This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 7 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

We bring you another Photo Gallery this week as wel as updating some Fleet Lists:

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Brush 623 to head home for Brush Car 80 celebrations

Posted on Saturday 6 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

The 80th anniversary of the Brush Railcoaches is set to be celebrated in style with the news that two time winner of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year contest, 623 is to return home to Blackpool later this year for a loan period of operation. 623, which left Blackpool back in 2010 and has been running at the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester since 2012, will make the relatively short journey to Blackpool later this year with the hope that it will enter service over the Tram Sunday weekend in July.

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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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Another unsafe building causes Metrolink disruption

Posted on Friday 5 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services were disrupted for a time during the afternoon of Friday 5th May after the discovery of an unsafe building on Mosely Street, this comes a little over a month since an unsafe building in Rochdale led to services unable to travel through to the Town Centre terminus for over a week. Fortunately this time the building was declared safe within a few hours but not before services through the city centre were severely disrupted, just as well the Second City Crossing is open as it could have been a whole lot worse.

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Temporary road closures to mark start of Trafford Park Metrolink extension work

Posted on Friday 5 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

A series of temporary road closures are about to start as work to extend Manchester Metrolink to the Trafford Centre begins in earnest. Work will include major utility diversion and will enable trams to run in segregated lanes alongside road traffic when the line opens in 2021.

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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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In Pictures: New ad for M5000 3095

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

The number of non-standard liveries on Manchester Metrolink has declined again of late with only one tram having been carrying a vinyl wrap advert, 3095. This tram was advertising Raytheon Software Engineers in a rather dark livery but this week these vinyls have been replaced by some which, shall we say, are a bit on the brighter side! The latest sponsor of the tram is Key 103, a local radio station, with the base colour this time being pink. Once again the ends of the tram are left free with the extensive use of contravision on the remainder of the tram.

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In Pictures: Blackpool Jubilee 762 commissioned at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

No sooner has we uploaded the last story when some photos of Blackpool Jubilee 762 drop into our inbox! As we briefly mentioned in the story on the KLV’s test run, the completion of the work on 058 allowed Blackpool Jubilee 762 to enter the workshops to be commissioned for use during 2017. Following the movement of the Jubilee car to the workshop and its commissioning work the tram then went on its own commissioning run. Thanks to Peter Whiteley for these photos.

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In Pictures: Tramlink KLV 058 on test at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Recent visitors to Crich will have noticed that the stub track on the centre of the depot fan has been a bit more empty than usual with normal resident Croydon Tramlink KLV 058 in the workshop. The vehicle had required the fitting of a replacement clutch and with this now done the KLV was able to start testing. The return to use of 058 also meant that commissioning could start on Blackpool Jubilee 762 (the KLV is the only means to recover the large Jubilee car if it fails).

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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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National Lottery support confirmed for Crich First World War Memorial sculptures

Posted on Monday 1 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

The Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England have confirmed support for a lasting legacy to the tramway men, women and their families whose lives were lost or changed by the Great War in the form of a series of contemporary sculptures at the National Tramway Museum in Crich. These will be designed by artistic duo Musson&Retallick, winners in the 2017 International Civic Trust Awards for the Somme Memorial Artwork in Barnsley.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 30 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

This week we have just the one new selection of photos for you:

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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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Van and tram collide on Manchester Airport line

Posted on Friday 28 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

A van and a tram have collided on the Manchester Airport line causing disruption to both Manchester Metrolink services and traffic in the area. The collision on Friday 29th April happened close to Shadowmoss stop and images from the scene have shown that 3076 was the tram involved along with a white Citroen Berlingo van. No serious injuries were reported but whilst the emergency services dealt with the aftermath Metrolink services from Deansgate-Castlefield were terminated at Wythenshawe.

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Six becomes seven for May Day Bank Holiday Gold weekend in Blackpool

Posted on Thursday 27 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

It only seems to have been a couple of weeks since the last Gold heritage tram weekend in Blackpool (probably because it was!) but with another Bank Holiday imminent, this weekend will see another intensive service operate. As a bonus not only will the standard six tram service run but a special seventh tram has been added on each day with the Illuminated Frigate in action on the Saturday and Monday and the Western Train on Sunday. And if all that wasn’t enough there is also a bonus heritage offering on Friday afternoon! Trams will operate from Friday 28th April to Monday 1st May.

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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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In Pictures: Blackpool Boat 236 official relaunch into service

Posted on Tuesday 25 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

Last week we reported on how Blackpool Boat 236 had re-entered service at Crich following workshop attention over the winter and now the work has been recognised with an official relaunch of the tram on Tuesday 25th April when it was one of four trams to carry passengers at the Museum.

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Llandudno 7 back on the road

Posted on Tuesday 25 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

The Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Society’s replica tram no. 7 will be back out on the road this May Day Bank Holiday weekend following repairs to the faithful Matador wagon used to move the tram around the area. The tram will be at the Llandudno Transport Festival from Saturday 29th April to Monday 1st May which takes place on Bodafon Fields (which will hopefully be a bit less muddy this year than last!). As well as being on static display it is planned that no. 7 will be included in the Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza Parade on both Saturday 29th April and Monday 1st May; this leaves Llandudno Railway Station at 1300 ending up at Llandudno Town Hall. 7 will return to Bodafon Fields for display following this run on both days.

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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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Party of three at Taylor Street!

Posted on Monday 24 April 2017 by Andrew Waddington

A momentous event took place at the Birkenhead heritage tramway on 23rd April, when Warrington 28 was moved from its long-term resting place to a new spot within the Pacific Road tram shed, alongside the running tracks. This means that, for the first time in the tramway’s history, it was possible to see three tramcars stabled side by side in the building!

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