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Last Updated Sunday 25th October 2009

Crich Tramway Village

With thanks to Jack Gordon for information held on this page.

Passenger Trams
No. Place Year Livery Status
1 Derby 1904 Green & Cream On Display - Exhibition Hall
1 Douglas Head Marine Drive 1896 Crimson & Cream On Display - Exhibition Hall
1 Leamington & Warwick 1881 - Unrestored - Exhibition Hall
1 London Transport 1932 Red & Cream On Display - Exhibition Hall
2 Blackpool & Fleetwood 1898 Brown & Cream Out of Service - Depot
4 Blackpool Tramways Co. 1885 Orange, Green & White On Display - Exhibition Hall
5 Blackpool 1972 Green & Cream Stored Awaiting Restoration - Clay Cross
5 Gateshead & District 1927 Crimson & Cream On Display - Depot
7 Chesterfield 1904 Crimson & Yellow Operational - Depot
8 Chesterfield 1904 Cream & Blue On Display - Exhibition Hall
9 Oporto 1873 Yellow, White & Red On Display - Exhibition Hall
10 Hill of Howth 1902 Brown On Display - Exhibition Hall
14 Grimsby & Immingham 1915 Green On Display - Depot Road 4
15 Sheffield 1874 Red & Cream Operational - Exhibition Hall
21 Cardiff 1886 Yellow & White On Display - Exhibition Hall
21 Dundee & District 1894 Green & White On Display - Exhibition Hall
22 Glasgow 1922 Orange, Crimson & Cream Operational - Depot
35 Edinburgh 1948 Crimson & Cream On Display - Depot
40 Blackpool & Fleetwood 1914 Varnished Woodwork & Cream On Loan to Blackpool Tramway
40 Blackpool 1926 Red, White & Teak Operational - Depot
45 Southampton 1903 Red & White Operational - Depot
46 Sheffield 1899 Blue & Cream Stored Awaiting Restoration - Clay Cross
(47) New South Wales Govt. 1885 Brown On Display - Depot V
49 Blackpool 1926 Green & Cream On Display - Exhibition Hall
52 Gateshead & District 1901 ? Stored Awaiting Restoration - Clay Cross
59 Blackpool 1902 Red, White & Teak Stored Awaiting Restoration - Clay Cross
60 Johannesburg 1905 Red & Cream Operational - Depot
68 Paisley & District 1919 Red & Cream On Display - Depot
74 Sheffield 1900 Blue & Cream Operational - Depot
76 Leicester 1904 Brown & Cream On Display - Exhibition Hall
84 MBRO 1886 - Stored Unrestored - Clay Cross
102 Newcastle 1901 Black, Yellow & White On Display - Exhibition Hall
106 London County Council 1903 Cream & Crimson On Display - Depot
132 Kingston-upon-Hull 1910 ? On Loan to Hull Museum of Transport
159 London United Tramways ? - Undergoing Restoration - Workshop
166 Blackpool 1927 Red & White On Display - Depot
166 Nottingham ? - Stored - Clay Cross
167 Blackpool 1928 Green & Cream Undergoing Overhaul - Workshop
180 Leeds 1931 Red & Cream Undergoing Overhaul - Workshop
180 Prague 1908 Red & White On Display - Exhibition Hall
189 Sheffield 1934 Blue & Cream On Display - Exhibition Hall
264 Sheffield 1937 Cream & Blue On Display - Exhibition Hall
273 Oporto 1927 Ochre & White Operational - Depot
298 Blackpool 1937 - Awaiting Restoration - Exhibition Hall
331 Metropolitan Electric 1930 Red & White Operational - Depot
345 Leeds 1921 Blue & White On Display - Depot
399 Leeds 1926 Brown, Yellow & White Operational - Depot
510 Sheffield 1950 Cream & Blue On Display - Depot
600 Leeds 1931/54 Red & White Stored - Clay Cross
602 Leeds 1953 Purple & White On Display - Depot
674 New York 3rd Ave. Transit 1939 Cream & Red On Display - Depot PCC Display
812 Glasgow 1900 Orange, Yellow & Brown Operational - Depot
869 Liverpool 1936 Green & White Operational - Depot
902 Halle 1969 Red & Cream On Display - Depot
1100 Glasgow 1928 Orange, Green & Cream Stored Awaiting Restoration - Clay Cross
1115 Glasgow 1929 Orange, Cream & Red On Display - Exhibition Hall
1147 Hague 1957 Cream & Green On Display - Depot PCC Display
1282 Glasgow 1940 Orange, Green & Cream On Display - Exhibition Hall
1297 Glasgow 1948 Orange, Cream & Green On Display - Depot
1622 London Transport 1912 Red & White Operational - Depot
3006 Berlin 1969 Orange & White Operational - Depot
? London Tramways Co. c1895 - Unrestored - Clay Cross

