{"id":1421,"date":"2012-07-22T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T12:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2012-07-22T12:16:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T12:16:34","slug":"beamish-196-nears-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=1421","title":{"rendered":"Beamish 196 nears completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pleasing news to report from the Beamish Museum Tramway concerns the former Oporto tramcar, now generally referred to as <strong>Beamish 196<\/strong> which has been undergoing an extensive overhaul for several months now. Following completion of work on its truck and significant body work, <strong>196<\/strong> is now in the early stages of being repainted and will soon return to service looking very different from how it appeared when it last ran in 2011!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>196 <\/strong>is now in an unusual all-over cream, but this isn&#8217;t a new livery for the tram, which will instead be outshopped in a blue and primrose livery inspired by the\u00a0former\u00a0South Shields tram system. As no trams from this town have been preserved, this will represent another lost tramway from the North East. Further attention being lavished on the car will see new roof advert boards fitted, which will extend for the full length of the body sides and along the ends of the tram, in a similar style to traditional Gateshead single-deckers. These will also feature the familiar &#8216;Shop at Binns&#8217; slogans on each end, as per <strong>Gateshead 10<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Painter Phil Anderson, who has already repainted <strong>Blackpool 31<\/strong> and <strong>Newcastle 114<\/strong> to an extremely high standard for this musuem, will soon get to work on completing <strong>196<\/strong>&#8216;s new identity. It is hoped to complete the tram by mid-August, so that it can return to service allowing <strong>Gateshead 10<\/strong> to be withdrawn for its own repaint. This car will of course be treated to a coat of green to recreate its former identity of <strong>Grimsby &amp; Immingham 26<\/strong>, with a tight timescale in place to enable it to appear in this condition for the &#8216;Power from the Past&#8217; event at the end of August\/beginning of September. With no visiting trams expected for this event, having two familiar trams in different liveries will add considerable interest and hopefully this will be another successful event for those interested in all different forms of transport.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1422\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=1422\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1422\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1422\" title=\"196 primer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/196-primer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/196-primer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/196-primer-550x412.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beamish 196 seen in the lean-to shed at Beamish Museum in its unusual cream undercoat. (Photo courtesey of the Beamish Transport &amp; Industry Blog)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pleasing news to report from the Beamish Museum Tramway concerns the former Oporto tramcar, now generally referred to as Beamish 196 which has been undergoing an extensive overhaul for several months now. 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