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Category Archives: Picture in Time
Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 713
Another image from 2011 this week as we continue our look at the last year of traditional tram operations on the Blackpool Tramway.
Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1006
We have a couple of images taken shortly before tram services started on Manchester Metrolink this week with T68 1006 the tram in the frame.
Picture in Time: Bournemouth 85
This week as we continue our look into the archives we feature a tram now part of the national collection at Crich – it is Bournemouth 85.
Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 631
For the next few weeks we head back to the last year of the traditional Blackpool Tramway before the full upgrade was in place. It was a year which was far from the glory days of years gone by but … Continue reading
Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1005
This week we are on the very first day of passenger services on Manchester Metrolink – 6th April 1992. T68 1005 features in the image.
Picture in Time: Aachen 1010
Staying on the Isle of Man for this week’s Traditional Tram archive photo we feature a tram which was never purchased to operate on the island but was used to provide parts to update the equipment on the Snaefell cars.
Picture in Time: Blackpool Centenary 641
We stay in Fleetwood for this week’s Blackpool Tramway archive image but this time we head back in time a bit further to the 1980s for a view of Centenary Car 641.
Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1004
Another early image from Manchester Metrolink features in the latest edition of Picture in Time.
Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 2
Today if you mention either of the remaining original motors built for the Manx Electric Railway you think about how they are marketed as the world’s oldest trams and treated as such. But head back into the last century and … Continue reading
Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 625
In this week’s Blackpool edition of Picture in Time we head back over 25 years ago to the early 1990s for a view of one of the Brush Railcoaches in Fleetwood.
Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1002
A change of location for the next few week’s modern tram Picture in Time series as we head across the Pennines from Sheffield to Manchester.
Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 20
1979 remains the year as we again visit the Isle of Man for another image from the past. This time around it is a Winter Saloon which comes across the camera.
Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 707
A tram expected to return to service in Blackpool this year will be Balloon 707. In this week’s Blackpool Picture in Time feature we include that tram just after its conversion to a flat fronted format.
Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 114
One final visit to Sheffield for the time being as our look into the past sees another of the original Siemens-Duewag trams in action.
Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 5
Staying on the Isle of Man for our latest dip into the archives with an image showing one of the hard working Tunnel Cars in 1979.
Picture in Time: Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool
This week we have the last of our trilogy of images taken of trams at the front of Rigby Road Depot in 1997.
Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 105
Today we are back in Sheffield as we feature another archive image from the Stagecoach Supertram system.
Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 55
For the next few weeks our Traditional Tram Picture in Time series will be on the Isle of Man with photos taken during 1979 including some which have been withdrawn from service from a long-time.
Picture in Time: Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool
Another image from the front of Rigby Road Depot today as we continue our look at archive images from the Blackpool Tramway.
Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 102
We move forward in the history of the South Yorkshire Supertram this week as we enter the era of operation by major transport company Stagecoach.