Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: From the Tower overbridge

Posted on Thursday 8 June 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today we include a photo featuring five different trams for the latest edition of Picture in Time.

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Picture in Time: Glasgow 1115

Posted on Tuesday 6 June 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time is showing us an image from Crich with a look at one of the trams which has now been withdrawn from service for many years – Glasgow 1115.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1015

Posted on Saturday 3 June 2017 by Gareth Prior

Another look into the archives takes us to Manchester for a 1992 image from Manchester Metrolink with the tram featured today being T68 1015.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon

Posted on Thursday 1 June 2017 by Gareth Prior

In this instalment of Picture in Time we take another trip to Blackpool as we feature a tram arriving back at Rigby Road Depot presumably after another busy day on the Prom.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 16

Posted on Tuesday 30 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of Picture in Time takes us across the Irish Sea to the Isle of Man for a photo from the Manx Electric Railway.

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 02

Posted on Saturday 27 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time takes us to the West Midlands for another look at one of the original T69 trams used on the Midland Metro network – this time around it is no. 02.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloons 706 and 709

Posted on Thursday 25 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

We are off to Blackpool again for this edition of Picture in Time and this instalment finds us in 2005 for a view of two trams now very different but once identical.

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Picture in Time: Modern Electric Tramways 6 & 7

Posted on Tuesday 23 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of Picture in Time we are again visiting Eastbourne for an image taken on the Modern Electric Tramways line which used to run in the Sussex coastal town before the operation was moved along the coast to … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram in the snow

Posted on Saturday 20 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

We head back to winter in today’s edition of Picture in Time with a couple more images taken following heavy snow back at the start of December 2010.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Jubilee 761

Posted on Thursday 18 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

As the majority of our Picture in Time images are written in advance sometimes we land lucky with the tram featured as it has been in the news and that is exactly the situation this week (even if it has … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Sheffield Corporation Tramways Tenter Street Depot

Posted on Tuesday 16 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

For today’s trip into the archives we head to the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield for a view inside one of the original tramway’s depots at Tenter Street with a number of trams present.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2535

Posted on Saturday 13 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

A trip to Croydon for today’s instalment of Picture in Time as we take a look at one of Tramlink’s original Bombardier built CR4000 trams – no. 2535.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 627

Posted on Thursday 11 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Back to the archives today as we take a look at another tram from Blackpool with this edition of Picture in Time featuring Blackpool Brush car 627.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool & Fleetwood 2 and Grimsby & Immingham 20

Posted on Tuesday 9 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time is in Crich for an early archive image of the National Tramway Museum with two trams in the shot.

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 77

Posted on Saturday 6 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

In today’s edition of Picture in Time we take a trip to the capital for an image from the Docklands Light Railway.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 630

Posted on Thursday 4 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time’s Blackpool edition features a tram now happily preserved at the Crich Tramway Village in a standard fleet livery but in these images it was carrying a bright all over advert for Karting 2000.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 9

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

This edition of Picture in Time returns to the Isle of Man and we find ourselves on the Manx Electric Railway once again with a duo of images showing illuminated Tunnel Car no. 9.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 204 & 214

Posted on Saturday 29 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

And today Picture in Time features an image from Nottingham Express Transit again with two trams present.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloons 710 & 724

Posted on Thursday 27 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

Last time out when we headed to Blackpool for Picture in Time we featured a couple of Balloon Cars and in this edition we do exactly the same although this time we are 25 years earlier in 1981.

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Picture in Time: Modern Electric Tramways 7

Posted on Tuesday 25 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

In this trip back in time we are heading to the Sussex coast again for another black and white image from the archives of the Modern Electric Tramways operation in Eastbourne with the tram featured this time being no. 7.

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