Beamish Open Air Museum
Newcastle Corporation tramcar No.114 at Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham, on 17th June 2018. This is the sole survivor of 24 A Class trams built at Hurst Nelson & Co. Ltd. of Motherwell in 1901 and many changes were made to it during the time it ran in Newcastle, including the addition of a roof for upper deck passengers. It was sold to Sheffield Corporation in 1941, becoming their No.317 and ran for a further 10 years until 1951. Discovered rotting away on a farm at Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, it was moved to Beamish in 1987 for restoration, which took nine years to complete. It has been fully restored to its 1901 Newcastle Corporation appearance, minus an upper deck roof, and first carried passengers at Beamish in May 1996. It is the oldest vehicle in the museum's tramcar fleet.
Location: Beamish Open Air Museum
Original line: Tourist - Attractions
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Date: 17/06/2018
Image number: 72464
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