Obituary for Tony Wickens...

Obituary for Tony Wickens…

We have been very saddened by the recent death of a stalwart of the Museum and the Beamish Tramway Group – Tony Wickens.  Tony died…

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Gateshead 52 arrives at Beamish...

Gateshead 52 arrives at Beamish…

Over 50 years ago a small four wheel tramcar departed the area in which it had worked its entire life, for a new future as…

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Christmas Tram Work (and other tramway thoughts) *updated*...

Christmas Tram Work (and other tramway thoughts) *updated*…

This is the last news report of 2013 – if anything exciting happens over the next two days I’ll add it onto this post.  There…

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Sheffield 264 - a potted history...

Sheffield 264 – a potted history…

With the rebuild of Sheffield tram No.264 gathering momentum, and therefore its appearance on the blog becoming more regular, I thought a brief overview of…

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