Category Archives: National Tramway Museum

A bus to join the National Tramway Museum collection?

Posted on Friday 22 December 2017 by Andrew Waddington

It appears that the Tramway Museum Society is set to diversify its collection at Crich Tramway Village, home of the National Tramway Museum – with plans now afoot for the first ever bus to join the permanent vehicle fleet! No, … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: London County Council 106

Posted on Tuesday 19 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

The very first short-term tram loan at the East Anglia Transport Museum, London County Council 106 made the trip from Crich in July 2016 to play its part at a special London Event at Carlton Colville.

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40

Posted on Sunday 17 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 is a tram which is officially on loan to Blackpool from the Tramway Museum Society but for the purposes of this series we actually feature when the tram went back to Crich for the Electric … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Newcastle 114

Posted on Thursday 14 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

A lot of this series has been of trams from Crich heading off to other locations on loan but there hasn’t been a huge amount of traffic in the opposite direction, indeed the only trams to visit Crich did so … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Blackpool & Fleetwood Rack 2

Posted on Wednesday 13 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Another tram not originally intended to travel to Blackpool for the 125th anniversary was Blackpool & Fleetwood Rack 2 but following the problems with transporting double deckers from Crich it was offered as a substitute and thus made its way … Continue reading →

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Trams move in and out of the Crich workshop

Posted on Monday 11 December 2017 by Andrew Waddington

As reported previously, some further shunting of various trams took place at Crich Tramway Village on Saturday 25th November ready for the next phase of the depot refurbishment work to get underway. However, there were also a few trams being … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Blackpool Brush 630

Posted on Monday 11 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

We bring you right up to date with tram loans today with the feature of this article being the tram which has most recently gone on loan to another tramway. The tram is Blackpool Brush 630.

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Cardiff 131

Posted on Saturday 9 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Probably the most unusual tram to be loaned over the past 15 years is Cardiff 131 – and its left its usual home at Crich twice!

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Blackpool Balloon 711

Posted on Thursday 7 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

Its another Blackpool tram which has spent some time away from its home tramway in recent years which features in our loan tram series today. The tram is Blackpool Balloon 711 – the only Balloon Car to have been fitted … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Glasgow 1068

Posted on Monday 4 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

2013 was a significant year for the tramway at Beamish, as it was the 40th anniversary of the first trams running. To mark the occasion a couple of trams were loaned to the museum one of which was Glasgow 1068 … Continue reading →

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British Trams Online at 15 – Tram Loans: Oporto 273

Posted on Sunday 3 December 2017 by Gareth Prior

The second in this series is probably the least successful tram loan of the past 15 years – that of Oporto 273.

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More tram shunting and a new roof at Crich

Posted on Wednesday 29 November 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Progress on the main depot refurbishment project at Crich Tramway Village has been brisk, with replacement of the roof of more than one third of the main running sheds already completed. Depot 2 (covering roads 4, 5 & 6) has … Continue reading →

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Hole in the wall at Crich

Posted on Thursday 23 November 2017 by Andrew Waddington

As part of the current depot refurbishment work taking place at Crich Tramway Village, a large hole has recently appeared in the back wall of Depot 2. Whilst this part of the main running sheds is completely devoid of trams, … Continue reading →

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More preparations for Blackpool Brush 298 restoration

Posted on Tuesday 21 November 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Whilst the events being held in Blackpool this year to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the town’s Brush Railcoach class have been greatly enjoyed, one thing that has definitely been missed is a Brush car in original ‘Art Deco’ condition. … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 19 November 2017 by Gareth Prior

There are another couple of Photo Galleries which have now been added as this week’s main site update:

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 15

Posted on Tuesday 14 November 2017 by Gareth Prior

We are going back to the early days of Crich for this instalment of Picture in Time as we feature horse car Sheffield 15 in operation during 1963 – the first year of passengers being carried at what we now … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Trackwork starts at Crich

Posted on Monday 13 November 2017 by Gareth Prior

Whilst the main winter project at Crich may be concerned with refurbishing the depots that isn’t all that is going on with a volunteer led project to replace the single line section of track between the Bandstand and Wakebridge. This … Continue reading →

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Where’s that tram moved to?

Posted on Sunday 12 November 2017 by Gareth Prior

Big Shunt 2 at Crich saw a number of trams moved around the depots and Great Exhibition Hall to allow Depot II to be fully cleared so that the major refurbishment works could commence. In order to fit all of … Continue reading →

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Winter in the workshop at Crich

Posted on Thursday 9 November 2017 by Andrew Waddington

Although the big project for the closed season at Crich Tramway Village is of course the refurbishment of the depots, that doesn’t mean that the tramcar collection will not be getting any attention – far from it! As well as … Continue reading →

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Work starts on depot refurbishment at Crich

Posted on Wednesday 8 November 2017 by Gareth Prior

With Crich now closed for the winter period no time has been wasted in starting the refurbishment of the depot at the museum with Depot II cleared of all trams and the overhead taken down to allow contractors Bailey Construction … Continue reading →

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