TWO enthusiasts are involved in a race against time to save the remains of a historic tram.
John Murray, 43, and Nick Jones, 44, fear the vehicle will be scrapped unless swift action is taken.
More than 70 years after it last ran, the tram is about to be made homeless.
The rail museum at Tal y Cafn near Llandudno Junction, where the tram now stands, is about to close and John and Nick are searching for a temporary home for it
They are also hunting for its "twin", thought to be somewhere in Flintshire.
The two trams, built in 1902, are thought to be the only survivors of Chester's fleet, which stopped running in the 1930s
John and Nick have approached the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society in Birkenhead and Chester City Council for help in saving the tram.
Mr Murray, of Chester, said: "The museum is closing and the site must be cleared.
"We are hoping the transport museum in Birkenhead may take it for the time being."
The green and ivory tram, numbered four in a fleet of 19, was bought by tramway employee Harry Dibden after it went out of service.
He used it as a workshop at his home in Broxton, and it moved to Tal y Cafn after his death about 15 years ago.
