Archive Transport Scenes: Misc Galleries – Beamish Transport Online

Archive Transport Scenes: Misc Galleries

A variety of galleries containing archive images of interest and relevance to the North East and the Beamish collections.

Note: These images have come from purchases of prints and negatives, donations by members of the public and re-scans of existing negatives from the Beamish archive.

Gateshead Tramways

Tram terminus pre extension across the Tyne

Tram 7 (later 52)

Trams 18 and 67 at Central Station 09/04/50

Painting of Tram 9 and Northern General SE4 by G.S.Cooper

Tram 51 (later works car 45)

Tram 51 (the second tram to carry this number)

Tram 52 (formerly 7)

Newcastle Tramways

Central Station

Sunderland Tramways

Sunderland 99 – very similar to trams supplied to Blackpool and which became famous as the ‘Balloon’ class.

Seaham Harbour

Eppleton Hall Paddle Tug August 1967

Reliant and Conservator assist Falconer 31/08/67

Reliant 31/08/67

Ex Londonderry Railway and later SHDC No.1

No.18 in the mid 1960s (63 I think).

Another mid 1960s view of No.18.

Paddle Tug ‘Seaham’ berthed in the South Dock.

Dunrobin

Dunrobin and 58A at New Romney c1950

Dunrobin before departure to Canada, taken at New Romney.

Misc Items

Granton Gas Works Barclay No.5 11/06/1950 Note dismantled locomotive to the right.

R&W Hawthorn crane engine working adjacent to Newcastle Central Station

Early days at Beamish

These views were taken by Phil Brown and were made available to us some years ago. The various links to them haven’t endured, so they are repeated here as a way of capturing the image and information.

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