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{{Short description|British open-air transport museum}}
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[[File:Ex-Bournemouth-202.jpg|thumb|right|Former Bournemouth Corporation open-top trolleybus No. 202. Seen at the East Anglia Transport Museum, summer 2006. In the background can be seenis the rear of former Solingen, Germany trolleybus No. 1 from Germany.]]
The '''East Anglia Transport Museum''' is an open-air transport museum, with numerous historic public transport vehicles (including many in full working order). It is located in [[Carlton Colville]] a suburb of [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]]. It is the only museum in the country where visitors can ride on [[bus]]es, [[tram]]s and [[trolleybus]]es, as well as a [[narrow-gauge railway]].<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.eatransportmuseum.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Leaflet2023Web.pdf|title=Museum leaflet|publisher=East Anglia Transport Museum|date=March 2023}}</ref>
 
==History==▼
==What the Museum offers==
The museum was founded on its present site at Carlton Colville in 1965, following the rescue in 1962 by four enthusiasts of the body of an old Lowestoft tram (number 14),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.erih.net/i-want-to-go-there/site/show/Sites/east-anglia-transport-museum/ |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602182548/https://www.erih.net/i-want-to-go-there/site/show/Sites/east-anglia-transport-museum/ |archivedatearchive-date=2 June 2020 |url-status=live |title=East Anglia Transport Museum |publisher=European Route of Industrial Heritage |accessdateaccess-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> which had been used for a number of years as a summerhouse. The site was formerly a meadow, donated by the founder and first chairman of the Museum Society, Albert Bird. The first buildings on the site were constructed in 1966,<!--start of ref--> but development work on the site took a number of years to complete, and the museum first opened to the public on 28 May 1972.{{sfn |Major |2018 |p=10}} Full tram and trolleybus operations began in 1981, following the construction of a suitable roadway.▼
The museum has many exhibits ranging from a 1904 Lowestoft Corporation tram to a 1985 [[Sinclair C5]]. Tram rides are available on a route passing the museum's trolleybus depot and up to a terminus at Woodside. Originally, the trolleybus route extended as far as the trolleybus depot where passengers could change for a ride on the museum's 2&nbsp;ft gauge railway to Chapel Road (the other end of the tram route), or they could stay on the trolleybus whilst it performed a 3-point turn and returned to the museum entrance via the same route.▼
 
The Museum's narrow -gauge railway, known as the East Suffolk Light Railway, opened in 1973. It was some {{convert|300|yd|m}} long, running along the northern edge of the site, and the {{railgauge|2ft}}-gauge track was constructed from materials obtained from a sand quarry at [[Leziate]], from [[Canvey Island]], and from the [[Southwold Railway]]. Signals were obtained from several locations in the vicinity. The museum also owns a van body which once ran on the Southwold Railway.{{sfn |Butcher |2009 |p=52}}▼
12 July 2008 marked Britain's first trolleybus extension for many decades through the creation of a loop along the Back Road, linking in with the existing overhead wiring near to the museum's entrance. This follows the [[tarmacadam]]ing of the Back Road, which previously had been a muddy field, and the renaming of this to Herting Street - in honour of the gentleman whose generous donation made these works possible.
 
