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Beamish Festival of Transport - 29th & 30th May 2026

The last full week of May 2026 saw Beamish hold a nine-day long special event - the Festival of Transport. This started off over the Bank Holiday weekend with the "Fares! Please" event which saw a large number of buses in operation around the museum before concluding over the second weekend with "Power from the Past". The last weekend saw transport of all shapes and sizes, and various forms of power, entertaining the crowds of visitors who attended.

This collection concentrates on the second weekend, and unsurpisingly considering this is British Trams Online has a focus on the trams in operation. Over the course of the weekend just three trams ran in service (this being the total size of the current operating fleet) with Blackpool 31, Oporto 196 and Sheffield 264 all making appearances. As well as the trams we also take a look at some of the other transport seen around the museum.

Photographer: Ryan Birchall
Photographs were taken on Friday 29th & Saturday 30th May 2026.


Venture Transport Leyland Leopard
Sheffield 264
Sheffield 264
Fowler Steam Roller TN216

Blackpool 31
Sheffield 264
Fire Engine
Cars

Fowler Road locomotive Kingfisher
Glyder
Marshall Steam Tractor The Mascot
Blackpool 31

Blackpool 31
Bikes
Swift Tourer
Blackpool 31

Leyland Titan PD2/12
Blackpool 31
Blackpool 31
Blackpool 31

Breakdown lorry
Leyland Titan TD7
Buses
Oporto 196

Oporto 196
Oporto 196
Oporto 196
Leyland Titan PD2/12

Leyland Titan TD7
Sheffield 264

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This page was added on Saturday 27th June 2026


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