Sunday, May 22, 2022

Beamish Trams - 18th May 2022

 

Beamish Newcastle and Blackpool Trams Pockley Hall

Beamish Newcastle Corporation Tram 114

Newcastle Corporation 114 is one of twenty four-wheel open-top short-canopied ‘A- Class’ tramcars built in 1901 by Hurst Nelson and Co. Ltd., Motherwell. It has wooden seats for 53 passengers.

Beamish Blackpool Tram 31

Blackpool tram  31 was originally built as a four-wheel double deck open-top car in 1901 by the Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd. It was rebuilt in 1918 , the  body being lengthened and  a new underframe fitted, placed on two bogies.