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Photo Gallery Index

This is the Photo Gallery section of British Trams Online included are themed galleries of photos of trams of and in the UK. All photos are either by a member of the British Trams Online team or have been sent with permission given for their use on the site. If you wish to use one of the photos for anything other than personal use please email (please also use this email address if you would like to supply photos for use). This page is organised by month of uploading (not necessary month the photos were taken!), with the latest month at the top of the page.

For the menus of previous years photo galleries see below (please note some of the earlier years are not currently available):
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2002-2008


December 2013
Gallery 415: Liverpool 245 restoration progress November 2013
More from Birkenhead as painting of Liverpool 245 continues.

Photos by John Hewitt
28 photos
Added 1st December 2013

Gallery 416: Nottingham Express Transit Phase Two construction update
A look at recent progress on the Phase Two extensions of Nottingham Express Transit.

Photos by Bob Gell
11 photos
Added 1st December 2013

Gallery 417: Midland Metro November 2013
Photos from a November day on the Midland Metro.

Photos by Ian Nightingale
11 photos
Added 1st December 2013

Gallery 418: Oldham town centre driver training runs
Photos from the Manchester Metrolink Oldham town centre extension as driver training commences.

Photos by Steve Hyde
18 photos
Added 15th December 2013

Gallery 419: Autumn colours at Beamish
A selection of images at Beamish showing some stunning autumnal colours..

Photos by Nigel Valentine
8 photos
Added 15th December 2013

Gallery 420: Stagecoach Supertram November 2013
Photos from a sunny November day in Sheffield.

Photos by Ian Nightingale
12 photos
Added 15th December 2013

Gallery 421: The Great Escape - Blackpool tram style
Trams formerly of the Lancastrian Transport Trust collection are moved across town back to Rigby Road including Coronation 663, Brush 259, Balloon 715 and Brush 632. Balloon 704 is also included as it is left all alone.

Photos by Bradley Jones
18 photos
Added 15th December 2013

Gallery 422: Docklands Light Railway November 2013
Selection of photos from the Docklands Light Railway.

Photos by Gareth Prior
28 photos
Added 23rd December 2013

Gallery 423: Manchester Metrolink November & December 2013
Images showing the latest goings on around Manchester Metrolink.

Photos by Steve Kemp
15 photos
Added 23rd December 2013

Gallery 424: Blackpool OMO 8 Tour November 2010
Archive photos from 2010 as OMO 8 toured the Blackpool Tramway with Coronation 304.

Photos by Ian Nightingale
20 photos
Added 23rd December 2013


November 2013
Gallery 411: Black Country Living Museum October 2013
A look at the trams of the Black Country Living Museum.

Photos by Ken Jones
8 photos
Added 10th November 2013

Gallery 412: Liverpool 245 restoration progress up to end of October 2013
Another progress report from the restoration of Liverpool 245 at Birkenhead including images of the tram out in the open.

Photos by John Hewitt
32 photos
Added 10th November 2013

Gallery 413: Behind the Scenes at Derby Castle Car Sheds
Images from behind the scenes tours at Derby Castle sheds on the Manx Electric Railway as part of the Isle of Man Heritage Transport Festival in July 2013.

Photos by Bob Hodges
21 photos
Added 22nd November 2013

Gallery 414: Heaton Park Tramway Autumn Gala 2013
Photos from the Heaton Park Tramway as six trams feature at the Autumn Gala.

Photos by Andrew Waddington
23 photos
Added 22nd November 2013


October 2013
Gallery 403: East Anglia Transport Museum End of Season Gala 2013
Photos from the first day of the End of Season Gala at Carlton Colville featuring four trams in service, one stabled and one under restoration.

Photos by Ken Jones
29 photos
Added 6th October 2013

Gallery 404: Nottingham Express Transit September 2013
A general look at Nottingham Express Transit on a grey September day including a brief look at the first Alstom Citadis.

Photos by Gareth Prior
24 photos
Added 6th October 2013

Gallery 405: Manchester Metrolink opens to Ashton-under-Lyne
The East Manchester Line extension to Ashton-under-Lyne opened to the public on Wednesday 9th October and this gallery shows images from the first day.

Photos by Steve Hyde & Steve Kemp
20 photos
Added 13th October 2013

Gallery 406: Blackpool Tramway 25th-30th September 2013
Photos from a six day stay in Blackpool with Flexities, Illuminated trams and heritage cars all included.

Photos by Gareth Prior
60 photos
Added 13th October 2013

Gallery 407: Midland Metro October 2013
Images from a day visit to Midland Metro including 11 in its Birmingham Corporation Tramways inspired livery.

