Category Archives: Crich Tramway Village

Police Dogs in training at Crich!

Posted on Saturday 3 July 2021 by Gareth Prior

The versality of the museum site at the Crich Tramway Village has been shown once again with Derbyshire Police recently using it to help train dog handlers and their search dogs ahead of their important roles in searching for drugs, … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened To? Crich Tramathon 2005 – Liverpool 869

Posted on Monday 28 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

We return to looking at the trams which ran during the 2005 Tramathon at Crich and where they are now in “Whatever Happened To?”. This time out we are featuring Liverpool 869.

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NET memorabilia donated to Crich Tramway Village

Posted on Sunday 27 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

For obvious reasons a lot of the collection at the Crich Tramway Village relates to first generation tramways but to help fill a gap in the collection Nottingham Express Transit have recently donated signage with a view to a new … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Blackpool Standard 40 returns to service at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 22 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

It has been another busy week in the Workshops at Crich with another tram being commissioned for passenger service as progress continues on the ongoing restoration projects. Blackpool Standard 40 is the tram which has now re-entered service while London … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened To? Crich Tramathon – Leeds 602

Posted on Monday 21 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

Today “Whatever Happened To?” reaches probably the most controversial tram of this current series. Leeds 602 was running in service at the time but has since become a high-profile member of the statis display within the Great Exhibition Hall.

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Heritage Tramways – updated list of operating dates

Posted on Monday 21 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

As more areas of society continue to be opened up we thought it was time for another summary of which heritage tramways are currently operating and why. This list should (if I’ve remembered everywhere!) include details of all operating heritage … Continue reading →

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Cardiff 21 returns home

Posted on Saturday 19 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

Cardiff 21 – which has been on loan at the Crich Tramway Village since 2009 – has now returned to Wales as the tram moves as the home of the National Tramway Museum continue. The departure of 21 follows on … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 19th June 2021

Posted on Saturday 19 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

This week we have another double helping of photos – from Japan and Crich:

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Blackpool 298 returns to Crich as Derby 1 departs

Posted on Tuesday 15 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its almost time for the talking to stop and the action to start! We’ve reported several times this year about how things have been reorganised at the Crich Tramway Village in preparation for the return of Blackpool Brush Railcoach 298 … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened To? Crich Tramathon 2005 – Leeds 399

Posted on Monday 14 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Whatever Happened To?” we take a look at Leeds 399 – another of those trams which ran in passenger service during the Tramathon event at Crich in 2005.

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Whatever Happened To? Crich Tramathon 2005 – Leeds 180

Posted on Monday 7 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

Continuing our run down of those trams which ran at the 2005 Tramathon at the Crich Tramway Village the alphabet has now reached the letter L and that means we feature the first of three Leeds cars which carried passengers … Continue reading →

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They’ve Run in 2021

Posted on Monday 7 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

With more heritage tramways starting to run for the first time in 2021 its time for another update of the complete list of heritage trams which have run during the year across the British Isles. As usual this is what … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: A cold and damp day at Crich

Posted on Sunday 6 June 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this small pictorial article we take a look at what was out and about on Monday 3rd May at the Crich Tramway Village. This was just a normal day at Crich – or as normal as it comes at … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened To? Crich Tramathon 2005 – Glasgow 812

Posted on Monday 31 May 2021 by Gareth Prior

We feature a second Glasgow car in a row in “Whatever Happened To? Today but this one – Glasgow 812 – is one which has since been withdrawn from service.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 29th May 2021

Posted on Saturday 29 May 2021 by Gareth Prior

On this Bank Holiday weekend we bring you another couple of Photo Galleries with photos coming from Dresden in 2003 and 2004 and Crich in 2021!

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Whatever Happened To? Crich Tramathon 2005 – Glasgow 22

Posted on Monday 24 May 2021 by Gareth Prior

For the next couple of editions “Whatever Happened To?” will be featuring Glasgow trams which ran in passenger service during the Tramathon held at Crich on 12th June 2005. This edition will be Glasgow 22.

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They’ve Run in 2021…

Posted on Monday 24 May 2021 by Gareth Prior

It’s back! With heritage tramways having been running again for over a month this is a combined list of all the heritage trams which have run in service during 2021. Although only a few tramways have run so far we … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened To? Crich Tramathon 2005 – Gateshead 5

Posted on Monday 17 May 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its that time of the week again when we head to the Crich Tramway Village’s 2005 Tramathon to see “Whatever Happened To?” one of the trams which ran on the day. This time we feature another tram which is no … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: In the Workshops at Crich

Posted on Saturday 15 May 2021 by Gareth Prior

We’ve reported a lot over the past few weeks about the restorations at Crich coming toward an end and now we get the chance to look around the Workshops just to see what progress has been made on the three … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Derby 1 & Cardiff 21 on display at Crich

Posted on Thursday 13 May 2021 by Gareth Prior

Sunday 2nd May saw Crich give visitors a final chance to see Derby 1 and Cardiff 21 out in the open ahead of their departures for Clay Cross and Cardiff respectively with some old friends also joining in the fun … Continue reading →

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