South Yorkshire Transport Museum

Transport museum in South Yorkshire, England

Yorkshire Woollen bus 622 on display at South Yorkshire Transport Museuem

The South Yorkshire Transport Museum (SYTM) is a volunteer-owned museum of transport located in Rotherham, England and focussing on the transport history of South Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. It was established in 1995.[1]

Vehicles exhibited in the museum include:

  • a class 76 electric locomotive which hauled passenger and heavy freight trains on the Woodhead line.[2]
  • a Leyland Tiger bus, built in 1935 and restored for the museum by Stagecoach in 2019.[3]

Other artefacts include bicycles, motorbikes, lorries and milk floats.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Make a scheduled stop at South Yorkshire Transport Museum", Aroundtown Magazine, May/June 2024, p. 24
  2. ^ "Motorbike gallery and steampunk celebration among plans for South Yorkshire Transport Museum". Rotherham Advertiser. 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The famous Leyland Tiger is set to roar again". Barnsley Chronicle. 1 February 2019.

See also

  • South Yorkshire Transport
  • Official website

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