Daily Archives: Tuesday 12 August 2014

In Pictures: Manchester 173 prepares for war

Posted on Tuesday 12 August 2014 by Andrew Waddington

We are pleased to provide some more images of Manchester 173 from the Heaton Park Tramway in its temporary guise as a recruitment tram, to help commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. These pictures show … Continue reading →

Posted in Heaton Park Tramway, Leeds Transport Historical Society | Comments Off on In Pictures: Manchester 173 prepares for war

Brush car 290 makes progress

Posted on Tuesday 12 August 2014 by Andrew Waddington

The transformation of preserved Blackpool Brush Railcoach 290 is continuing to make impressive progress, with the first traces of green and cream paint now evident. This will soon eradicate the hideous graffiti art applied to the tram last summer, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust | 2 Comments

The railgrinder refreshed

Posted on Tuesday 12 August 2014 by Andrew Waddington

Heaton Park Tramway’s venerable works car, Blackpool 1 (or 752 as it was known for much of its existence) is currently being treated to some remedial attention in an attempt to both smarten up the tram and help to preserve … Continue reading →

Posted in Heaton Park Tramway | 1 Comment

A landmark day for Blackpool’s heritage trams

Posted on Tuesday 12 August 2014 by Andrew Waddington

Tuesday 12th August 2014 will go down in history as a milestone date for Blackpool’s traditional tram fleet, as it was on this date that the new organisation set up to look after these trams went ‘live’, with a public … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackpool Tramway | 43 Comments