Sunday, November 09, 2008

1986

These pictures were taken in March 1986 and are some of the last colour slides that I took. The main project that winter was doubling the track to Cliffside but a broken bracket arm at Glory Mine also had to be replaced.

1 & 2. The work scene at Cliffside - we were just passing through with the tower wagon.
3. Wakebridge enroute for Glory Mine.
4. Glory Mine and the offending bracket arm. (I still think that the two tram length stub at GM should be re-instated)Posted by Picasa
Thank you to Lukasz in Poland for spotting a mistake which I have now corrected. 

Sunday, November 02, 2008

Tracklaying early in 1984

During the winter of 1983/84 the track fan in front of Depot II was relaid for the second time.
Depot II was the first Atcost building at Crich and was built to hold 6 trams. Rail from the former Crich Mineral Railway was laid on wooden sleepers in the depot and the trams man-handled in using lengths of temporary rail which were then taken up. Over the years the depot was extended forwards and the track fan from the Douglas Head Marine Drive tramway in the Isle of Man was laid to give access to the trams. The rail inside the depot was replaced with grooved tram rail and the floor concreted. Finally in 1983/84 the DHMD rail was replaced with grooved tram rail.



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