Bury Transport Museum is a transport museum in Bury, Greater Manchester, situated in the former Castlecroft Goods Warehouse, a Grade II listed building from 1846,[1] on Castlecroft Road, with the main entrance from Bolton Street, BL9 0EY.
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| Established | 1973 |
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| Location | Bolton Street, Bury BL9 0EY |
| Type | Transport museum |
| Owner | East Lancashire Railway |
| Website | http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/plan-your-day-out/bury-transport-museum.aspx |
It was started in 1973 by volunteers of the East Lancashire Railway,[2] had to close in 2003 because of roof problems but opened again in 2010.[3] Between May 2022 and early 2023 the museum had LNER Class A4 4488 Union of South Africa on static display.[4] The locomotive was removed on 21 April 2023.
In December 2023 LMS 3-Cylindered Stanier 2-6-4T No. 2500 was loaned to the museum from the National Railway Museum.[5]
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East Exterior -
Part of vehicles display -
Steam roller 'Hilda' -
Model of woman sitting on a station bench where visitors can also sit -
"Ann" taking part in Demonstration Shunting -
60009 In the museum during being repainted -
Scammell Scarab next to Ann -
Footplate of "Union of South Africa"
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bury Transport Museum.
- ^ British Listed Buildings Bury Transport Museum
- ^ Bury Times, July 23, 1974
- ^ Bury Times 01 April 2010 Duke opens refurbished transport museum and black pudding factory in Bury
- ^ Holden, Michael (6 December 2022). "Steam locomotive 60009 Union of South Africa set to leave Bury in January". Rail Advert. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ Loffhagen, Matthew (20 December 2023). "Tilbury Tank steam locomotive takes up residence at Bury Transport Museum". Rail Advert. Retrieved 23 December 2023.