This week we reached an important milestone for our track relaying project at Glory Mine. Over the weekend, a team of our volunteers finished laying the last few rails which will form the end of our line. Thursday, our overhead line staff successfully negotiated this...
Our staff and volunteers have been out enjoying the sun this week while conducting the annual pre-season inspection and maintenance of our overhead line equipment. With much of our overhead equipment having originally served on first generation Tramway and trolleybus...
Our Traverser has now returned from a comprehensive overhaul thanks to Chesterfield Crane Company. The Traverser plays an important role at the museum as the sole means of access to the tramcars on display in our Great Exhibition Hall and Depots 5 & 6. (Below left...
With the approach of Spring and the re-opening of our tramway, work has stepped up towards completion of our major trackwork renewal project at Glory Mine. In our last update we showed you how fresh ballast was being levelled and compacted to form a firm base while...
We are delighted to announce that the National Tramway Museum’s Blackpool & Fleetwood ‘Box’ 40 tramcar will be heading to Beamish Museum to join them for their Great North Steam Fair in April and will then stay for an extended holiday until the end of August,...
In the summer we reported that the National Tramway Museum had been awarded a grant from AIM Biffa Award, as part of the History Makers Scheme, for a new permanent exhibition about Michael Holroyd Smith. The exhibition will be ready for the opening of our 2019 season...
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...
In January 2018 The Tramway Museum began a fundraising campaign to buy a 1913 Leyland ‘Combination Car’ motorbus. The Museum has now raised the £65,000 needed for the purchase, thanks to many generous donations and a grant of £45,000 from The H.B. Allen Charitable Trust.
With Crich Tramway Village being closed to the public for only a week, our team have wasted no time getting stuck into a busy schedule of winter maintenance tasks across the site. Watch this space for further updates or why not get in touch to volunteer and become...
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