Beamish Transport - Gateshead 10 (2010)

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Terminus: Entrance Building.
YouTube name: Rich Westman.
Date: November 3, 2010.
City: Beamish, County Durham (United Kingdom).

Beamish Museum
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Beamish, County Durham Circular Tour
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Built in 1925 for Gateshead and District Tramways, these trams ran through Gateshead and across the Tyne to Newcastle and Gosforth. Gateshead Tramways closed in 1951, and British Rail bought 10 (along with Gateshead 5, now at Crich Tramway Village) to work on its Grimsby and Immingham tramway. It ran as G&I 26 (with sister 5 running as G&I 20) until that tramway closed in 1961. Three G&I trams were preserved: 26, which was restored to its former Gateshead livery as 5; 20, restored to Gateshead 5 (now at Crich Tramway Village); and 14, which retains its identity and is currently non-operational at Crich Tramway Village.

10 was restored in 1968 and returned to passenger service, inaugurating passenger service at Beamish Museum in 1973.

One more video left in this series, but it's a trip around the entire tramway circuit on the open-top Newcastle 114, with a little extra bit as well...

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'Our Friends Electric' 40 Years of Beamish Tramway Celebration Event (2013)Featuring visiting trams, Lisbon no. 730 and Glasgow no. 1068, and the tramway's home fleet. No. 730 was visiting from Birkenhead, whilst no. 1068 was visiting from Crich. Of the eight trams of the home fleet, five were filmed in use and three were on display. The home fleet trams that were in service were Sunderland no. 101, Grimsby and Immingham no. 26, Oporto no. 196, Blackpool no. 31, and Newcastle no. 114. The trams that were on display were Blackpool 'Boat' no. 233, Sunderland no. 1,6, and Sheffield no. 264. The event took place from the 4th to the 7th of April, and filming is from the 4th to the 6th, unfortunately missing the parade on Saturday evening. The emphasis of this video is on the tramway, and shortly, I will upload another video showing other aspects of Beamish Museum that took place during the event.By Joseph Grice - April 4, 2013 - April 7, 2013.

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Beamish Museum Heritage Tram - Full Circuit Round Trip | Tramcar 16 (2022)Full Route Journey on board the heritage tram at Beamish, taking in an upper level of going round the tracks of the museum, which is quite unique, with most trams in the world typically being single-decker operated... Tram Information: Operator: Preserved at Beamish Museum Tramcar Number: 16 Built By: Dick, Kerr & Co. Livery: Sunderland Corporation Tramways Depot: Beamish Route: Circular (Beamish Tramway) Delivery year: 1900By Central Transport Productions - June 13, 2022.

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