As part of the enhanced transport weekend, Power from the Past, and celebrating 114’s 114th birthday, a number of buses played a role in the…
The weather hasn’t been entirely kind to our last weekend of enhanced transport here at Beamish, and with Newcastle 114 as the star attraction it…
The final enhanced transport weekend of 2015 takes place on November 7 and 8 and concludes the programme which began in the spring with the…
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