{"id":39941,"date":"2021-06-14T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=39941"},"modified":"2021-06-12T16:58:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T15:58:06","slug":"whatever-happened-to-crich-tramathon-2005-leeds-399","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=39941","title":{"rendered":"Whatever Happened To? Crich Tramathon 2005 \u2013 Leeds 399"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this latest edition of \u201cWhatever Happened To?\u201d we take a look at <strong>Leeds 399<\/strong> \u2013 another of those trams which ran in passenger service during the Tramathon event at Crich in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds 399<\/strong> is another of those trams which arrived at Crich in the early years of the museum but would have to wait some time before it would be restored to service. For this tram it arrived at Crich on 15<sup>th<\/sup> August 1959, becoming the very first passenger car on site, but it wouldn\u2019t enter service until 1991 with it requiring a fair amount of work to bring it into serviceable condition. Built in 1925 and withdrawn in 1951, <strong>399<\/strong> had ended its years in Leeds as a depot shunter. At the time of our featured event in 2005, <strong>399<\/strong> had truly become an integral part of the operating fleet each season.<\/p>\n<p>If we then move forward from 2005 until now and not much has changed for <strong>399<\/strong>. It is still running and has just had the odd period out of use as it has received routine maintenance. Often being used early and late season thanks to its enclosed nature the tram did see use during 2020 both pre and post lockdown.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39942\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=39942\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39942\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39942\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.399-gp-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.399-gp-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.399-gp-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.399-gp-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.399-gp.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A major feature of Tramathon\u2019s of days gone by and any major enthusiast based event is the queue of trams along the museum street waiting to be called forward to run along the line. On 12th June 2005 we see 399 at the back of the queue outside The Red Lion.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_39943\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=39943\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39943\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39943\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39943\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.399-gp-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.399-gp-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.399-gp-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.399-gp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.399-gp.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lovely September sunshine on 21st September 2019 as we catch-up with 399 at Wakebridge. 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