The Bury Transport Museum, based next to the East Lancashire Railway, has given notice to leave for traction engines and other pieces of equipment.
The notice is for 4 weeks and accommodation for these pieces of equipment is urgently needed.
Engine owners have been contacting as many people as possible but have come to no success.
Ideally, it is best if all the engines can stay together, but the owners are said to be prepared to go seperate ways if need be.
The pieces of equipment that need a new home are:
- Marshall 1906 7nhp 3 speed single 46376 HO5556 ‘Pearl'
- Marshall 1919 10nhp single Portable 71396 ‘Doris'
- Marshall 1905 6nhp single Britannia Portable 43090 ‘Conchita'
- Marshall 1929 12nhp duplex S type Portable (due to start restoration)
- A Living Van
- A Water Cart
- Fordson Major Tractor
- Low Loader and a replica of one of the LNWR 18” works shunters ‘Nipper' which is under construction.
In a statement, a spokesperson for The National Traction Engine Trust said that if you can help, you can email general.secretary@ntet.co.uk
The statement also says “Can anybody help? Engines and other equipment that have been based and kept at Bury Transport Museum, Manchester, for years have been given 4 weeks notice to leave the premises and require alternative accommodation urgently.
“f anyone can help or has any suggestions, please contact the general secretary via general.secretary@ntet.co.uk who will put you in contact with the owners. Thank you.”
I believe they need room for union of South Africa that is coming as a static display in may
I don´t know if there is a Nationwide museum accreditation theme going through with some new rules, but in a similar manner in Chelmsford, a number of MARCONI Broadcast TV cameras telecine and other equipment, presently maintained by volunteers have had to vacate the premises, recently. Fortunately the equipment has been saved from being scrapped but not together. They only had a few weeks to remove their museum items.
Four weeks? Seems a little unfair. I’d like to know the whole story…
The BTM hasn’t give the notice to the steam traction owners, the BTM is run by the ELR management.
Yes, it would have been valuable if the reporter had at least asked Bury Transport Museum for the reasons for this eviction, and why they are only allowing 4 weeks notice which, for something like a traction engine, seems unreasonably short. Even if the Museum had refused to comment a report of this would also have been useful.
How come the museum is kicking them out
Why have the done this
Why ?! They are a great addition to the museum , more politics by any chance ?