Picture Galleries > Moving the tram to Middelton
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At 8.00am we bgan the process of extracting 107 from it's home for the past 35 years by laying out 13 feet of temporary track in front of the garage.
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After considerable effort and eventually towing the tram using my old climbing rope and Paul's car we got the tram to the end of the track.
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The tram was then jacked up and the temporary wheels removed as well as the track.
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With Jim watching anxiously the lifting gear arrived adn assembly of the frame started.
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Very carefully teh tram ws then lifted, first up a foot, then forward 3 feet to clear the garage and finally toward the lorry.
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Blocks were then put under it and the lifting gear carefully packed away befoer the body was secured to the lorry.
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In heavy rain the tram then travelled down York Road replicating it's original journey up to where it has been restored.
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It then arrived at the Moor Road headquarters.of the Middleton Railway Trust.
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Again under Jim's watchful eye it was carefully moved onto an accommodation trolley then connected up to a diesel shunter before beginning it's first proper rail journey since 1901.
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It moved up the works yard between teh Engine House and the workshop at a stately 1mph being watched very carefully all the way.
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After traversing some poinwork it was then pushed by hand back into the Engine House to be wiped dry. \\\\\\\\\
