Category Archives: East Anglia Transport Museum

Santa’s getting ready on his…tram!

Posted on Sunday 20 October 2019 by Gareth Prior

It may be hard to believe but in around two months time Santa will be getting on his sleigh to deliver toys to all the good girls and boys, but before the big day he’s going to be a busy … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Night-time running at East Anglia Transport Museum

Posted on Sunday 13 October 2019 by Gareth Prior

In all the excitement of the event at Crich, Blackpool and Birkenhead we have neglected to mention the Trolleybus Weekend at the East Anglia Transport Museum which took place over the weekend of 21st and 22nd September. Whilst primarily an … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11

Posted on Thursday 5 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

Hopefully you haven’t had too much of looking at Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 over the past couple of weeks as the final part of our trilogy is featured today as we take another look at the tram whilst in operation … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 & Blackpool Standard 159

Posted on Thursday 29 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

Not only do we stay at the East Anglia Transport Museum this week but we also feature the same tram as we saw last week, although this time it is joined by a fellow Blackpool tram. The two trams in … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: A look at the East Anglia Transport Museum

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

On a visit to the East Anglia Transport Museum on 17th August there was a standard two tram service running with the currently only serviceable trams in action – Blackpool 159 and Sheffield 513. Paul Lemon made the trip east … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

We featured a non-Blackpool tram in Blackpool for our Blackpool edition of Picture in Time this week and for our traditional tram series we feature a Blackpool tram not in Blackpool! This tram is Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11, a tram … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Lowestoft 14 sees the light as Amsterdam 474’s truck heads off

Posted on Wednesday 31 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

Friday 26th July saw the next stage of Amsterdam 474’s truck overhaul with the extracted truck being moved out of the depot and sent off for repair. In order to allow the truck to be taken away the elusive Lowestoft … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Amsterdam 474 lifted from its truck

Posted on Thursday 25 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

General maintenance of heritage trams across the country is always ongoing and rarely gets reported in depth as it just sort of happens and we take for granted that the trams continue to run whenever we may happen to visit … Continue reading →

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Coming soon: Approved extensions across the British Isles

Posted on Monday 15 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

Can’t keep up with which extensions have been approved and either about to start or have started construction or are just ideas and may happen in the future? Well, if you are worry no more as if here is you … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 14 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week’s pair of Photo Galleries both come from traditional tramways in the UK:

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In Pictures: Carlton Colville celebrates 50 years of Eastern Transport Collection – trams included too!

Posted on Tuesday 9 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

The weekend of 6th and 7th July saw the East Anglia Transport Museum helping to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Eastern Transport Collection with many former Eastern Counties buses visiting both as static exhibits as well as to operate … Continue reading →

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They’ve run in 2019…

Posted on Monday 8 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

In this new article – which will continue to be updated as and when more trams enter service for the first time time this year – we take a look at all of those trams which have operated in passenger … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 19 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

There is another double helping of photos added to the site as part of this week’s main site update:

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In Pictures: 50s Seaside celebration at Carlton Colville

Posted on Tuesday 14 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

Over the weekend of 11th and 12th May the East Anglia Transport Museum at Carlton Colville went to the seaside with a special 1950s seaside celebration. Whilst the highlight of the weekend was the relaunch into service of Hastings trolleybus … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Work gets underway on expansion of East Anglia Transport Museum

Posted on Wednesday 17 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Back in June 2018 full planning permission was given to the East Anglia Transport Museum for a major expansion of the museum site including extensions to the tramway, trolleybus route and the East Suffolk Light Railway. Now less than 12 … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: East Anglia Transport Museum in July

Posted on Tuesday 23 October 2018 by Gareth Prior

In this pictorial article we take a visit to the East Anglia Transport Museum in Carlton Colville for some views of the trams in service on Sunday 8th July, which was the second day of the Electric Dreams event. On … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Standard 159

Posted on Saturday 29 September 2018 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time heads off to East Anglia for a view of a long standing member of the operational tram fleet – Blackpool Standard 159.

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In Pictures: Lowestoft Trams at East Anglia Transport Museum

Posted on Monday 16 July 2018 by Gareth Prior

The East Anglia Transport Museum is the home to two local trams, both from Lowestoft. The more famous of the two is open topper 14 which continues to be restored in the depot whilst the second is in use as … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11

Posted on Saturday 7 July 2018 by Gareth Prior

As our Picture in Time series from Blackpool takes a break for July we go back to more general traditional trams – with this edition featuring a tram from…Blackpooll! It’s a tram which has featured several times before in Picture … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: A Bank Holiday at Carlton Colville

Posted on Sunday 24 June 2018 by Gareth Prior

We previously featured views of Sheffield 513 operating all the way through to the extremity of the tram line at the East Anglia Transport Museum on Sunday 27th May and in this pictorial we show some more photos from the … Continue reading →

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