One final photo from Crich before “Picture in Time” moves on once again.
This image is taken outside the entrance to the depot as we see one tram heading up the line as another is shunting around the confines of the depot complex.
The tram in service is a tram which has been a regular performer in service ever since it was first used in 1964 – Sheffield 510. This was just four years after its home tramway has closed and it was carrying in this photo – as it does today – a special Last Tram Week livery. It is now just one of two survivors of the Roberts Car with 513 also in preservation and currently at the East Anglia Transport Museum.
Alongside 510 we see Prague 180, possibly one of the most famous trams in the Crich collection. This tram only just got out of Prague before the Soviet tanks rolled in. It has seen sporadic use over the years, with the period between 1973 and 1997 its most regular use. It last ran in 2001 and has since been confined to being a static exhibit.
The trams were captured at the museum during 1984.
Photograph by Peter Gough, 1984