We welcomed a fantastic selection of transport at the Beamish Steam Gala 2024- Wheels of Industry event!
The museum’s fleet was joined by a number of visiting vehicles during this special weekend.
Highlights include:
Rail:
Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST ‘Sir Berkeley’, courtesy of the Vintage Carriage Trust and Middleton Railway.
Quarry Hunslet narrow gauge 0-4-0STs ‘Britomart’ and ‘Hugh Napier’ from the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway
Road:
RSPCA Tasker TE 1296 ‘The Horse’s Friend’
Fowler B6 Talisman road locomotive
Foden steam waggon in First World War, War Department livery
Aveling and Porter steam roller ‘Pegasus’
Aveling and Porter traction engine ‘Majestic’
Sentinel steam waggon 8454
Aveling and Porter steam waggon ‘Lady Fiona’
Burrell traction engine ‘Lady Dorothy’
Marshall traction engine number 55924
Tasker B2 tractor ‘Pride of Anna Valley’
Foster traction engine ‘Sir William’
Foden steam waggon ‘Cestria’
Foden timber tractor
McClaren road loco ‘Captain Scott’
We also hosted an impressive model tramway exhibition in our 1950s welfare hall across the weekend.