In 2016, the museum acquired some land adjacent to the main site, and then applied to. Waveney District Council togranted allowplanning thempermission to extendfor the museum site.to Theextend Councilits decided that such a move would be beneficial to the regionsite, as the museum injectedwas somebeneficial £450,000 intoto the local economy in 2016, and voted to grant planning permission unanimously. The estimatedplan costwas for the development is one million pounds, which shouldto seelengthen the tramway, the trolleybus route and the narrow gauge railway lengthened, and theto totalnearly area ofdouble the site almostarea, doubling.at Plansan includeestimated the constructioncost of aone million pounds. A new exhibition hall was to be built devoted to [[Eastern Coach Works]], a major builder of bus and train bodywork, which was located in nearby [[Lowestoft]], until itsit closureclosed in 1987.{{sfn |Chapman |2018}} TheA plansnew providedtram fordepot twoand newtrolleybus depotsdepot were to be built, one for trams and the other for trolleybuses. At the time of the application, some 20Twenty vehicles were kept in store at [[Ellough]] near [[Beccles]], and the museum aimedwere to movebe all of themmoved to the SuttonCarlton Colville site, so thatwhere they could be seen by the public more easilyviewed.{{sfn |Major |2018 |p=12}} ▼
Exhibits include the last trolleybus to operate under its own power in [[Trolleybuses in London|London]], No. 1521, one of a batch of 150 L3 class vehicles built on chassis made by [[Associated Equipment Company]] (AEC) and [[Metro Cammell Weymann]] in 1939-40. When it entered Fulwell Depot in the evening of 8 May 1962, it marked the end of what had been the world's largest trolleybus network.{{sfn |Lockwood |2011 |p=232}}{{sfn |Joyce |King |Newman |1986 |p=93}}▼
 
The East Suffolk Light Railway, which originally terminated near the woodland tramway, was first extended, including construction of a flat crossing to allow the trains to pass over the tramway.{{sfn |Prior |2019}} In April 2023 the tram depot opened, with space for six tramcars, three in each lane. It accommodated the top deck of Glasgow 488, Brush cars 625 and 627, Double-deck Streamliner 726 and a stamping point for the museum's stamp trail.
▲==History==
==Exhibits==▼
▲The museum was founded on its present site at Carlton Colville in 1965, following the rescue in 1962 by four enthusiasts of the body of an old Lowestoft tram (number 14),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.erih.net/i-want-to-go-there/site/show/Sites/east-anglia-transport-museum/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602182548/https://www.erih.net/i-want-to-go-there/site/show/Sites/east-anglia-transport-museum/ |archivedate=2 June 2020 |url-status=live |title=East Anglia Transport Museum |publisher=European Route of Industrial Heritage |accessdate=1 June 2020}}</ref> which had been used for a number of years as a summerhouse. The site was formerly a meadow, donated by the founder and first chairman of the Museum Society. The first buildings on the site were constructed in 1966,<!--start of ref--> but development work on the site took a number of years to complete, and the museum first opened to the public on 28 May 1972.{{sfn |Major |2018 |p=10}} Full tram and trolleybus operations began in 1981, following the construction of a suitable roadway.
▲The museum has many exhibits ranging from a 1904 Lowestoft Corporation tram to a 1985 [[Sinclair C5]]. Tram rides are available on a route passing the museum's trolleybus depot and up to a terminus at Woodside. Originally, the trolleybus route extended as far as the trolleybus depot where passengers could change for a ride on the museum's 2&nbsp;ft gauge railway to Chapel Road (the other end of the tram route), or they could stay on the trolleybus whilst it performed a 3-point turn and returned to the museum entrance via the same route.
 
A muddy field was [[tarmacadam]]med as the Back Road, and renamed as Herting Street, after the donor who supported these works. On 12 July 2008 a loop created along the Back Road, linking in with the existing overhead wiring near the museum's entrance, opened, Britain's first trolleybus extension for many decades.
▲The Museum's narrow gauge railway, known as the East Suffolk Light Railway, opened in 1973. It was some {{convert|300|yd|m}} long, running along the northern edge of the site, and the {{railgauge|2ft}}-gauge track was constructed from materials obtained from a sand quarry at [[Leziate]], from [[Canvey Island]] and from the [[Southwold Railway]]. Signals were obtained from several locations in the vicinity. The museum also owns a van body which once ran on the Southwold Railway.{{sfn |Butcher |2009 |p=52}}
 