Notes:
Blackpool 5 arrived at Clay Cross in 2005.
Gateshead 5 was withdrawn at the end of the 2007 season requiring major overhaul work.
Sheffield 15 is the operational horse tram.
Cardiff 21 is a double deck horse tram on loan to Crich from Collections Centre, Nantgarw, Wales for 2009. It is currently situated in the Early Trams section of the Exhibition Hall.
Dundee 21 is a steam tram trailer.
Edinburgh 35 transferred to Tramway Museum Society ownership in June 2008.
Paisley 68 has been withdrawn from service due to worn wheel profiles.
Sheffield 74 is in fact made from 3 different trams - the upper and lower decks are two different Sheffield trams, and the trucks are from Leeds.
MBRO 84 is a Manchester, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Steam Tramway, steam engine. It is a Wilkinson Patent Vertical Boiler Steam tram built by Beyer Peacock in 1886, running until 1905 when it went to a foundry in Wigan until 1954. It has recently been given to the NTM from the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.
Newcastle 102 requires a rebuild of the north axle.
London County Council 106 has been withdrawn from service due to bodywork problems.
London United Tramways 159 is currently being restored to operation condition in the workshops at Crich. For the latest progress on the restoration check out the News Page.
Blackpool 166 was withdrawn from service in Summer 2009 due to problems with its motors.
Nottingham 166 arrived at Clay Cross in 2007.
Blackpool 167 entered the workshops at Crich for an overhaul during September 2009. The tram has now been lifted and work is under way.
Leeds 345 was withdrawn from service in Summer 2009 due to several concerns over the condition of the tram which will require a lift to resolve. This is planned to take place during December 2009.
Sheffield 510 has been withdrawn from service over fears for the body condition.
Leeds 602 last ran in 2006.
Halle 902 arrived at the Museum on 23rd February 2005 to become Access Tram 2 and had a pantograph fitted from the Glasgow 1297 was withdrawn November 2007 following traction motor failure.
Berlin 3006 is the Access Tram for disabled visitors.
The unnumbered London Tramways Company tram moved to Clay Cross in 2005.

Works Cars
No. Place Purpose Year Status
1 Glasgow Mains Dept. Cable Laying Car 1905 Stored - Clay Cross
2 Blackpool Rail Grinder 1928 Stored - Clay Cross
2 Leeds Tower Car 1932 On Display - Depot
W21 Glasgow Welders' Tool Van 1903 Stored - Clay Cross
C65 Oporto Coal Transporter ? Stored - Clay Cross
96 Brussels Snow Broom 1906 On Display - Exhibition Hall
131 Cardiff Water Car 1905 Operational - Depot
330 Sheffield Rail Grinder 1919 Operational - Depot V
(717) Blackpool Electric Loco 1927 Operational - Depot
TW3 - Modern Tower Wagon 1979 Operational - Depot
- - Crane Wagon 1980 Operational - next to Depot
- Leeds PW Flat Track 1930 Operational
- Glasgow Welding Trailer 1905 Operational - Depot
- - Rupert 4wDm Loco 1944 Operational - Depot
- - G.M.J. 4wDm Loco 1952 Operational - Depot
- Sheffield Motor Tower Wagon 1937 Stored - Clay Cross
- Manchester Horse Drawn Tower Wagon 1911 On Display - Exhibition Hall

Notes:
Oporto C65 arrived at the Clay Cross store on 15 March 2005 from the Oporto Tramway Museum reserve collection.
Cardiff 131 was restored to an operational condition in time for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Museum at Crich in 2009. It was the first tram to arrive on site back in 1959.

Other Items
Description Location
Snaeffel Mountain Railway Bogie Truck Depot
Eades Reversible Truck Exhibition Hall


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