Photos by Gareth Prior
24 photos
Added 13th October 2013

Gallery 408: Manchester Metrolink October 2013
Photos from the first day of October in Manchester including some shots of the stored T68s at Trafford Depot.

Photos by Ian Nightingale
19 photos
Added 20th October 2013

Gallery 409: Wirral Bus & Tram Show 2013
All the action from the most intensive service of the year on the Birkenhead Heritage Tramway with four trams in action. Photos of the other trams on site are also included.

Photos by Ken Jones & Ian Nightingale
26 photos
Added 20th October 2013

Gallery 410: North East trams at Crich in the 1960s and 1970s
Images of three north eastern trams at Crich with Gateshead cars 5 and 52 and Newcastle 102 during the early years at Crich as two were returned to working order whilst 52 was put on a back burner.

Photos by John Henderson
16 photos
Added 20th October 2013


September 2013
Gallery 392: Manchester Metrolink testing - Ashton & Oldham
Testing takes place to Ashton and gauging runs on the Oldham town centre line - on the same night!

Photos by Steve Hyde
16 photos
Added 1st September 2013

Gallery 393: Liverpool 245 restoration update August 2013
A look at the latest progress on the restoration of Liverpool 245.

Photos by John Hewitt
21 photos
Added 1st September 2013

Gallery 394: Tram & Transport Sunday at NELSAM
Images from the first Tram event at NELSAM in Sunderland as NEETT show off their tram collection.

Photos by Andrew Waddington
23 photos
Added 1st September 2013

Gallery 395: Isle of Man Tramways August 2013
Photos from mid August showing the Douglas Horse Tramway, Manx Electric Railway and Snaefell Mountain Railway.

Photos by Gareth Prior
102 photos
Added 1st September 2013

Gallery 396: Leeds Horse Tram 107 launched
Leeds 107 is launched at the Middleton Railway in its home city and is then transported to Crich.

Photos by Gary Conn, Deckerman, Jamie Guest, Andrew Waddington & Hazel & Geoff Quarmby
28 photos
Updated 12th September 2013

Gallery 397: Blackpool Tramway Heritage Service August 2013
Images from the last daytime outing for the heritage service in Blackpool this year.

Photos by Alan Taylor & Andrew Waddington
26 photos
Added 8th September 2013

Gallery 398: Daytime testing starts to Ashton-under-Lyne
The first few days of daytime testing on the Manchester Metrolink extension to Ashton-under-Lyne

Photos by Martin Clark, Steve Hyde, Steve Kemp, Ralph Oakes-Garnett & Varich Oakes-Garnett
24 photos
Added 12th September 2013

Gallery 399: Nottingham Express Transit September 2013
A small selection of images from Nottingham Express Transit

Photos by Ian Nightingale
11 photos
Added 12th September 2013

Gallery 400: Blackpool Tramway 6th-9th September 2013
Photos of the new and old in Blackpool during a wet long weekend.

Photos by Andrew Waddington
32 photos
Added 24th September 2013

Gallery 401: Stagecoach Supertram September 2013
Images from a day on the Stagecoach Supertram system.

Photos by Gareth Prior
24 photos
Added 24th September 2013

Gallery 402: Crich Tramway Village Enthusiasts' Day 2013
Comprehensive coverage of the 2013 Enthusiasts's Event at Crich including rare appearances outside of Leicester 76 and London Transport 1 plus a horse car line-up.

Photos by Gareth Prior & Geoff & Hazel Quarmby
104 photos
Added 24th September 2013


August 2013
Gallery 388: Tram Management System commissioned through Cornbrook
Photos from the first day of TMS operation through Cornbrook on Manchester Metrolink.

Photos by Steve Hyde
12 photos
Added 4 August 2013

Gallery 389: Blackpool 752 Returns to Heaton Park
We take a look at the loading and unloading of Blackpool 752 as it returns to the Heaton Park Tramway from a period of storage at the East Lancashire Railway.

Photos by Joe Savage
17 photos
Added 4 August 2013

Gallery 390: Seaton Tramway
Photos from two visits to the Seaton Tramway during 2013.

Photos by Gareth Prior
24 photos
Added 4 August 2013

Gallery 391: Isle of Man Heritage Transport Festival 2013
Images from 12 days on the Isle of Man including the Transport Festival.

Photos by David Mee
44 photos
Added 4 August 2013


July 2013
Gallery 375: Stagecoach Supertram June 2013
Photos from the Stagecoach Supertram network during June.

Photos by David Mee
20 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 376: Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
A collection of images of trams on Scotland's only operational tramway.

Photos by Ian Nightingale
11 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 377: Riverside Museum - Scotland's Museum of Transport
A look around Glasgow's Riverside Museum at the trams on display there.

