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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
Our current restoration project, to restore London County Council tramcar no.1 to operational condition has a number of milestones within the project. Today we achieved another one of these milestones as we lifted the roof of the tramcar from the main body....
As the winter working continues, the volunteers and staff continue to work together. Our Facilities Manager, James Brett, (left in the picture below) takes advantage of John Markham’s experience of our overhead lines as they work together to straighten...
It’s great to see our brilliant team of staff and volunteers working (and resting) together. The team in the Workshop on a bright but cold Tuesday in February showed 17 people working on different projects, helping to restore some of the vintage trams. We...
One of the Crich Tramway Village signs was knocked off when a marquee escaped and blew into it during high winds at the end of 2015. The skill of our dedicated volunteers has enabled pieces to be welded back onto the ornate metal frame and the sign is being...
Crich Tramway Village is a brand name for the National Tramway Museum (Accredited with Arts Council England), solely owned and operated by The Tramway Museum Society, incorporated in England with liability by guarantee (no. 744229). Registered charity number 313615. Our ICO number is Z6700136.