'Our Friends Electric' 40 Years of Beamish Tramway Celebration Event 4th-6th April 2013

Featuring visiting trams, Lisbon no. 730 and Glasgow no. 1068 and the tramway's home fleet. No. 730 was visiting from Birkenhead whilst no. 1068 was visiting from Crich. Of the eight trams of the home fleet, five were filmed in use and three were on display. The home fleet trams that were in service were Sunderland no. 101, Grimsby and Immingham no. 26, Oporto no. 196, Blackpool no. 31 and Newcastle no. 114. The trams that were on display were Blackpool 'Boat' no. 233, Sunderland no. 16 and Sheffield no. 264. The event took place from the 4th to the 7th of April and filming is from the 4th to the 6th, unfortunately missing the parade on Saturday evening.

[@HomeMoviePerson]

Excellent video and throughly enjoyable to watch. I never tire of listening and watching the trams and Beamish provides a lovely backdrop for both of these! 114 looked excellent decorated - just like when the trams were decorated for the opening of many tramway systems in the country. Unfortunately living in the Midlands, Beamish is too far for me to travel, so thanks for sharing your video of the three days this took place.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Another fascinating display of those lovely old things. Looks like they had some reasonable weather for it.

[@nacht98]

This video is amazing! And the Lisbon tram runing there in the North was special. Thank you.

[@MonopodMan]

Thanks for watching and leaving an excellent comment. It had been a great event. We like that Lisbon tram as well. regards Joseph

[@MonopodMan]

Hi Andrei. It was a great event and a fantastic open air museum. The trams looked superb. Thursday and Friday were sunny intervals and Saturday was really sunny. Regards Joseph

[@mollsmyre]

Brilliant video of a Brilliant event. Good to meet you there. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

[@fredcollins]

Superb record, really enjoyed, especially seeing Lisbon 730 away from her usual industrial backdrop of the Birkenhead line. Fred

[@MonopodMan]

Thanks for leaving such an excellent comment. It was a great event. Thoroughly enjoyable. It's a bit far for us as well otherwise we'd go more often. It is a truly wonderful place. Regards Joseph

[@MonopodMan]

Hi Fred. We had a great time there. Its a place we've not filmed at before, so we ended up with loads of footage. The Lisbon tram being filmed with the Porto tram was special. One of them has been regauged but can't remember which one. We've not been to the Birkenhead line at all so must go there sometime. Regards Joseph and Mark

[@MonopodMan]

Hi Tommy. It was superb. The trams looked superb and in a fantastic setting. We got loads of footage from the three days we were there. This is a long video but we left loads of clips out. We hope everything went well with your filming. Regards Joseph and Mark

[@fabiomachado8432]

odd to see our trams slidding elsewhere but lisbon ! nice video

[@MonopodMan]

Thanks for watching and leaving a nice comment. It was nice to film and ride the Lisbon Tram.

[@MonopodMan]

Hi. Thanks for watching and leaving an excellent comment. There were times when it appeared very busy but the beauty of the site is that there are plenty of places to get away from the crowds. It was a bit difficult in the Town though. We had a superb time. The trams looked magnificent. There was plenty of other things to film and see as well. Hoping to visit again. Regards Joseph

[@lightsoutyoutube6857]

I know trams 15,16, 26, 28, 31, 114, 147, 264, 272 and 1068

[@MonopodMan]

Hi Oscar, Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. regards Joseph

[@MotuoraUser]

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