An unexpected tram in use during Simply Trams was Blackpool & Fleetwood Rack 2 with the tram having previously been withdrawn from service requiring a space in the workshop. But with the tram itself being 120 years old – and its home tramway also being the same age – it was resurrected for one day only and soon proved itself to be very popular with visitors to the event with hardly a spare seat to be had throughout the day!
Around lunchtime on the day 2 returned to depot in order to take part in some photographic line-ups. And in this view we see the Rack just crossing over onto the depot track with its next move to be going through the depot gates.
It’s the last trip of the day but the lure of another ride on 2 was obviously one many couldn’t resist with a near full load on board the tram as it pauses at Victoria Park on the return to Town End.
2 at Town End terminus as it prepares to run one final journey, a special trip for volunteers. (All Photographs by Gareth Prior)