Beamish. Fares Please Classic Transport day 2024

Vintage Buses & trams at the Beamish Living Museum.
The resident bus & tram fleet are joined by visiting buses to the Beamish living museum

[@AndrewG1989]

Very nice vintage buses. My Grandad used to love riding on them when he was young. And he used to take pictures of old buses back in his days.

[@Merseywail]

@@AndrewG1989 some really nice ones at Beamish. Well worth a visit

[@kennethmain4460]

Superb video, once again. It was a great trip and a most enjoyable day. Travelled in style thanks to Steve on the Crosville RE.

[@Merseywail]

Thank Ken. It was a really enjoyable day. The Crosville RE was a great way to travel there. Took me back to my youth, long long ago

[@2002barneyf]

Interesting video with a cracking selection of buses from the 1920's to the 1960's - I have been to the Black Country Museum at Dudley which has a similar atmosphere and really must go to Beamish one of these days. Nice to see Blackpool tram 31 which is a rebuilt 'Marton Box' car dating originally from 1901 and rebuilt in the 1920's. South Shields 140 is a Daimler CCG6 (quite a rare type compared to the more usual CVG) and the Darlington bus you have shown is a similar type but with a 5 cylinder engine instead of 6 - both have classic Roe bodywork. Lovely!

[@Merseywail]

It is a great place. I only scratched the surface with the limited time we had there. Perhaps we should have had a more modern coach than the Crossville RE. That would have got us there quicker. But not as much fun.

[@michaelobrien9825]

BEAMISH AN ABSOLUTELY MUST SEE IF YOU ARE IN THE LOCAL AREA, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIKE THINGS FROM THIS PERIOD IN TIME.

[@Merseywail]

@michaelobrien9825 I totally agree. It's a fantastic place. One I would definitely recommend. I could spend several days there. It's a place I would definitely volunteer at if I was local

[@michaelobrien9825]

@@Merseywail I'M THE SAME, BUT TO FAR AWAY, LIVING IN SCOTLAND.

[@flippop101]

Excellent video and much appreciated!

[@Merseywail]

Thank you, great place to visit

[@davefrench3608]

Superb, been years since I was last there. Shame no trolleybuses running though, there were 2 in the garage and plenty of overhead up. Would have been ideal

[@Merseywail]

@@davefrench3608 it would have been good to see them out. My first visit to Beamish. Hope to go again as I didn't get to see everything in the time we had. Wonderful place though

[@davidsumner4335]

Was that Neil Scales I saw on the Sunderland tram? (Old Merseytravel joke) 😊

[@Merseywail]

@davidsumner4335 didn't he go to Australia? Could be worse. It could have been Lewis Leslie & his flaming tram, (quite literally)

[@davidsumner4335]

Off topic, the bank on the main street came from Southport.

[@Merseywail]

Yes I believe so. Or part of it , the banks former vault. I didn't get the chance to look around there.