The museum have part of their website dedicated to the histories of the trams in their collection which can be found here.
In June 2021 it was moved to the museum's off-site storage facility at Clay Cross.
[2] However, in 2023 the tram was returned to Crich for a further cosmetic restoration, before going on loan to the Great Northern Classics venture, located appropriately in the former Derby tram depot at Osmaston Road, where it will be displayed alongside classic motor vehicles and help to provide apprentices with valuable heritage engineering skills.
1 at Wikimedia Commons The line never re-opened after having been closed for World War II and, after a period of storage on the island, the car was moved in 1956 to London, where it was restored and put on display in the British Transport Museum.
1 at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Leamington and Warwick Tramways and Omnibus Company No.
1 at Wikimedia Commons LCC 1 operated in London until 1951 when it was sold to Leeds Corporation Tramways, which was short of trams because of the Second World War, where it ran as car 301.
It has been repainted into its distinctive blue livery, and moved under its own power for the first time since 1957 on 22 April 2024.
It returned briefly to Blackpool in 2010 for the 125th Anniversary of the tramway, and it also played a major role in the Electric 50 event at Crich in 2014, where it re-enacted its first service at the museum.
It was then withdrawn and awaits overhaul, although it was briefly reactivated on 1 September 2018 to celebrate its 120th birthday.
2 at Wikimedia Commons The conduit system proved vulnerable to sand and saltwater, and after Blackpool Corporation Tramways took control of the line in 1892, the line was converted to overhead electrification, and the car was fitted with a trolley pole.
In 1905 it was converted to a works car, and an overhead line access tower was added in 1912.
[9] In anticipation of the Blackpool tramway's centenary in 1985, the car was restored, as far as possible, to its original condition.
To simulate conduit running, it was fitted with a new, home-built truck powered by lead acid batteries.
45 at Wikimedia Commons Media related to New South Wales Government steam tram No.
132 at Wikimedia Commons After a period of storage, restoration commenced with financial support from the London County Council Tramways Trust.
298 at Wikimedia Commons The car was sold to the Light Railway Transport League, whose founder member, JW Fowler, was responsible for its preservation.
100 at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Leeds City Tramways Convert Car No.
869 at Wikimedia Commons The car was acquired by the Tramway Museum Society in 2005 in operable condition, with the intention of converting it into a second access tram, to run alongside Berlin 223 006-4.
[31] Media related to Halle an der Saale tram 902 at Wikimedia Commons After a brief period of display in Paisley to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the city's tramways, the car was then moved to Crich in September 1960.
Over the following years it was restored to its original 1919 state as Paisley 68, albeit retaining the 1931 truck and motors, and it entered service on the museum running line in 1978.
In 2009, it was placed into store, before receiving a truck overhaul and returning to service in 2012 repainted as Glasgow 1068.
This car was acquired the following year by the Tramway Museum Society as an example of such an influential design.
As a single-ended tram, needing turning facilities at each end of its route, it cannot be operated at Crich, but it has been cosmetically restored and is on display in the Exhibition Hall to illustrate the worldwide evolution of tramcar design.
1147 at Wikimedia Commons After a period of initial storage, restoration started in 1977 and it entered service at Crich in 1978.
The Scottish Tramway and Transport Society have set up a fund to restore Glasgow 1282 and return it to operational service.