▲Exhibits include No. 1521, the last trolleybus to operate under its own power in [[Trolleybuses in London|in London]], Nowhich had had the world's largest trolleybus network. 1521,It was one of a batch of 150 L3 class vehicles built on chassis made by [[Associated Equipment Company]] (AEC) and [[Metro Cammell Weymann]] in 1939-40.1939–40, Whenand itmade enteredits Fulwelllast Depotjourney in the evening of 8 May 1962, it marked the end of what had been the world's largest trolleybus network.{{sfn |Lockwood |2011 |p=232}}{{sfn |Joyce |King |Newman |1986 |p=93}}
▲In 2016, the museum acquired some land adjacent to the main site, and then applied to Waveney District Council to allow them to extend the museum site. The Council decided that such a move would be beneficial to the region, as the museum injected some £450,000 into the local economy in 2016, and voted to grant planning permission unanimously. The estimated cost for the development is one million pounds, which should see the tramway, the trolleybus route and the narrow gauge railway lengthened, and the total area of the site almost doubling. Plans include the construction of a new exhibition hall devoted to [[Eastern Coach Works]], a major builder of bus and train bodywork, which was located in nearby [[Lowestoft]], until its closure in 1987.{{sfn |Chapman |2018}} The plans provided for two new depots to be built, one for trams and the other for trolleybuses. At the time of the application, some 20 vehicles were kept in store at [[Ellough]] near [[Beccles]], and the museum aimed to move all of them to the Sutton Colville site, so that they could be seen by the public more easily.{{sfn |Major |2018 |p=12}}
 
The first of the transport systems to be extended was the East Suffolk Light Railway, which originally terminated near the woodland tramway. Progress was blocked by a tramway siding, and one of the early jobs was to construct a flat crossing to allow the trains to pass over the tramway.{{sfn |Prior |2019}}
 
▲==Exhibits==
 
The following vehicles are displayed:<ref>{{cite web |title=East Anglia Transport Museum Fleetlist |url=https://www.eatransportmuseum.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/websitefleetlist.pdf |website=East Anglia Transport Museum |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
===Trams===
[[File:East Anglian Transport Museum - geograph.org.uk - 1735600.jpg|thumb|upright|Blackpool Standard No. 159 and Amsterdam single decker No. 474 trams in service at the museum in 2009]]
*[[Blackpool Corporation]] VAMBAC enclosed single-decker No. 11 built in 1939. Awaiting repairOperational.
*[[Lowestoft Corporation Tramways]] open topper No. 14 built in 1904. Undergoing restoration.
*[[Blackpool Corporation]] Standard Class enclosed [[double-decker tram|double-decker]] No. 159 built in 1927. Operational.
*Amsterdam Tramways enclosed single decker No. 474 built in 1929. Awaiting repairOperational.
*[[Glasgow Corporation Tramways]] enclosed double-decker No. 488 built in 1903. Undergoing restoration at the [[Ffestiniog Railway]].
*[[Sheffield Tramway|Sheffield Corporation]] enclosed double-decker No. 513 built in 1950. Operational, on loan from [[Beamish Museum]]
*[[London Passenger Transport Board|London Transport]] enclosed double-deckerHR2 No. 1858 built in 1930. Operational.
*[[Blackpool Corporation]] Double Deck Streamliner “Balloon” No. 726 built in 1935. Awaiting restoration.
*[[Blackpool Corporation]] Brush Car No. 627 built in 1935.
Undergoing restoration.
*[[Blackpool Corporation]] Brush Car No. 625 built in 1935.
Not operational.
 
===Trolleybuses===
* 1 Henschel [[Trolleybuses in Solingen|Solingen]] (privately owned)
* 1 Privately owned German Trolleybus
* 5 [[Richard Garrett & Sons|Garrett]] 1926 [[Copenhagen]]
* 34 [[Sunbeam Commercial Vehicles|Sunbeam]] 1947 [[Trolleybuses in Hastings|Hastings Corporation]]
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* 1201 [[Leyland Motors|Leyland]] 1938 [[London Passenger Transport Board|London Transport]]
* 1521 Chassisless Construction by [[Metro-Cammell]] using AEC components 1940 [[London Passenger Transport Board|London Transport]]
* 578 [[Nottingham City Transport]] built in 1951.
* 105 [[Ipswich Corporation]] built in 1948. (On loan from [[Ipswich Transport Museum]])
 
