Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 16 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week we have the last of our trilogy of images taken of trams at the front of Rigby Road Depot in 1997.

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 105

Posted on Saturday 13 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Today we are back in Sheffield as we feature another archive image from the Stagecoach Supertram system.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 55

Posted on Thursday 11 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

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Tram Picture in Time series will be on the Isle of Man with photos taken during 1979 including some which have been withdrawn from service from a long-time.

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Picture in Time: Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 9 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another image from the front of Rigby Road Depot today as we continue our look at archive images from the Blackpool Tramway.

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 102

Posted on Saturday 6 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 4

Posted on Thursday 4 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

We head to the year 2000 for this week’s traditional tram archive image with another visit to the Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno.

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Picture in Time: Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 2 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks we will be featuring a selection of images taken at Blackpool’s Rigby Road Depot in May 1997. At a time when there was no problem with enthusiasts wandering in to look at the trams we … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: South Yorkshire Supertram 12 & 03

Posted on Saturday 30 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

A pair of Siemens-Duewag trams feature in today’s edition of Picture in Time as we stay in Sheffield.

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 6

Posted on Thursday 28 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

Staying in North Wales for this week’s archive image as we had back to the 1990s again.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 11, Glasgow 1297 & Coronation 660

Posted on Tuesday 26 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

Today as we continue our Picture in Time series we have a photo that really makes you want to find a time machine and travel back in time to experience what is going in person!

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Picture in Time: South Yorkshire Supertram

Posted on Saturday 23 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week we move north from Croydon to Sheffield to start a series of archive images from the Supertram network, starting off with an image during testing.

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 5

Posted on Thursday 21 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

Starting off a short series of images from Llandudno’s Great Orme Tramway today as we continue Picture in Time.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 723

Posted on Tuesday 19 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

We stay in 1983 for this week’s archive image from Blackpool and this time we feature a couple of the iconic Balloon Cars.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2546

Posted on Saturday 16 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another all over advert carried on one of the trams of Croydon Tramlink in the early days of the system features as the latest image in Picture in Time today.

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Picture in Time: Seaton 19

Posted on Thursday 14 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another of the trams converted for operation on the Seaton Tramway from an original first generation tramway is no. 19 – which started off life on the local Exeter Corporation Tramways system.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Engineering Car 753

Posted on Tuesday 12 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

It is a tram which it is hoped will be back on the rails sometime in 2019 for the first time since withdrawal in 1990 but it will look significantly different this time around as it will be a passenger … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink construction

Posted on Saturday 9 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

A bit of a difference for today’s archive image as we take a look at construction work rather than a tram.

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Picture in Time: Seaton 17

Posted on Thursday 7 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

Rebuilding trams into a different style has been one of things that the Seaton Tramway – and its forerunner in Eastbourne – have regularly done. Another tram which has had a recent built is the former no. 17 which now … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Coronations 650 & 653

Posted on Tuesday 5 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

From last week’s look at a Blackpool Coronation Car running in service we have a sadder image this week as we see two of the class being scrapped in Thornton Gate Yard.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2542

Posted on Saturday 2 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

One of the features of the early days of the Croydon Tramlink system was the number of advertising liveries carried on the trams and we take a look at one of these today.

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