4th August 2010

Yesterday, for various reasons, I found myself in Derby and heading north past the National Tramway Museum at Crich, so I popped in for half an hour to break the journey…

In operation were Glasgow 22, Liverpool 869 and Southampton 45. LUT159 was making impressive progress in the workshop and numerous trams destined to visit Blackpool this September were also being worked on – see www.BlackpoolTramEvents.co.uk for more on this (also to feature our own Blackpool 31 – staying at Beamish for now as we are having to cope with large numbers of visitors and have not found time to prepare the car for the road journey west. It will be there for BTS’s programme of events though – do not worry!).

I had a quick wander through the re-displayed exhibition area, featuring exhibits old and new. I understand there is much more to come in this area.

Below: A quick shot of LUT 159. Leeds 399 to the right and Blackpool 40 in the background – both are heading to Blackpool in September.