Postcard: Crich museum line with steam powered railcar near Booksshop (1970)

Location: Booksshop.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Publisher: J. Arthur Dixon.
Date: 1970.
City: Crich (United Kingdom).

Crich Tramway Village
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Crich museum line: Town End Terminus - Glory Mine terminus
Summer operation only

Crich steam powered railcar (ex Sydney service vehicle (47)).

Wilkinson vertical-boiled steam tramway locomotive "John Bull", built in 1885
Preserved at the National Tramway Museum, Crich.
L6/SP.9406/TMS 37

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Photos of Crich museum line: Town End Terminus - Glory Mine terminus

Postcard: Crich museum line with bilevel rail car 1115 near Booksshop (1980)The Tramway Museum, Crich. Matlock. Derbyshire Glasgow Tramcar No. 1115, built in 1929. At the Bookshop on the right is a Hexagonal Post-box from Manchester PDE/22872/GMS - T.M.S. 33By Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1980.

Postcard: Crich museum line with bilevel rail car 40 near Stephenson Place (1970)Blackpool 40 newly restored at the National Tramway Museum Crich arrives at the Emporium Bookshop and Café. L6/SP. 7452-T.M.S 29By Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1970.

Postcard: Crich museum line with bilevel rail car 49 at Town End Terminus (1975)The Tramway Museum, Crich, Matlock, Derbyshire. Blackpool stadard tramcar Nr. 49, built 1926, waits at 'Town End' to depart for Glory Mine. The tram shelter is from Birmingham L6/SP. 5485-T.M.S. 5By Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1975.

Postcard: Crich museum line with bilevel rail car 510 near Bowes-Lyon Bridge (1980)Sheffield Tramcar 510, built in 1950 and the official last tram in Sheffield in 1960. Viewed in the evening with the Bowes-Lyon Bridge and street lights at the National Tramway Museum, Crich L6/SP.10935-T.M.S. 34ABy Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1980.

Postcard: Crich museum line with railcar 2 near Bowes-Lyon Bridge (1965)Architectural features at the National Tramway Museum, Crich include the Bowes-Lyon Bridge. Framed here, Southampton 45 and Blackpool and Fleetwood 2, the track is interiaced here to pass through an arch in the bridge. L6/SP.10233-T.M.S. 39By Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1965.

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Postcard: Crich museum line with bilevel rail car 180 at Stephenson Place (1975)A busy scene outside the Emporium shop at the National Tramway Museum, Crich, with Leeds "Horsfeield" tramcar 180, built by Brush, and an assortment of motor vehicles. L6/SP. 10563-T.M.S. 26BBy Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1975.

Postcard: Crich museum line with railcar 2 on Crich Tramway Village (1970)Blackpool and Fleetwood 2 "Toastrack" was built by G.F. Milne & Co. in 1898. Seen here on the crossover at the National Tramway Museum, Crich, Derbyhire L6/SP. 10237-T.M.S. 23BBy Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1970.

Postcard: Crich museum line with bilevel rail car 510 at Wakebridge (1970)The National Tramway Museum, Crich, Matlock, Derbyshire. A scene at the Wakebridge halfway point and passing place. In the foreground are trams from Shelfield and Johannesburg. L6/S.P. 11200-T.M.S. 14ABy Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1970.

Postcard: Crich museum line with railcar 674 on Crich Tramway Village (1970)The National Tramway Museum, Crich, Matlock, Derbyshire. New York trolley car674, built in Manhattan workshops of the Third Avenue Transit Corporation. After opration in the United States, this tramcar later saw mary years' service in Vienna, Austria. LB/SP. 6266-T.M.S 15By Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1970.

Postcard: Crich museum line with bilevel rail car 399 at Stephenson Place (1978)Leeds 399, built in Kirkstall Road Works, Leeds, in 1926 and the first double-deck tramcar to arrive at the National Tramway Museum, Crich, in 1959, seen there restored to its original condition. L6/SP. 10564-T.M.S. 31ABy Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1978.

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