I shall leave the weekend festivities report to the official blog, but I will just say thank you and well done to all the HPT staff. And thank you to all who came and supported us.
So, on to this week.
6 moved to Beamish on Tuesday.
6 on Middelton Road, ready for its journey North.
6 at around 7pm sat on the depot access track at Beamish.196 arrived at HPT on Thursday.
At the compulsory stop on its first run.
Climbing our hill - not exactly Pockerley bank is it? The eagle eyed will spot the bunting on the trolley, to match our other cars for the 30th year.
196 was commissioned and staff trained by 6pm. It will see its public service debut this weekend and will be in service Easter Sunday and Monday. Why not come along and see its first day of operation?
Whilst consuming copious amounts of tea we pondered, when was the last inter museum Tram swap and when was the last Tram on loan to another museum? (apart from L53 to Beamish last year)
Enjoy.
John,
ReplyDeleteAs for swaps, if we are excluding Blackpool then I do not believe there has been one, so this is a first for Heaton Park!
In terms of loans, the most recent loan would have been the Steam Tram John Bull to MOSI, along with L53 as you know. Before that L53 to Beamish, and before that (but interestingly still at Crich!) is horse car Cardiff 21. If however we are talking operational loans then it's certainly L53 to Beamish, and for electric cars then would it not be Box 40 coming to Heaton Park? (If we are excluding Blackpool).
Jack