{"id":55558,"date":"2024-10-04T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55558"},"modified":"2024-10-03T19:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T18:51:03","slug":"picture-in-time-horwich-tram-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55558","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Horwich Tram Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this edition of \u201cPicture in Time\u201d we take a look at Horwich Tram Depot \u2013 and there\u2019s not a tram in sight!<\/p>\n

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In the early days of various tram museums across the UK they managed to use infrastructure from first generation tram systems. The East Anglia Transport Museum was no different and that included track from Horwich Tram Depot. EATM volunteer Tim Major takes up the story\u2026<\/p>\n

Track recovery from the depot took place over the weekend 13th\/14th November 1976<\/em><\/p>\n

As can be seen in the interior shot there was a crossover from the third road into the shed to a siding and stub end. Adjoining the car shed, to the left, is a waiting room and adjoining that the inspectors house.<\/em><\/p>\n

In order to remove\/collect the tram rail it was necessary to drive overnight from East Anglia on the Friday after work and arrived at 06.30 on the Saturday and start work removing the track. All the track was loaded on Sunday afternoon and we returned the museum, quite late.<\/em><\/p>\n

From what I understand trams ceased to run past the depot in October 1946 though the depot ceased to be used by trams many years before.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The rail lifted in Horwich was re-used in the winter of 1978\/9 to relay the Chapel Road terminus with two roads, as exists today. As part of that relay the depot fan was reconfigured using the two points removed from inside Horwich depot.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Both Photographs by Tim Major, November 1976<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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