TRIP 509

West Midlands & Nottingham Trams

16/01/16

 

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Photos - all by Chris Weeks

206 Angela Alcock passes the NET depot entrance.

ACI 20699 NET.

Q179VOH West Mid Metro Depot.

235 David Clarke heads into Wilkinson Street

Tram 16 is to be kept as a service tram.

34 was operated within the depot for members.

Wee Beastie NET.

All items are standard gauge.
* = assumed

Bristol Parkway / Stoke Gifford Yard (view).
Diesel: 66531.

Bescot (2 views from M6 before & after WM MEtro visit).
Diesel: 08580*/623*/709*/888/907, 60035, 66058*, 97303*.

Metro Centre, Wednesbury Tram Depot (visit).
Battery Electric: ERNIE - SET WN1021/1/2007.
Trams: 03/04/05/06/08/09/10/11/12/16 - all oou.
17/18/19/23/24/25/27/31/34/36/37.
Trolley: (A513484 909009-1) - Geismar Steel EGO4 four seat trolley ST/08/03. Trailer: (A174460A 011425-4).
Road/Rail: (Q179VOH) - Mercedes-Benz Unimog U1650 Pick-Up 166200/91,
T977JPP - Mecalac 12MXT 025834.
Shovlin: MK52YHD 940512-5 Rexquote Case 988P Superailer CGG0232258,
MK52YTZ 940513-3 Rexquote Case 988P Superailer CGG0232259.
Trailers: Shovlin: T4 1585 010393-5, T4 1859 010413-1 - Rex 1859/2003.
With thanks to Paul Barefoot for organising, Neil and Glen for hosting and the other staff we met for a superb visit.
The group rode on Tram 34 within the depot confines.
Trams 17 and 37 are still to be handed over for passenger service.
It is intended to use tram 16 as a service tram for ice breaking, engineering duties etc...
The Unimog was recently refurbished and the minilok shunter hired in its absence has returned to Long Marston.

Seen in Service: Trams: 20/21/22/26/28/29/30/32/33/35 Angus Adams.

Nottingham Express Transit, Wilkinson Street Depot (visit).
Battery Electric: Niteq B183/2002.
Battery Electric: ACI Elevation 20699/2013.
Trams: 207 Mavis Worthington /213 Mary Potter /222 Sam and Amy *gem106 /231 016 /233 018 Ada Lovelace.
Small Plant: Platform lift: Wee Beastie (PL067 902013-0).
Road/Rail: FG52WCC - Unimog 199635.
With thanks to Heather for organising, Simon for hosting and the other staff we met for a superb visit.
The group were able to inspect both old and new types of tram.
Note: The 2xx number is the official fleet number, whilst the additional 0xx number carried by most of the recent batch of trams relates to their delivery and assembley order.

In Service.
Trams: 201 Torvill and Dean /202 DH Lawrence /203 /204 Erica Beardsmore /
205 Lord Byron /206 Angela Alcock /208 Dinah Minton /209 Sidney Standard /
210 Sir Jesse Boot /211 Robin Hood /212 William Booth /214 Dennis McCarthy MBE /215 Brian Clough /216 Julie Poulter /217 Carl Froch /218 Jim Taylor /219 Alan Sillitoe /220 Kim Helm /221 Stephen Lowe /223 Colin Slater MBE / 224 Vicky McClure 225 /226 /227 012 Sir Peter Mansfield /228 013 Local Armed Forces Heroes /229 014 Viv Anderson MBE /230 015 George Green /232 017 William Ivory /234 019 George Africanus /235 020 David Clarke / 236 021 Sat Bains /237 022 Stuart Broad.

Passing DMU's on line to Hucknal.
DMU: 156405, 158889.

Bristol Parkway / Stoke Gifford Yard (view).
Diesel: 43024 Great Western Railway Society/130, 66531/565, 70014.
Carriages: HST: 40111, 41187, 42247/268/501, 44078, 46009.