Don’t you just hate it when you go on holiday and then come across someone you work with? Well that is exactly what happened for Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 when it was operating at Crich for the seventh time in eight days on Friday 8th August as Blackpool Balloon 711, also visiting the home of the National Tramway Museum this year, made a rare appearance in service allowing the first chance to capture these two trams together on the mainline. The third tram on this day was Glasgow 22, itself a tram which hasn’t seen a huge amount of use during 2014. Photos from Hazel Quarmby.
Box 40 passes Balloon 711 (with Berlin 223 006-4 for company).
40 and 711 pass outside the depot. (Both Photos: Hazel Quarmby)