{"id":26940,"date":"2019-04-12T05:45:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=26940"},"modified":"2019-04-12T05:45:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:45:35","slug":"in-pictures-great-north-steam-fair-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=26940","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Great North Steam Fair kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 11th April saw the first day of Beamish\u2019s Great North Steam Fair. With plenty of vintage vehicles in action the day also saw a four tram service in operation \u2013 <strong>Blackpool &amp; Fleetwood 40<\/strong> and <strong>Manchester 765<\/strong> were in service as expected and were joined by <strong>Sunderland 16<\/strong> and <strong>Blackpool 31<\/strong>. The event continues over the next three days with the final day being Sunday 14th April.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26941\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=26941\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26941\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26941\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26941\" title=\"1.765-th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.765-th-550x369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.765-th-550x369.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.765-th.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manchester 765 arrives at Pockerley.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26942\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=26942\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26942\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26942\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26942\" title=\"2.40-th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2.40-th-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2.40-th-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2.40-th.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The second of the visiting trams, Blackpool &amp; Fleetwood 40, seen in the sun at Pockerley.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26943\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=26943\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26943\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26943\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26943\" title=\"3.31-th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.31-th-550x354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.31-th-550x354.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.31-th.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With its Circular Tour boards in place once again, Blackpool 31 pulls into the stop at Pockerley.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26944\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=26944\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26944\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26944\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26944\" title=\"4.16-th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4.16-th-550x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4.16-th-550x373.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4.16-th.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And the fourth tram was Sunderland 16. Once again we see the tram at Pockerley. (All Photographs by Trevor Hall, 11th April 2019)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 11th April saw the first day of Beamish\u2019s Great North Steam Fair. With plenty of vintage vehicles in action the day also saw a four tram service in operation \u2013 Blackpool &amp; Fleetwood 40 and Manchester 765 were in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=26940\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26946,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26940\/revisions\/26946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}