{"id":10472,"date":"2015-03-02T19:53:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10472"},"modified":"2015-03-02T19:53:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:53:42","slug":"picture-in-time-halle-902s-arrival-at-crich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10472","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Halle 902’s arrival at Crich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, the tenth anniversary of Halle 902<\/strong>‘s arrival at the National Tramway Museum – and indeed, in the United Kingdom – passed by largely unnoticed. However, by way of a belated acknowledgement, here are a couple of images showing the tram shortly after it reached its new home.<\/p>\n

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Halle 902 <\/strong>arrived at Crich on 23rd February 2005 after being re-gauged (it was previously a metre gauge car) before being shipped to Britain.\u00a0The first picture shows 902<\/strong> at the very moment it is finally on Crich tracks, in obviously wintry conditions.<\/p>\n

The second picture was taken on the occasion of its first test run to Glory Mine on 26th February 2005. By this time it had received the pantograph supports, still in primer and not yet painted, needed to reach the overhead wires at Crich which are somewhat higher than those it had previously encountered.<\/p>\n

902<\/strong>\u00a0was acquired for the National collection for conversion to carry less able visitors as a second ‘Access Tram’, to relieve some pressure from Berlin 3006<\/strong>. However the car\u00a0is a bit lower than the other Access Tram, and was subsequently deemed unsuitable for its intended role. The car did operate occasionally in its first couple of years at Crich, providing a very different tram riding experience from the rest of the operating fleet, but its high power consumption and a few other issues soon led to it being sidelined. Today, this white elephant is tucked away in Depot VI gathering dust, with no known plans for its future other than to remain in storage as one of the less appreciated trams in the collection.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Christoph Heuer for providing the information and photographs in this article.<\/p>\n

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12:23 on 23rd February 2005, and Halle 902 has just touched down on UK rails for the first time after being delivered to Crich. In the background, the Blackpool loco is standing by ready for shunting duties.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Just a few days later and Halle 902 paid its first visit to Glory Mine, with a sprinkling of snow adding to the novelty value of the occasion. (Photos x 2 by Christoph Heuer)<\/p><\/div>\n

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