Photos by Ian Nightingale
10 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 378: Manx Electric Railway June 2013
Images from one day in June on the Manx Electric Railway.

Photos by Ian Nightingale
19 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 379: Snaefell Mountain Railway June 2013
Photos showing off the Snaefell Mountain Railway.

Photos by Ian Nightingale
6 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 380: Edinburgh Tramway Construction Progress June 2013
A look in Edinburgh city centre at recent construction progress.

Photos by Alasdair McFarlane
5 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 381: Manchester Metrolink town centre extensionupdate
The latest construction progress in Oldham town centre.

Photos by Steve Hyde
11 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 382: Beamish Tramway June 2013
Photos from Beamish including some behind the scenes images of the tram depot.

Photos by David Mee
11 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 383: London Tramlink June 2013
Images from London Tramlink featuring both the old and the new.

Photos by Steve Kemp
12 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 384: A Capital Weekend - Crich July 2013
Photos from the first day of this event which included the return to service of London United Tramways 159 and also featured tram line-ups from other capital cities.

Photos by Gareth Prior & Andrew Waddington
62 photos
Added 14 July 2013

Gallery 385: Manchester Metrolink Construction Update July 2013
Victoria, Mosley Street, Market Street/High Street, Oldham town centre, Rochdale town centre and the East Manchester line all feature in this round-up of latest construction progress.

Photos by Steve Hyde
29 photos
Added 28 July 2013

Gallery 386: Manchester Metrolink July 2013
Images mainly concentrated on the Eccles line and city centre from Metrolink.

Photos by Gareth Prior
48 photos
Added 28 July 2013

Gallery 387: Blackpool Centenary 648 returns & Fleetwood Tram Sunday 2013
648 returns to service after a repaint on a Fylde Tramway Society tour and the crowds flock to Fleetwood for the Festival of Transport.

Photos by Deckerman, Paul Derrick, Scott Moore & Alan Taylor
40 photos
Added 28 July 2013


June 2013
Gallery 365: Midland Metro platform upgrades
Images of the work undertaken over Easter on reprofiling the platforms on Midland Metro.

Photos by Michael Averill
14 photos
Added 2 June 2013

Gallery 366: Manchester Metrolink April 2013
A look at the Oldham and Rochdale line including construction shots plus the East Manchester line.

Photos by Geoff Pickles
20 photos
Added 2 June 2013

Gallery 367: London Tramlink May 2013
Images from London Tramlink during a visit on a day in May.

Photos by David Bosher
29 photos
Added 2 June 2013

Gallery 368: Liverpool 245 restoration update May 2013
The latest progress on the restoration of Liverpool 245 with seats starting to be fitted.

Photos by John Hewitt
26 photos
Added 2 June 2013

Gallery 369: Manchester Metrolink opens to East Didsbury
Images from the start of services to East Didsbury.

Photos by Harold Hull & Steve Hyde
19 photos
Added 2 June 2013

Gallery 370: Blackpool Balloonatic Weekend: 25-27 May 2013
All the action from Blackpool as for the third time in 2013 the heritage tram service operated.

Photos by Gareth Prior & Alan Taylor
76 photos
Added 2 June 2013

Gallery 371: More from the Blackpool Balloonatic Weekend
More photos from the late May Bank Holiday heritage tram operation in Blackpool.

Photos by Andrew Waddington
50 photos
Added 9 June 2013

Gallery 372: Liverpool 245 restoration update June 2013
The latest progress in the restoration of Liverpool 245.

Photos by John Hewitt
28 photos
Added 30 June 2013

Gallery 373: Seaton Tramway Gala Weekend 2013
Photos from both days of the gala weekend at the Seaton Tramway with images of all passenger trams out.

Photos by Mike Poole
28 photos
Added 30 June 2013

Gallery 374: Nottingham Express Transit Phase Two
A look at the latest construction images of Phase Two of Nottingham Express Transit due to open in 2014.

Photos by Steve Hyde
28 photos
Added 30 June 2013


May 2013
Gallery 363: Manchester Metrolink testing to East Didsbury
Testing starts to East Didsbury on the South Manchester line.

Photos by Steve Hyde & Ralph Oakes-Garnett
20 photos
Added 12 May 2013

Gallery 364: Manchester Metrolink Airport line construction update
The latest progress on the Airport line between the M56 bridge and the Airport.

Photos by Steve Hyde
14 photos
Added 19 May 2013


April 2013
Gallery 353: Manchester Metrolink T68s
Some more photos from Manchester, this time concerntrating solely on the T68 and T68As.

Photos by Ian Buck
23 photos
Added 7th April 2013

Gallery 354: Blackpool Heritage Trams Easter 2013
We take a look at the heritage tramway operations in Blackpool on Easter Monday.

