T&I News 25 2019…
Having featured buses quite extensively in recent weeks, we return, in this post, to matters of steam, with some updates on locomotive projects underway at or on behalf of Beamish… A reminder that...
View ArticleBeamish Transport Online – Review of 2019…
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 by!) along with a little look ahead to 2020 and some things we can look...
View ArticleT&I News 1 2020…
Welcome to Beamish Transport Online 2020 – Happy New Year and here we go with the eleventh year of the transport blog covering the operational and restoration activities of the transport collections...
View ArticleT&I News 5 2020…
Unbelievably, another February half-term is nearly over and we are enjoyed a fairly busy week at the museum, having largely escaped recent storms (other than for some very cold, very windy weather)....
View ArticleT&I News 6 2020…
There is something of a bus theme this week! However, to provide some balance, the steam locomotives are included, whose steam tests ahead of the 2020 season have been taking place across the museum....
View ArticleA shameless plug: Samson, a review and reflection (please buy the book!)…
As material for the blog is a little in short supply at the moment, I thought that I would reflect upon one of our relatively high-profile transport projects in recent years, the construction of...
View ArticleT&I News 6 2021…
Hello and welcome to the blog. The clocks have changed, we’re enjoying some warm, sunny weather, and we look forward to the first stage of reopening the museum in less than two weeks time. 2021...
View ArticleT&I News 9 2021…
After all the excitement of holding a mini-event last week, here is a post to sweep up a few other developments and to display a number of images from last Saturday’s Twitter Steam Rally (2) event. In...
View ArticleT&I News 10 2021…
There is quite a bit of news this week, so I’ll break it down into a sequence of posts, starting with a quick look at last week’s running day with Coffee Pot No.1 and progress on Gateshead 10’s now...
View ArticleT&I News 24 2021…
I haven’t managed to take as many photographs this week – the site being generally very busy with visitors (which is good!) and the back-of-house work not catching the eye (or camera lens) as much....
View Article