Category Archives: Out and About

Out and About: Tram-Trains in Sheffield City Centre

Posted on Monday 10 July 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another visit to the centre of Sheffield as we take a look at a couple of Tram-Trains in operation – both of which have only returned to action this year after a period out of use.

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Out and About: Manchester Metrolink Advert liveries – May 2023

Posted on Monday 3 July 2023 by Gareth Prior

The first quarter of 2023 saw a number of new advert liveries make an appearance on Manchester Metrolink. In this edition of “Out and About” we take a look at some of them.

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Out and About: Heading out on Stagecoach Supertram

Posted on Monday 26 June 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another edition of “Out and About” and Sheffield is again our location.

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Out and About: Heaton Park Tramway – April 2023

Posted on Monday 19 June 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “Out and About” goes all heritage tram as we’re off to the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester!

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Out and About: Supertram sights in the city centre

Posted on Monday 12 June 2023 by Gareth Prior

We are heading “Out and About” again today as we feature some shots of the Stagecoach Supertram system in Sheffield City Centre.

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Out and About: Service ends for a day on the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Monday 5 June 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today “Out and About” is going to the West Midlands Metro as we see the last tram of a day returning to depot.

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Out and About: A short visit to the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Monday 29 May 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time for “Out and About” again and in this edition we are going to the northeast where we take a look at the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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Out and About: Corporation colours on Supertram – November 2022

Posted on Monday 22 May 2023 by Gareth Prior

This time we go to Sheffield for the latest edition of “Out and About” and it’s a very popular livery that we see, now under advertsing vinyls.

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Out and About: A return to Beamish in December 2022

Posted on Monday 15 May 2023 by Gareth Prior

We continue to go back in time a bit for this edition of “Out and About” as we make a return visit to Beamish.

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Out and About: Waterthorpe on Stagecoach Supertram – June 2022

Posted on Monday 8 May 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today “Out and About” is going back to June 2022 and the location is Waterthorpe on the Supertram network in South Yorkshire.

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Out and About: Around Wolverhampton on the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Monday 1 May 2023 by Gareth Prior

We go “Out and About” in Wolverhampton today with a couple of photos taken back in November 2022.

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Out and About: Stagecoach Supertram 102 at the end of the road

Posted on Monday 24 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

In another edition of “Out and About” we are this time going to Sheffield to take a look at the second lowest numbered tram in the fleet.

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Out and About: A quick shot at Manchester Airport

Posted on Monday 17 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “Out and About” is back in Manchester as we head to the Airport for a quick shot of one of the trams to have carried an advert in recent years.

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Out and About: West Midlands Metro – February 2023

Posted on Monday 10 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

We go “Out and About” again today and the location of this visit is the West Midlands Metro where we take a look at a few of the trams operating on 13th February 2023.

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Out and About: Manchester Metrolink – Victoria: August 2022

Posted on Monday 3 April 2023 by Gareth Prior

As we return with another batch of photos as part of “Out and About” we are going back to August 2022 for some images which were taken at Victoria.

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Out and About: Around Middlewood in December 2022

Posted on Monday 30 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

For this edition of “Out and About” (the last for a while) we take a trip to Middlewood on the Stagecoach Supertram network a few days before Christmas 2022 with some photos of two of the Siemens-Duewag trams around the … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Manchester Metrolink – Airport: August 2022

Posted on Monday 23 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

We are “Out and About” in Manchester today as we head back to August to see a couple of views taken at the Manchester Airport terminus.

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Out and About: A double tram view at Beamish – November 2022

Posted on Monday 16 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

In this latest “Out and About” we are heading back to early November 2022 for a visit to Beamish when Trevor Hall captured a shot of the usual winter pairing of trams together.

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Out and About: Beighton Drakehouse Lane, Stagecoach Supertram – December 2022

Posted on Monday 9 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “Out and About” is again in Sheffield as we take a look at some trams running at Beighton Drakehouse Lane on the Blue route out to Halfway.

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Out and About: A Beamish visit – November 2022

Posted on Monday 2 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time to go “Out and About” again today and we take a look at some of the heritage trams in operation at Beamish on 26th November 2022.

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