===Motorbuses===
* 21 [[AEC Regent II]] 1947 Lowestoft Corporation
* LL408 Bristol 1948 [[First Norfolk & Suffolk|Eastern Counties]]
* RTL 1050 [[Leyland Titan (front-engined double-decker)|Leyland Titan]] 1950 [[London Transport Executive|London Transport]]
* LFL57 [[Bristol Lodekka]] 1962 Eastern Counties
* 4 [[AEC Swift]] 1969 Lowestoft corporation
* 85 [[AEC Reliance]] 1964 Great Yarmouth
* 4 [[AEC Swift]] 1969 Lowestoft Corporation▼
* VR385 [[Bristol VR]] 1972 Eastern Counties
* 13 [[Mercedes-Benz T2|Mercedes-Benz 608D]] 1987 [[Stagecoach in Lincolnshire|Lincolnshire Road Car]]
* 66 Leyland PD2/1 1949 Great Yarmouth Corporation
* 62 [[Dennis Dart]] 1995 Great Yarmouth Transport
▲* 48 [[AEC SwiftRegent V]] 19691963 Lowestoft Corporation
* RTL 1163 1946 London Transport{{cn|date=August 2023}}
* RT 3125 1950 London Country{{cn|date=August 2023}}
 
===Locomotives===
There are four locomotives which operate on the {{TrackGauge|2ft}} gauge {{anchor|East Suffolk Light Railway}}'''East Suffolk Light Railway''' (ESLR).<ref>{{James-NarrowGauge}}</ref> All of them have four-wheel chassis, with diesel engines and mechanical transmission. One was made by [[Ruston and Hornsby]] of Lincoln and three were made by [[Motor Rail]] of Bedford. The frames of a fourth Motor Rail locomotive were used to form the chassis of a brakevan.{{sfn |Handbook |2012 |p=199}}
{|class="wikitable"
!Fleet numbersNumber !! Name !! Type !! Manufacturer !! Makers No. !! Built || History▼
|+List of locomotives
▲!Fleet numbers !! Name !! Type !! Manufacturer !! Makers No. !! Built
|-
| 2 || ''Aldburgh'' || 4wDM{{whyte|4w|DM}} || Motor Rail || 5912 || 1934 || British Industrial Sands, King's Lynn<ref name=hav>{{cite web |url=https://www.eatransportmuseum.co.uk/vehicles |title=History and Vehicles |publisher=East Anglia Transport Museum}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || ''Leiston'' || 4wDM{{whyte|4w|DM}} || Ruston & Hornsby || 177604 || 1936 || Portland Cement, Lewes<ref name=hav/>
|-
| No.5 || ''Orfordness'' || 4wDM{{whyte|4w|DM}} || Motor Rail || 22211 || 1964 || Delivered to East Suffolk and Norfolk River Authority. Moved to the Department of the Environment in 1969. 1991-1997 loaned to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. Permanently loaned to ESLR in 1997.<ref name=orford/>
|-
| No.6 || ''Thorpness'' || {{whyte|4w|DM}} || Motor Rail || 22209 || 1964 || Delivered to East Suffolk and Norfolk River Authority. Moved to the Department of the Environment in 1969. 1991-1997 loaned to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. Permanently loaned to ESLR in 1997.<ref name=orford>{{cite web |url=https://www.irgon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20210516-History-of-Locomotives-used-on-Orford-Ness-Railway.pdf |title=History of Locomotives used on Orford Ness Railway |publisher=IRGON}}</ref>
| No.6 || ''Thorpness'' || 4wDM || Motor Rail || 22209 || 1964
|}
 
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|archive-date=18 July 2018 |url-status=live
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|title=Work gets underway on expansion of East Anglia Transport Museum
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