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  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Car 680 (originally 280) was one of a batch of 20 single deck rail coach constructed in 1935 by English Electric of Prestorn. It was rebuilt with flat ends in 1960/61 and in the summer season usually ran with trailer T10. Its trailer was withdrawn from 1972 and it operated as a winter car. After accruing a high mileage, 680 was withdrawn from service on 20 October 1989 for major overhaul which took place from July 1991 to March 1992, returning to service on Good Friday 17 April 1992. The modernised car featured new windows and fixed seats and was finished in a new livery with black window surrounds added to green and cream. It lost this in 1995 for a series of all-over advertisements. On 30 October 2008 680 was withdrawn and later passed into the ownership of the Manchester Tramway Museum Society. Repainted cream it operated at Beamish Museum in 2014 before moving to Heaton Park in Manchester in March 2015. Restored to its 1990s appearance in August 2015 it returned to Blackpool and joined the heritage fleet on loan.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Car 680 (originally 280) was one of a batch of 20 single deck rail coach constructed in 1935 by English Electric of Prestorn. It was rebuilt with flat ends in 1960/61 and in the summer season usually ran with trailer T10. Its trailer was withdrawn from 1972 and it operated as a winter car. After accruing a high mileage, 680 was withdrawn from service on 20 October 1989 for major overhaul which took place from July 1991 to March 1992, returning to service on Good Friday 17 April 1992. The modernised car featured new windows and fixed seats and was finished in a new livery with black window surrounds added to green and cream. It lost this in 1995 for a series of all-over advertisements. On 30 October 2008 680 was withdrawn and later passed into the ownership of the Manchester Tramway Museum Society. Repainted cream it operated at Beamish Museum in 2014 before moving to Heaton Park in Manchester in March 2015. Restored to its 1990s appearance in August 2015 it returned to Blackpool and joined the heritage fleet on loan.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Transport Bombardier Flexity 2 tram 010 at North Pier on a working to Fleetwood Ferry.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Transport Bombardier Flexity 2 tram 010 at North Pier on a working to Fleetwood Ferry.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Work in progress to lay the new tram line to Blackpool North Station at Talbot Square.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Work in progress to lay the new tram line to Blackpool North Station at Talbot Square.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Work in progress to lay the new tram line to Blackpool North Station at Talbot Square.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Work in progress to lay the new tram line to Blackpool North Station at Talbot Square.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    1986 built car 642 seen passing the construction work at Talbot Square where the new line to Blackpool North Station will have a junction.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Standard Car 147 seen at North Pier Loop/ Standard Car 147 was built by the Hurst, Nelson & Co. Ltd, Motherwell, in June 1924 as one of a batch of 42 double deck Standards supplied between 1923 and 1929. This tram entered service during the summer of 1924, and the class were initially used all year round on the town routes to Layton, Marton and Central Drive and along Lytham Road, as well as providing extra services on the Promenade during the summer. The new streamlined trams delivered in the 1930’s brought levels of comfort to the fleet not seen before, and the still young Standard cars were quickly upgraded with drivers windscreens and, for the majority, enclosed upper deck saloons, and were repainted in the new green and cream livery. The Standard trams dominated the circular Marton route until the late 1940’s when they were superseded by upgraded single deck cars, but a dwindling number survived to provide summer season extras until final withdrawal of the type in 1966. 147 had been one of the last three Standards in use and after withdrawal was sold for preservation in 1967 to the Gerald E. Brookins Museum of Electric Railways in Ohio, USA. 147 was never used in the USA, and 33 years after leaving it was returned to Blackpool in October 2000 for restoration.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Standard Car 147 seen at North Pier Loop/ Standard Car 147 was built by the Hurst, Nelson & Co. Ltd, Motherwell, in June 1924 as one of a batch of 42 double deck Standards supplied between 1923 and 1929. This tram entered service during the summer of 1924, and the class were initially used all year round on the town routes to Layton, Marton and Central Drive and along Lytham Road, as well as providing extra services on the Promenade during the summer. The new streamlined trams delivered in the 1930’s brought levels of comfort to the fleet not seen before, and the still young Standard cars were quickly upgraded with drivers windscreens and, for the majority, enclosed upper deck saloons, and were repainted in the new green and cream livery. The Standard trams dominated the circular Marton route until the late 1940’s when they were superseded by upgraded single deck cars, but a dwindling number survived to provide summer season extras until final withdrawal of the type in 1966. 147 had been one of the last three Standards in use and after withdrawal was sold for preservation in 1967 to the Gerald E. Brookins Museum of Electric Railways in Ohio, USA. 147 was never used in the USA, and 33 years after leaving it was returned to Blackpool in October 2000 for restoration.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    1930s bogie streamliner Car 713 used by the Branch Line Society for the group's "Blackpool Balloon Railtour" seen here the lunch break layover in the loop at North Pier. The tram has been modernised and fitted with doors compatible with the platforms used by the Bombardier Flexity Trams.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    1930s bogie streamliner Car 713 used by the Branch Line Society for the group's "Blackpool Balloon Railtour" seen here the lunch break layover in the loop at North Pier. The tram has been modernised and fitted with doors compatible with the platforms used by the Bombardier Flexity Trams.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    1930s bogie streamliner Car 713 used by the Branch Line Society for the group's "Blackpool Balloon Railtour" seen here the lunch break layover in the loop at North Pier. The tram has been modernised and fitted with doors compatible with the platforms used by the Bombardier Flexity Trams.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Snow plough fitted Car 711 operating as a shop in the loop at North Pier on Saturday January 26, 2019.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Snow plough fitted Car 711 operating as a shop in the loop at North Pier on Saturday January 26, 2019.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Snow plough fitted Car 711 operating as a shop in the loop at North Pier on Saturday January 26, 2019.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Transport Rigby Road Depot which is home to the Heritage Tram fleet, and the bus fleet. These photographs were taken on the Branch Line Society "Blackpool Balloon" rail tour on Saturday January 26, 2019.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Transport Rigby Road Depot which is home to the Heritage Tram fleet, and the bus fleet. These photographs were taken on the Branch Line Society "Blackpool Balloon" rail tour on Saturday January 26, 2019.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Car 713 with Blackpool Transport's recovery truck. This truck propelled the car through to the paint shop over an unwired section of track using a towing bar which can be seen here.

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    1930s bogie streamline Balloon Car 713 with Blackpool Transport's recovery truck. This truck propelled the car through to the paint shop over an unwired section of track using a towing bar which can be seen here on the Branch Line Society "Blackpool Balloon Railtour"

  • Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Tramways - January 26, 2019

    Blackpool Transport Rigby Road Depot which is home to the Heritage Tram fleet, and the bus fleet. These photographs were taken on the Branch Line Society "Blackpool Balloon" rail tour on Saturday January 26, 2019.

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