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Sometimes you plan for certain things and they don't happen, and that was the case on Bank Holiday Monday when your Editor attempted to visit the National Tramway Museum for the Seaside Fun event. But with numerous cancellations from Crosscountry Trains it proved impossible to get to the museum to make it worthwhile and so that was crossed off the list! Fortunately, thanks to contributions from elsewhere we still manage to feature the event and that is where this week's photos come from. We have photos from two days of Seaside Fun, with thanks to Kevin Bartolf and Steven Hughes.

* All new photo collections added to the site in 2026 can be found on the Photo Gallery Index.

Fleet Lists
This week there are updates this week to the Beamish Tramway (photo links and tram status update), Edinburgh Trams (new advert and photo links), Manchester Metrolink (new adverts and photo links), National Tramway Museum (photo links) and South Wales Metro (status update) Fleet Lists. There are also updates to the Edinburgh Trams (new advert and photo links) and Manchester Metrolink (new adverts and photo links) Advert Lists.

* All our Fleet Lists can be found through the Fleet Lists Index.

In the News
In the news this week we have featured a selection of images taken at Beamish during the first weekend of the Festival of Transport (and just before) with three trams in use whilst we also see around the depot where Lisbon 730 is out for photos in its new livery. Down in Manchester there is news of a new advert for 3104 whilst 092 also becomes the second tram in an ad for Starling Bank, and talking about adverts Loganair are now advertising on Edinburgh Trams 253. We've also seen West Midlands Metro services cut in two for over a day after a tram failure which required a wheel skate to recover it to the depot. And we have also seen trams returning to service on the Isle of Man - Manx Electric Railway 20 - and Luas (5037).

* For all the latest News and our regular photo series head to the News & Features page.

We hope you enjoy this week's offerings!

Gareth - 30th May 2026



Picture of the Week: Blackpool 236 & London County Council 106

And through the round window... A well timed photo taken at the National Tramway Museum of the two open top trams in the current operating fleet during the Seaside Fun event. With London County Council 106 heading away from Wakebridge towards Glory Mine we also see Blackpool 236 which waits before it goes the other way.
Photograph by Steven Hughes