Over the years we have had numerous visiting locomotives to the Museum, particularly in recent years with the remarkable growth in the special events programme at Beamish. For interest, here is a fairly definitive list of locomotives to have visited and the years (and events where appropriate) they attended (though not presented in order they came!).
(Note – this is work in progress so not all information may be available yet! For more details please see the stocklist in the downloads section of this site).
The full list (not in order of visits… for now!)
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Below: Great Western Railway 0-6-0ST No.813/1901 (Severn Valley Railway)
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Below: After the hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, events returned to Beamish’s programme in 2022, though it was April 2023 before the first visiting railway locomotive appeared – in the form of Andrew Barclay No.1219. This was booked to operate regularly from the 1st April through to the 8th May (Condonation weekend).