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Bakery bend at Beamish 20230908--009
Bakery bend at Beamish 20230908--009

Crosville Motor Services Leyland Cub bus no. 716 (FM 7443) overtakes Sheffield Corporation tram no. 264 on the edge of the town at Beamish Museum, during a David Williams photo charter. [Pole, 3/6 sections (~4m)]

Crosville 716 dates from 1933. Its seven-year restoration for use at Beamish included its conversion to an accessible bus, being fitted with wide doors and a lift at the rear to allow it to carry wheelchairs; it entered service at Beamish in July 2021 (and participated in a David Williams photo charter a couple of months later), giving the museum two accessible buses. See this news article.

Tram 264 dates from 1907 and was supplied by the United Electric Car Company of Preston. It was rebuilt with a totally enclosed upper deck in 1926, and in the late 1930s was renumbered 342 and relegated to peak-hour use as a result of more modern tramcars having been delivered; it remained in service until 1956. It soon entered preservation and moved to Beamish in December 1973, where it gained Gateshead colours, was converted to open top (as a result of the poor condition of the upper deck), and was renumbered 1. It was later restored to its 1920s condition, and has undergone two major restorations while at Beamish - see here.

The main target of the event was the narrow gauge railway at the colliery, where two visiting engines were in steam in addition to resident Glyder, but the day started with an hour or so in the town using these vehicles (which would be in public service throughout the day). Unfortunately the light was a bit "milky" (the cloud thickened during the morning, but then cleared), but the sun stops properly lighting this side of the background buildings shortly after the museum opens to the public at 10am.

Using the pole allows a better view of the buildings and also allowed me to stand further back and include more of the scene, easily shooting above the heads of other photographers who were stood closer.

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Taken on: September 8, 2023
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Aperture: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/500)
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ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: -0.3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Shutter speed priority AE
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Contrast: High
Sharpness: Hard
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