Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: Blackpool Centenary 648

Posted on Tuesday 4 June 2019 by Gareth Prior

2011 is again the year for today’s Blackpool Picture in Time image with one of the Centenary Cars featuring.

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Picture in Time: Southend Pier Railway

Posted on Thursday 30 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

A tradition on many piers in the UK was the provision of a tramway or railway and whilst the vast majority have now been removed one which still very much remains – probably party because of the length of the … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 630

Posted on Tuesday 28 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week’s archive Blackpool tram image again comes from the final year of the traditional tramway – 2011.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1011

Posted on Saturday 25 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

Today we take a look at the very first Manchester Metrolink T68 to be withdrawn and scrapped – 1011.

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Picture in Time: Beamish 1 and Glasgow Subway Cars

Posted on Thursday 23 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week we are off to Beamish in 1977 for a view which not only includes a tram in service but also some redundant Glasgow Subway Cars which had been acquired for their electrical equipment.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 713

Posted on Tuesday 21 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another image from 2011 this week as we continue our look at the last year of traditional tram operations on the Blackpool Tramway.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1006

Posted on Saturday 18 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Bournemouth 85

Posted on Thursday 16 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 631

Posted on Tuesday 14 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

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 →

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1005

Posted on Saturday 11 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week we are on the very first day of passenger services on Manchester Metrolink – 6th April 1992. T68 1005 features in the image.

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Picture in Time: Aachen 1010

Posted on Thursday 9 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Centenary 641

Posted on Tuesday 7 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1004

Posted on Saturday 4 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another early image from Manchester Metrolink features in the latest edition of Picture in Time.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 2

Posted on Thursday 2 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

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 →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 625

Posted on Tuesday 30 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1002

Posted on Saturday 27 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 20

Posted on Thursday 25 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 707

Posted on Tuesday 23 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 114

Posted on Saturday 20 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 5

Posted on Thursday 18 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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