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Category Archives: Picture in Time
Picture in Time: Blackpool Engineering Car 754
We have a lot to be grateful for to various transport undertakings across the country as if they hadn’t converted earlier passenger trams into works cars there may be several types of tram we now enjoy which had been confined … Continue reading
Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 06
Its another change of scene for our modern tramway/light rail edition of Picture in Time as we move back down to London for the next few weeks and feature different liveries as carried on the Docklands Light Railway over the … Continue reading
Picture in Time: Sheffield 15
For the next few weeks we are off to the East Midlands for some more archive images taken at Crich, and we start off with a very early image from the museum.
Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 9 & Engineering Car 753
We stay looking at the Blackpool Tramway during the illuminations in the 1970s this week but this time there isn’t an illuminated tram in sight as we take a look at Little Bispham loop during the day with two very … Continue reading
Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 209
When Nottingham Express Transit opened in 2004 some of the trams in the fleet started off not in fleet livery but instead carried full vinyl wrap adverts, one of which was 209 and it is that tram which is featured … Continue reading
Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11
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
Picture in Time: Blackpool Hovertram 735
Sticking with the illuminated tram theme for this week as we take a look at another of the 1960s feature cars. This time around it is the Hovertram, one of thosenow back at Rigby Road but stored.
Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 208
Another image coming from Nottingham for this week’s modern tram edition of Picture in Time.
Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 & Blackpool Standard 159
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
Picture in Time: Blackpool Belle 731 and Warship 736
This week as we return to Blackpool for some another archive image we are in the 1970s for a view of two stabled illuminated trams.
Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 207
We continue our look at some of the trams of Nottingham Express Transit this week with another view taken on day two of the network.
Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11
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
Picture in Time: Edinburgh 35
At first glance this week you would think we had made a mistake in featuring Edinburgh 35 as our Blackpool archive image but of course this tram spent a period on the Fylde Coast in the mid-1980s and as such … Continue reading
Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 204
Again this week are in Nottingham for a look at a tram operating on the Nottingham Express Transit system.
Picture in Time: Seaton Tramway 4
Another image taken in 1980 at the Seaton Tramway features in this edition of Picture in Time.
Picture in Time: Blackpool Centenary 645
In this edition of Picture in Time we again travel to Blackpool and this time feature one of the one person operated Centenary Cars.
Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 202
Its time for a change of location again in our modern tram Picture in Time series and that location is Nottingham for a selection of views taken on the Nottingham Express Transit system.
Picture in Time: Unrestored trams at Seaton
Following on from last week’s image of Seaton Tramway 14 under restoration this week we take a look at some unrestored tram bodies outside the depot.
Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 711
We head back to 2007 again this week for the latest Blackpool edition of Picture in Time and we feature one of the many all over adverts carried on a Balloon Car over the years.
Picture in Time: Midland Metro 01
This week our modern tram archive image comes from the early days of Midland Metro – just a little over four months since the line had opened to the public.