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GALLERY 48: Launch of Leeds 345 at Crich
 This page was added on Sunday 9 April 2006

All Photographs in this Gallery have been taken by Tony Waddington

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Leeds 345's launch back into services following restoration
On Saturday 1 April 2006 Leeds 345 was launched back into service at the Crich Tramway Village following its major restoration. The event was, for some reason, apparently shrouded in secrecy with the details only buried away on the fleet list section of their website. Now following are several photos from the day.

Shortly before 2:00pm, a crowd of people gathered around the depot area. By this time the doors had been closed in front of 345, seen here just before being launched, with London Transport 1622 and Chesterfield 7.
After the depot doors were opened, 345 burst into life and ran through a roll of tickets (which can be seen if you look closely at the car's bumper) to be launched in the depot yard.
Various people spoke to the assembled crowd about the work that had been put into the restoration of 345, and thanked the Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation for funding its reconstruction.