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Gallery 562: Blackpool Tramway 130th Anniversary - September 2015

Over the weekend of Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September the Blackpool Tramway celebrated its 130th anniversary in style with the most ambitious period of heritage tram operation since the upgraded tramway had opened in 2012. An intensive heritage service ran on both days with 12 trams running on the Saturday and 13 on the Sunday (plus the use of Modified Balloons on a depot shuttle service) with the highlights being the return to service of Blackpool Twin Car 675+685 in a gleaming coat of green and cream paint with Balloon 723 also resurrected for the weekend in a less than gleaming condition but a welcome sight nonetheless! In addition to the tram service there were behind the scenes tours of Rigby Road and Starr Gate Depot with line-ups of withdrawn trams at the former (different displays each day). This slightly revised look gallery starts off on Thursday 24th September with some views of trams in both normal service and on Illumination Tour duty before we move on to more of the same on Friday 25th September. Its then onto the main weekend with photos on the mainline of the heritage and normal service, at the depots and the photo line-ups. We end with a few more shots taken on Monday 28th September with some images of the Flexity2s in action plus Modified Balloon 700 on driver training.

All Photographs in this collection were taken by Gareth Prior


Thursday 24th September 2015


Engineering Car 754

Flexity2 016

Balloon 719

Balloon 719

Balloon 719

Flexity2 005

Balloon 711

Flexity2 011

Flexity2 003

Balloon 719

Flexity2 016

Western Train 733+734

Western Train 733+734

Friday 25th September 2015


Balloon 720, Engineering Car 754 & Balloon 719

Balloon 719

Engineering Car 754

Engineering Car 754 towing Balloon 720

Balloon 724 being towed by Engineering Car 754

Balloon 724

Balloon 707 being towed by Engineering Car 754

Balloon 707

Balloon 709 being towed by Engineering Car 754

Balloon 709

Frigate 736

Flexity2 004

Flexity2 004

Flexity2 008

Balloon 719

Flexity2 009

Flexity2 005

Balloon 700

Balloon 700 & Balloon 711

Balloon 700

Centenary 641

Balloon 700

Flexity2 008 & Balloon 719

Balloon 719

Balloon 719 & Flexity2 002

Centenary 641

Frigate 736

Frigate 736

Saturday 26th September 2015 - Out and About


Balloon 723

Centenary 648

Railcoach 680

Balloon 723

Boat 600

Boat 600 & Twin Car 272+T2

Boat 227

Boat 227 & Balloon 723

Balloon 719

Boat 227

Bolton 66

Twin Car 675+685 & Bolton 66

Twin Car 675+685 & Twin Car 272+T2

Twin Car 675+685 & Twin Car 272+T2

Twin Car T2+272

Twin Car 675+685 & Open Top Balloon 706

Twin Car 675+685

Pleasure Beach Loop

Balloon 723 & Bolton 66

Twin Car 675+685 & Balloon 723

Centenary 648

Bolton 66

Centenary 648

Flexity2 016 & Centenary 648

Balloon 723

Open Top Balloon 706

Flexity2 014

Centenary 642 & Flexity2 005

Centenary 642

Balloon 715

Boat 227

Railcoach 680 & Balloon 700

Railcoach 680

Twin Car T2+272

Frigate 736

Frigate 736 & Balloon 711

Frigate 736

Balloon 711

Unimog 939 towing Open Top Balloon 706

Open Top Balloon 706 towing Unimog 939

Flexity2 008 & Boat 227

Balloon 715 & Boat 227

Balloon 719 & Boat 227

Balloon 719

Boat 227

Twin Car 675+685

Boat 600

Boat 600 & Twin Car 685+675

Boat 227, Balloon 719, Balloon 715 & Open Top Balloon 706

Balloon 715 pushing Open Top Balloon 706

Balloon 723

Bolton 66

Balloon 701

Balloon 717

Flexity2 001

Twin Car 675+685

Frigate 736

Saturday 26th September 2015 - Depot Tours


Balloon 713 towing Coronation 663

Boat 230

Coronation 304

Depot Shed

OMO 8

OMO 8

Standard 143

Standard 143

Works Brush 259

Railcoach 279

Railcoach 279 & Works Brush 259

Railcoach 279 & Works Brush 259

Depot View

Flexity2 007

Flexity2 001

Crab

Flexity2 014

Allocation Board

Balloon 711

Saturday 26th September 2015 - Line-ups


Balloon 713

Coronations 304, 660 & 663

Coronations 660 & 663

Brush 632, Trawler 737 & Jubilee 761

Brush 632

Trawler 737 & Jubilee 761

Jubilee 761, Trawler 737 & Brush 632

Jubilee 761

Coronations 304, 660 & 663

Sunday 27th September 2015 - Out and About


Balloon 723

Balloon 701 & Balloon 723

Balloon 701, Balloon 723 & Boat 230

Boat 227

Twin Car 685+675 & Brush 631

Standard 147

Flexity2 016 & Flexity2 005

Centenary 642

Twin Car T2+272 & Balloon 717

Balloon 717 & Box 40

Flexity2 012, Boat 227 & Balloon 719

Balloon 719, Boat 227 & Balloon 723

Balloon 719 & Boat 227

Standard 147 & Centenary 648

Centenary 648

Box 40 & Centenary 642

Balloon 719 & Box 40

Box 40

Boat 230

Twin Car T2+272

Twin Car T2+272 & Flexity2 016

Flexity2 014 & Flexity2 006

Western Train 734+733

Flexity2 012

Twin Car 685+675

Western Train 733+734

Flexity2 013

Centenary 648

Twin Car 685+675

Twin Car 675+685

Box 40

Standard 147

Balloon 717

Flexity2 002

Balloon 700

Boat 227 & Balloon 700

Box 40

Centenary 642 & Boat 227

Brush 631

Standard 147

Twin Car 685+675 & Balloon 701

Twin Car 685+675, Balloon 701 & Box 40

Balloon 701

Twin Car 272+T2

Balloon 700 & Flexity2 007

Balloon 701

Boat 230

Balloon 701 & Boat 230

Balloon 717

Balloon 717 & Balloon 719

Twin Car 272+T2

Centenary 642

Centenary 642 & Centenary 648

Centenary 648

Twin Car 675+685

Boat 230 & Balloon 717

Balloon 717

Boat 230

Balloon 715

Centenary 641

Frigate 736

Western Train 733+734

Sunday 27th September 2015 - Line-ups


Rocket 732, Twin Car 676+686 & Trawler 737

Boat 600, Rocket 732 & Twin Car 676+686

Balloons 707, 709 & 720

Balloons 709 720

Balloon 720

Balloons 709 & 707

Balloons 720, 709 & 707

Monday 28th September 2015


Flexity2 010

Flexity2 015

Flexity2 006

Balloon 700

Flexity2 007

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