2007/02/18.01 This single deck tramcar used to ply its trade around the streets of Dudley. The trolleybus, however, is from rather further afield - it's from Bradford, West Yorkshire. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.02 The Black Country Museum has trolleybuses as well as tramcars to connect the main entrance and car park with the museum village. The single decker tramcar in this view is one that used to operate in the Dudley area, and there are trolleybuses from nearby Walsall and Wolverhampton. The one seen here, however, is from Bradford. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.03 At the lower, village, terminus on the Black Country Museum electric tramway, passengers join the single decker tramcar for the run back up to the upper teminus by the main entrance and car park. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.04 At the Black Country Museum in Dudley, an electric tramway connects the main entrance with the museum village. A single decker which used to operate in the Dudley area crosses the road by the coal mine on the 18th February, 2007.

2007/02/18.05 Trolleybuses from Belfast (left) and Bradford (right) outside the Depot at the Dudley Black Country Museum. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.06 From across the water, this ex Belfast Trolleybus was busy conveying Black Country Museum visitors between the main entrance and the museum village. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.07 Representing Yorkshire, an ex Bradford Trolleybus outside the Depot at the Black Country Museum. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.08 An ex Wolverhampton Trolleybus in the Depot at the Black Country Museum in Dudley. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.09 There is a superb collection of trolleybuses at the Black Country Museum, and operational examples ply back and forth between the main entrance and the museum village. Inside the Depot, this one is from nearby Walsall. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.10 Adjoining the black Country Museum is the Dudley Canal Tunnel. Electric powered narrowboat 'Electra' emerges from from the tunnel on the 18th February, 2007.

2007/02/18.11 A view from the roving bridge over the Tipton portal of the Dudley Canal Tunnel. Electric powered trip boat 'Electra' returns from another visit underground. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.12 The oldest part of the Dudley Canal Tunnel is the Lord Ward's Tunnel opened in 1779. This was built to give access to the underground limestone mines. The limestone could then be loaded directly into the boats and brought out without further transhipment. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.13 Mining the limestone created enormous underground caverns. One of these was opened out to form Castle Mill Basin. The original 1779 tunnel to further mines, and subsequently extended to form a through route, is on the right. The left hand tunnel was driven by the present day Dudley Canal Trust some 200 years later in 1979 to by-pass a branch tunnel that was closed because of its dangerous condition. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.14 Inside the new, 1979, tunnel. Instead of traditional brick lining, this one is shotcreted. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.15 The trip boats follow a circular route through some of the underground caverns created by the extraction of the limestone. They then rejoin the main line of the Dudley Tunnel via another new tunnel, built in 1984, at Hurst's Cavern. Here there is a small tableaux representing the mining activities of two hundred years ago. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.16 The original tunnel into the limestone mines formed an underground junction with the main tunnel at Cathedral Arch. This was so called because of the style of the brickwork. This tunnel is now closed on safety grounds. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.17 Reversing back through the 1779 Lord Ward's Tunnel, still with its 200 year old brickwork. 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.18 As there were no towpaths through the Dudley Tunnel, boats were 'legged' through by men 'walking' along the tunnel sides or by lying on the top of the cargo and 'walking' along the tunnel roof. Passengers are given the opportunity to have a go at legging if they so wish. Although encouraged, it is not obligatory! 18th February, 2007

2007/02/18.19 Legging is best with one either side of the boat. Professional leggers would probably have worn hobnail boots, though! 18th February, 2007