liverpool overhead railway carriage returns to Mersey waterfront

By Catherine Jones on Jul 28, 10 02:09 PM

Quite a crowd had gathered by the time the last remaining LIverpool Overhead Railway carriage in the world made its way down the Strand this morning with a police escort.
It was well wrapped up against the weather, rather ironic considering that for 60 years it plied its way up and down the exposed waterfront day in day out and in all weathers.
But there was rain threatening, and the restorers didn't want all their work undone before the motorcoach reached its new home in the Museum of Liverpool on Mann Island.

Apparently people had been calling at the site gatehouse for several days asking when the carriage was going to arrive.
It's clear that despite the Dockers Umbrella closing in 1956, people still have very fond memories of it and I expect it will be one of the most popular exhibits when the museum opens next year.
I was privileged enough to be able to climb inside the carriage when I visited it in storage two years ago, and to sit on one of the old wooden seats and soak up its evocative atmosphere.
It stood next to the Lion steam engine in the store, and that too will be back on public display fron 2011 alongside a carter's wagon and a dock crane.