Category Archives: Beamish Tramway

In this article we take what will probably be our last look at the trams running at Beamish – a wet 20th December 2022. This may have been a midweek day but with half a dozen school buses outside the … Continue reading →

The major overhaul on Gateshead 10 (Grimsby & Immingham 26 as it was last time it ran) at Beamish has continued to make progress over the last few weeks. The tram is now back at ground level – albeit not … Continue reading →

As part of the “Remaking Beamish” redevelopment at the museum it is planned that eventually the new 1950s town will have an operating trolleybus route. In preparation for this, Beamish has been the home of Newcastle trolleybus 501 for a … Continue reading →

As we are now officially in autumn the weather seems to be following suit with the hot temperatures of the summer seemingly now but a distant memory with cooler and wetter weather now prevalent. For Beamish this means that there … Continue reading →

During the school summer holidays, the tram fleet at Beamish was pushed to its limits with Blackpool 31 and Oporto 196 joining Sheffield 264 on the absentee list and leaving just Sunderland 16 and Newcastle 114 available for use. The … Continue reading →

Its been a while since we’ve reported on the long-term overhaul of Gateshead 10 (Grimsby & Immingham 26) at Beamish so let’s remedy us following a recent update on the Beamish Transport and Industry Blog. The tram last ran in … Continue reading →

The chances are that if you’ve ever visited Beamish (outside the pandemic and all the restrictions that brought of course) that a major part of your trip has been the trams. Whether interested in trams or not they have been … Continue reading →