Photos by Alan Taylor, Ken Walker & Mervyn Williams
16 photos
Added 7th April 2013

Gallery 355: Beamish - Our Friends Electric
Images from the first two days of Beamish's celebration of 40 years of their tramway.

Photos by Gareth Prior
16 photos
Added 17th April 2013

Gallery 356: Manchester Metrolink Construction Work Update
A look at the latest construction works on the Manchester Airport and Oldham and Rochdale Town Centre lines.

Photos by Steve Hyde & Harold Hull
39 photos
Added 21st April 2013

Gallery 357: Great North Steam Fair 2013 at Beamish
Photos from the Saturday of Beamish's Great North Steam Fair part of the Great North Festival of Transport..

Photos by Andrew & Tony Waddington
22 photos
Added 22nd April 2013

Gallery 358: Manx Electric Railway Easter 2013
Images from the Easter period as the MER awoke from its winter slumbers.

Photos by David Mee
22 photos
Added 28th April 2013

Gallery 359: Docklands Light Railway March & April 2013
View from across the DLR network.

Photos by David Bosher
28 photos
Added 28th April 2013

Gallery 360: Manchester Metrolink T68s on the Eccles line
T68s and T68s operating services on the Eccles line on a day in April.

Photos by Ian Buck
9 photos
Added 28th April 2013

Gallery 361: Nottingham Express Transit Noel Street crossover relay Easter 2013
Shots from the relaying of the Noel Street crossover in Nottingham.

Photos by Nottingham Trams Limited
18 photos
Added 28th April 2013

Gallery 362: More Beamish Great North Steam Fair 2013
Our final look at the Great North Festival of Transport including Glasgow 1068 and Lisbon 730 in action.

Photos by Gareth Prior
36 photos
Added 28th April 2013


March 2013
Gallery 345: Opening of the Rochdale Line
Images from the last day of shadow running and the first day of passenger services.

Photos by Harold Hull, Steve Hyde, Ralph Oakes-Garnett, Ken Walker & Mervyn Williams
36 photos
Added 3rd March 2013

Gallery 346: East Manchester Line testing to Ashton
Further testing on the East Manchester Line beyond Droylsden towards Ashton-under-Lyne.

Photos by Steve Hyde & Simon Thomas
16 photos
Added 9th March 2013

Gallery 347: A new look for Nottingham Express Transit
215 becomes the first tram on Nottingham Express Transit to receive a new livery.

Photos by Tim Moss
38 photos
Added 17th March 2013

Gallery 348: Liverpool 245 restoration update
A photo update of the latest progress on the restoration of Liverpool 245.

Photos by John Hewitt
40 photos
Added 17th March 2013

Gallery 349: London Tramlink March 2013
Photos from a day on London's tram network.

Photos by Gareth Prior
25 photos
Added 22nd March 2013

Gallery 350: Manchester Metrolink March 2013
Photos from a long weekend in Manchester chasing T68s and T68As (with M5000s getting in the way too).

Photos by Gareth Prior
60 photos
Added 30th March 2013

Gallery 351: Heaton Park Tramway Spring Gala
Stockport 5 gets relaunched at a very cold Spring Gala.

Photos by Gareth Prior & Tony Waddington
28 photos
Added 30th March 2013

Gallery 352: London Tramlink Variotrams in action
A look at the Stadler built Variotrams operating in the first few months of March.

Photos by Ian Buck
17 photos
Added 30th March 2013


February 2013
Gallery 339: Advent Calendar 2012
A look back at 2012 as we counted down to Christmas

Photos by Gareth Prior
24 photos
Added 10th February 2013

Gallery 340: East Manchester Line Testing January & February 2013
Testing & ghost running as the latest part of the Manchester Metrolink jigsaw gets ready to open.

Photos by Steve Hyde
41 photos
Added 10th February 2013

Gallery 341: Snow at the Heaton Park Tramway
Some snowy views from Heaton Park

Photos by Joe Savage
26 photos
Added 10th February 2013

Gallery 342: Manchester Metrolink Rochdale Extension Works February 2013
An update on latest progress in Rochdale

Photos by Steve Hyde
9 photos
Added 10th February 2013

Gallery 343: East Manchester Line's Official First Day
Photos from the first day of commercial services on the East Manchester Line to Droylsden

Photos by Steve Hyde
9 photos
Added 16th February 2013

Gallery 344: Rochdale Line Shadow Running
Full shadow running commences between Shaw & Crompton and Rochdale.

Photos by Steve Hyde, Ralph Oakes-Garnett & Ken Walker
39 photos
Added 24th February 2013


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