Wow, what another fabulous week.
Power from the Past was tremendous and all the organisers, staff and participants at Beamish deserve a massive thank you and congratulations for a stunning event. The combination of 4 operating railways (including passenger rides on the full size demonstration line), a plethora of steam vehicles and the visiting Aidensfield Bus (yes the one from Heartbeat!!!) made a truly enjoyable event. Not to mention Trams from 3 museums - well done for getting that together! The combination of 4, 6 and 131 was tremendous and probably quite unique as it is unlikely to happen ever again.
It was nice to see our Leeds 6 in an authentic street, giving just a hint of Leeds suburb! To see it perform on the 1.5 mile circuit is nice to see (especially crammed to capacity!) as you don't always feel you can get the best out of cars on our current (but not for long) short line. 6 is also displaying 'on loan' notices in the cab window.
The unusual sight of 6 descending Pockerley bank. Is this a foretaste of what any future Heaton Park extensions could look like?
6 and 16 at Pockerley stop.
6 sandwiched between Beamish buses!
There will be a photo CD of 6's holiday at some point.
Today the service was maintained by 196 with 752 making an appearance on guard training. With 765 out of action it stood in pretending to be a hand brake passenger car!
That's all for now.
John
What a fantastic review of the weekend, it was indeed great to see so many different trams out at once. There's plenty of photos on our own Transport Blog, feel free to take a look:
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