Five weeks to the day after it arrived, it’s gone again. The beautiful (and now beautifully mechanically restored) LCC1 Bluebird tram has left the Garmendale Works to return to Crich Tramway Village.When she arrived on 18th May, the bodywork was rotten and some of the...
Saturday 18th June saw a lovely sunny morning for our open day and far more visitors than we expected. It was a hugely successful and there were a great group of very happy customers. Some had travelled from Preston, others from Halifax and a few...
The LCC1 tram in red oxide primer with the team working to finalise itThe team have had a very busy week working on the London County Council Tram from Crich Tramway Village and made huge progress. After completing the shotblasting last week, the next stage...
The refurbishment work on the London County Council LCC1 tram from Crich Tramway Village continues with the completion of the shot blast process in its purpose-built tent constructed on our site.It all went exactly as planned and we used a light shot-blast media to ensure...
In our recent post here, we welcomed the London County Council Tram number One from Crich Tramway Village into our workshop for a complete overhaul. Essentially we are rebuilding it from the ground-up to a better than new standard.It is now completely stripped down and...
All the way from the very local and brilliant Crich Tramway Village, we are delighted to welcome London County Council no.1, otherwise known as ‘Bluebird’ into our workshop for a complete overhaul.The overhaul, which we expect to take 4-6 weeks will see us completely re-engineer...