A Group visit to the Tyseley Depot in Birmingham has been arranged for Saturday 27th July at 2pm.
The tour will last for up to 2 hours duration and includes:
• Briefing in original GWR staff club
• Visit to miniature railway site
• Visit to locomotive roundhouse footprint & turntable and carriage shed
• Visit to signalbox
• Locomotive depot to view operational locomotives (but not the engineering workshop).
The charge for this visit is £12 for Members (£17 for non-members) to include tea / coffee on arrival and anyone wishing to join us on this visit is encouraged to sign up quickly, as spaces are limited to just 20 people and places will be allocated on a “first come first served basis”.
Once you have been notified that you have definitely been allocated a place on the visit, payment should be made to our Treasurer, but please do not send any payment until you have that confirmation.
You can find further information about the depot here.
To book your place on this trip, please contact our Visits Organiser by email by clicking This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Central Tramway, Scarborough was built between Foreshore Road and St Nicholas Gardens by the Central Tramway Company Scarborough Ltd, which still owns it. It opened on 1st August 1881 following the success of the South Bay Cliff Lift, which has been more substantially modernised. Its winding gear was powered by steam and the driver had no direct view of the cars as the equipment was sited some 18m below the top station, presumably for safety. The parallel standard gauge railway tracks are 77.7m long over a slope of 1 in 2. The steam-powered funicular was converted to electric drive between 1910 and 1920, drawing direct current from the town's tramway system. It used alternating current after 1931, when trams were abandoned. The motor was relocated under the top station and the driver has full view of the cars, which were replaced in 1932. Safety brakes are located on a rail in the centre of each track.
The unveiling will be at the Top Station of the Tramway by Scarborough’s Mayoress, Cllr Janet Jefferson at 10.00 on Yorkshire Day, 1st August 2024. The early start is to allow a ceremony before the cliff lift starts to get busy. Parking in Scarborough is either on-street or in a number of council car parks, not far (10 minutes-walk) from the top station. The address is Upper Station, Marine Parade, Scarborough YO11 2ER, - click here for map. Refreshments will be available.
NTT members are welcome to attend the event and the unveiling but places are limited so if you wish to attend, please contact Jerry Swift by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 07956 295489.
A visit to the Battle of Britain Bunker at Uxbridge has been arranged on Friday 16th August at 2pm. It should appeal not only to aircraft enthusiasts but also more generally to anyone wanting to learn more about our history and the conduct of the defence of the country during WW2.
The visit comprises a tour lasting about an hour and the Bunker is reached by going down 76 steps into the underground 1940s Operations Room, which was used by RAF Fighter Command No.11. The Bunker is a series of rooms on two levels and comprises an Operations or Plotting Room with its large map table, squadron display boards, balloon and weather states and is exactly as it was when Winston Churchill visited on 15th September 1940.
The Tour begins with a seated presentation followed by a visit to the newly refreshed bunker exhibition, after which we are free to look around the fully accessible visitor centre and exhibition space with lifts and wheelchair access. Although the bunker itself involves the use of a staircase, for visitors with reduced mobility a pre-recorded virtual bunker tour in the wheelchair accessible auditorium is provided. A café can be found on site for those needing lunch or refreshments, together with a gift shop.
Parking, including disabled spaces, is available on site and for those travelling by public transport the nearest underground station is Uxbridge which involves a longish walk across the park and buses also stop nearby.
Click here to find out more about this venue.
The charge for this visit is £10 for Members (£13 for non-members). Anyone wishing to join us on this visit is encouraged to sign up quickly, as spaces are limited to just 20 people and places will be allocated on a “first come first served basis”. Once you have been notified that you have definitely been allocated a place on the visit, payment should be made to our treasurer, but please do not send any payment until you have that confirmation. You will be notified subsequently of how to make the payment
To book your place on this visit, please contact our visits organiser by email by clicking This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.