Our Permanent Way renewal project at Glory Mine continues with the objective to complete laying the new formation bed before Christmas.The old trackwork and ballast has been removed with fresh lengths of rail laid alongside ready for installation. 280 tonnes of fresh...
The unseasonably fine and mild weather for Crich has allowed our Facilities team to make good progress on a range of winter projects over the past couple of weeks. In the Permanent Way Yard, a concrete hardstanding has been completed to provide a work area for...
The Track Renewal at Cliffside addresses problems we have with drainage and poor top. Our new track uses the 55G2 rail we acquired some years ago. We have used good quality second hand material for our new track and purchase nearly new track relatively inexpensively. ...
A busy day on the 25th November, saw progress with our winter programme of work. Read on for more details…
A new addition to the Designated Collection of tramcars at Crich Tramway Village has been welcomed from Christchurch, Dorset. The Science Museum Group has transfered ownership of Bournemouth 85 to the National Tramway Museum at Crich Tramway Village. Former custodians...
Progress continues to be made on the restoration of ‘Bluebird’, LCC 1, which is starting to take shape once more. From the vantage point of the public ‘Restoration Workshop Viewing Gallery’ it is apparent that the interior fittings have been taken from store and the...
It has been a busy week at the Museum, with maintenance work taking place in the Exhibition Hall, ready for Bournemouth 85 arriving later in the year, and whilst that was happening, we also had a team of our Workshop staff and volunteers, working down at our off site...
On Friday 5th May, we took another major step forward with our LCC 1 restoration project, as we had air going through parts of the system of pipes and valves for the first time in over 50 years! Over the last few months, members of our workshop team have been working...
Check out the latest news on the restoration of LCC1, as we were testing the motors and wheelsets this past week.
Peter Whiteley, the volunteer lead on the electrical system for Bluebird, checks the feel of a newly installed controller. Possibly imagining what it is going to be like to drive the iconic tram. First generation trams had either two axles, each carrying an electrical...
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