Daily Archives: Monday 15 February 2021

In Pictures: Blackpool trackwork begins

Posted on Monday 15 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

With the Blackpool Tramway being completely suspended for a week from Sunday 14th December (and then only running part route for up to the next seven days) a start has been made on the essential trackworks. Work is underway in … Continue reading →

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Trams &: Sunderland 16 & Road Locomotive

Posted on Monday 15 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Trams &” we take a trip to Beamish to see one of the resident trams alongside a visiting road locomotive.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Diamond T tow truck

Posted on Monday 15 February 2021 by Gareth Prior

As we continue our look at some of the Works vehicles of Blackpool Corporation Transport in 1975 we find ourselves looking at one which was used mainly to tow buses but was also occasionally used for trams – it is … Continue reading →

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