Track Watch 2012 – Aylestone Road

6 Jul

Well it’s another hole in the road revealing a part of Leicester’s tramway heritage and this time its a whopper! Leicester City Council and the Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, are having a big push to feed a new low cost … Read More »

The End of the Beginning…

1 Apr

After lots of hard work and a long web silence we are finally in  a position to report that we have officially unloaded everything out of the container and well and truly moved in to our new home near Lutterworth. … Read More »

Car No.31 back in the City!

24 Sep

Well, a little bit of it … and for a brief few minutes anyway! We drove down Hinckley Road and then took a right to head out of the City via Wyngate Drive. The intention was to get a snap … Read More »

The last part of No.31

21 Aug

After the success of moving the under frame and No.1 end platform of Car No 31 we thought we should make an effort to move the No.2 end platform to complete the move on No.31. Now we know there is … Read More »

Away for the Day!

10 Aug

A day out – this time to Crich to the National Tramway Museum, now branded as Crich Tramway Village. We were invited by the Engineering team at Crich who really take on some projects and make them good. There are … Read More »

Remembering Car No.95

24 Jul

Having now moved all but the far platform of Car No.31 we decided to turn our attention to Car No.95 which used to sit next to No.31. (31’s remaining platform is in quite good condition and so we don’t want … Read More »

Splitting your sides

23 Jun

An excellent days work today and we finally manage to lift the lower saloon side panel and move it into the container. No easy feat as it was very fragile and very very heavy! After the success of getting the … Read More »