Jul 8, 2016 | Curator's Choice, Events, Latest News, Tramway Engineering
London County Council 106 has arrived safely at East Anglia Transport Museum at Carlton Coalville, Suffolk ready to run at their London Event on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th July 2016. The event will run from 11am – 6pm on Saturday and 11am – 5pm on...
Jun 29, 2016 | Curator's Choice, Latest News, Tramway Engineering
Today we have had an early morning delivery at the Museum – LCC 1 returned home from Garmendale Engineering Ltd.’s workshop. The steel framed body of the tramcar has been with the team at Garmendale Engineering Ltd of Ilkeston, for just over 6 weeks, and has arrived...
Jun 13, 2016 | Curator's Choice, Events, Latest News, Tramway Engineering
Garmendale Engineering Limited, based in Ilkeston, Nottinghamshire, is offering a unique opportunity to see the work they have completed on a vintage tram for Crich Tramway Village at an Open Day on Saturday 18th June 2016 from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm.
Jun 3, 2016 | Curator's Choice, Latest News, Tramway Engineering
London County Council Tramways tramcar no. 106 is to be transported on a journey of over 150 miles on loan to East Anglia Transport Museum, in Carlton Colville, Lowestoft. This will be the first time that a tramcar from the National collection at Crich Tramway Village...
May 26, 2016 | Curator's Choice, Latest News, Tramway Engineering
This past Saturday was really all about horse trams for us here at the Museum. Not only did we have Joseph at the Museum pulling our 1874-built tramcar Sheffield 15, but a team of intrepid Workshop personnel ventured forth to a field in Wales, to rescue a London horse...
May 23, 2016 | Curator's Choice, Tramway Engineering
Garmendale are progressing well with restoration on LCC1 in the short time they have had the frame. The side panels have all been removed and they have braced the frame to provide stability whilst they work on it. Looking down on the body you can see that the top rail...
Feb 18, 2016 | Curator's Choice
Crich Tramway Village welcomes our new Librarian, Robert Morris. Robert is married with two daughters and originally worked for the National Trust Photographic Library in London. He moved to Derbyshire 15 years ago, after visiting with his wife for short...
Nov 10, 2015 | Curator's Choice
Archive items on display proved to be of great interest to visitors to the Tramway Museum Society 60th Anniversary event on 7th November 2015. Recently returned to the National Tramway Museum at Crich is the Municipal Tramways Association chain and pendant...
Jun 30, 2015 | Curator's Choice
A week-end for retired drivers and conductors was held at Crich Tramway Village on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June. The event provided the opportunity for retired drivers and conductors to enjoy a brief drive or to conduct and to meet old friends. Several of those...
Jun 18, 2015 | Curator's Choice
The first half of our new interpretation panels have arrived for the trams in the depot. These are being installed on the trams in response to our visitors who requested more information about each tram. They are colour coded, for example Glasgow tram panels...