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Monthly Archives: December 2020
15 Years Apart: Blackpool Boat 227
The feature of our then and now series “15 Years Apart” is a tram which has been renumbered in the intervening period – its Blackpool Boat 227 (or 602 as was).
Trams &: Chesterfield 7 & car & bus
We’re getting more than our monies worth for today’s “Trams &” as we see a tram along with not just one but two other vehicles!
NET introduce the Trambot!
In a bid to help passengers find out information about travelling on Nottingham Express Transit the company have recently adopted the use of WhatsApp to make it even easier to find the information you want – and this will include … Continue reading
West Midlands Metro features on new album by Tom Aspaul
Songs which feature references to trams are in fairly short supply – even more so in recent years – but a new album and video by top Black Country recording artist and disco star Tom Aspaul remedies that! Tom’s first … Continue reading
Still Standing! Rochdale Corporation Tramway track
Today as we return to “Still Standing!” – those pieces of old tram infrastructure which remain in situ all these years later – we find some more long disused track, this time we are in Rochdale.
Lockdown Walks: Manchester Metrolink 3082
“Lockdown Walks” continues today with another view of a tram in Manchester.
Trams &: Cardiff 131 & steam roller
Beamish always provides us with plenty of opportunities for photos of trams alongside another vehicle and that is where we head for this latest edition of “Trams &”.
Metrolink 3122 arrives in Manchester
The second of the additional order for 27 new M5000 trams to run on Manchester Metrolink was delivered to Queens Road Depot on Saturday 12th December. Numbered 3122 this tram will help to increase capacity on the Metrolink network and … Continue reading
Forgotten piece of history discovered during Metro Brierley Hill extension preparatory works
We’ve seen throughout the early stages of the construction of Edinburgh’s Trams to Newhaven project that under the road surface there are a number of historical artefacts which have laid untouched for many years and now down in the West … Continue reading
Whatever Happened To? Midland Metro 05
We carry on a look at the original Midland Metro trams to see “Whatever Happened To” them. This time out we reach no. 05.
15 Years Apart: Stagecoach Supertram 107
In this edition of “15 Years Apart” we are off to South Yorkshire where we take a look at one of the Siemens-Duewag original trams.
Trams &: Berlin 223 006-4 & trolleybus
In this latest edition of “Trams &” we are taking a look at Crich’s depot yard where you never quite know what vehicles you may find!
In Pictures: More interesting finds under Leith Walk
As work on bringing trams along Leith Walk and to Newhaven in Edinburgh continues it seems that there are still more interesting items to be found under the road surface with this latest pictorial update showing some interesting ironmongery which … Continue reading
More Metrolink problems after pantograph damage identified
Manchester Metrolink services were briefly suspended on Monday 14th December after damage to pantographs on some trams was identified – coming just 48 hours after damage to the overhead wires at Cornbrook. Equipment has recently been installed to monitor trams … Continue reading
Picture in Time: Blackpool Western Train 733+734
As we look into the archives again today, this edition of “Picture in Time” take a look at one of the popular Blackpool illuminated feature cars.
Lockdown Walks: Edinburgh Trams
Its another trip out and about in 2020 as we take an aerial view of a tram in Edinburgh City Centre.
Trams &: Blackpool 147 & bus
It’s the old and the modern for today’s “Trams &” as heritage tram Blackpool Standard 147 heads along the Prom at the same time as one of Blackpool Transport’s current fleet of buses.
Trams in Video: Edinburgh Trams – April 2014
In this latest edition of “Trams in Video” we are off to Edinburgh for some pre-opening footage of driver training during April 2014 – just over a month before public services would commence. We see members of the CAF built … Continue reading
In Pictures: Wilko’s demolished!
It was the blocker for the completion of the extension of the Blackpool Tramway up Talbot Road to Blackpool North Railway Station but it isn’t anymore as the demolition of the old Wilko’s store has now been demolished. That’s right … Continue reading
15 Years Apart: Blackpool Centenary 642
It’s the turn of Blackpool again for today’s “15 Years Apart” as we feature one of the Centenary Cars in 2005 and 2020.