Category Archives: The Number 20

The Number 20: Blackpool 642

Posted on Monday 27 March 2023 by Gareth Prior

For the last time in this series we feature a tram connected to “The Number 20” and its off to the seaside to take a look at a tram in Blackpool.

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The Number 20: London Tramlink 2558

Posted on Monday 20 March 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “The Number 20” is another modern tram with this one operating on London Tramlink.

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The Number 20: Blackpool 236

Posted on Monday 13 March 2023 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “The Number 20” we are off to the Crich Tramway Village again to take a look at one of the Blackpool trams in the national collection.

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The Number 20: South Yorkshire Supertram 20

Posted on Monday 6 March 2023 by Gareth Prior

During March our Monday evening photo series will be the return of “The Number 20”. This time out we feature a tram that we have seen in this series before but this time it is actually carrying the number 20 … Continue reading →

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The Number 20: Zurich tram route 20

Posted on Sunday 29 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

It’s a bit different for this last part of the current series of “The Number 20” as its not the tram which has a connection to the number 20 but the route on which its running!

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The Number 20: London Tramlink 2537

Posted on Sunday 22 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today we have another edition of “The Number 20” and its London Tramlink where the next entrant comes from.

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The Number 20: London County Council 106 & Sheffield 15

Posted on Sunday 15 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time to get those calculators out again as we have another edition of “The Number 20” for you. And today we are returning to the Crich Tramway Village to take a look at a couple of trams which get … Continue reading →

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The Number 20: Geneva 875

Posted on Sunday 8 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

We did say never say never to this series returning in the future – although even we didn’t expect it to be back this quick! With a number of you seeming to enjoy working out how we can get to … Continue reading →

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The Number 20: Southampton 45

Posted on Sunday 1 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

After just over a month and 22 editions this is planned to be the last edition of “The Number 20” (although never say never to it appearing again in some form!) and we end with a selection of photos of … Continue reading →

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The Number 20: Croydon Tramlink 058+061

Posted on Saturday 31 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

The only works vehicles to be included in this series are featured today – and there’s two of them to get us up to the number 20!

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The Number 20: West Midlands Metro 45

Posted on Thursday 29 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

It’s a return to the West Midlands for this next entry into “The Number 20”.

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The Number 20: Blackpool & Fleetwood 2 and 40

Posted on Wednesday 28 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

We are off to Crich for this next instalment of “The Number 20” and there are a couple of trams which are included from the same system side-by-side.

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The Number 20: Blackpool Tramway 006 & 014

Posted on Monday 26 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

We think this series has now covered as many operational tramways in the British Isles as we can (we tried to get the numbers at Summerlee to add up to 20 but failed!) so we have repeat entries from today … Continue reading →

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The Number 20: London Transport 1858

Posted on Sunday 25 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Happy Christmas everyone! We hope your Christmas Day is going well and that the turkey is in the oven so you can get it eaten before the King’s Speech! It may be Christmas but we continue our photographic series “The … Continue reading →

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The Number 20: Snaefell Mountain Railway 4 & 5

Posted on Friday 23 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

We go back to the Isle of Man for another edition of “The Number 20” and it’s a familiar calculation to get to 20!

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The Number 20: Hull 96 & Stockport 5

Posted on Thursday 22 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

And off to Manchester and the Heaton Park Tramway for this next instalment of “The Number 20”.

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The Number 20: Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 45

Posted on Tuesday 20 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Another tram enters the category of “The Number 20” and its published on 20th December too! Over to the Isle of Man and the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway today.

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The Number 20: Sheffield 264

Posted on Monday 19 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

And we continue with our attempts to make the number 20 out of tram numbers and today we could have featured two different trams from the same place but settle on the one which resides at Beamish.

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