15 Years Apart: Blackpool Balloon 715

Posted on Sunday 1 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Happy New Year! We enter a new year with all the excitement and anticipation that may bring but before we look too far ahead we have one final edition of “15 Years Apart”. Its Blackpool again that is featured as we view Balloon 715 in 2007 and 2022.

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Crich Photo line-ups: Sheffield Trams – 2019

Posted on Saturday 31 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its time for the final edition of “Crich Photo line-ups” (for now – we are sure there will be lots more to join this list in future years!) and we go back to 2019 for a line-up of Sheffield trams.

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The Number 20: Croydon Tramlink 058+061

Posted on Saturday 31 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

The only works vehicles to be included in this series are featured today – and there’s two of them to get us up to the number 20!

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15 Years Apart: Seaton Tramway 2

Posted on Friday 30 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

“15 Years Apart” heads down to Devon once more today as we take a look at the lowest numbered passenger tram in the fleet.

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Crich Photo line-ups: Works Cars – 2016

Posted on Friday 30 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its another theme we’ve seen before in this series of “Crich Photo line-ups” but as with some of the others its second coming is supersized from the previous one!

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The Number 20: West Midlands Metro 45

Posted on Thursday 29 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

It’s a return to the West Midlands for this next entry into “The Number 20”.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Brush 630

Posted on Thursday 29 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

This next instalment of “15 Years Apart” takes a look at a Blackpool tram which has headed to the countryside for its retirement since the first photo was taken.

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Crich Photo line-ups: Horse Trams – 2013

Posted on Wednesday 28 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Back to Crich for another edition of our series looking at some of the photo line-ups on the depot fan. We have previously a line-up of horse cars but we have time for another one which included five trams.

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The Number 20: Blackpool & Fleetwood 2 and 40

Posted on Wednesday 28 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

We are off to Crich for this next instalment of “The Number 20” and there are a couple of trams which are included from the same system side-by-side.

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15 Years Apart: Nottingham Express Transit 202

Posted on Tuesday 27 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today “15 Years Apart” is heading to Nottingham again as we take a look at one of the Bombardier Incentro trams in both 2007 and 2022.

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Crich Photo line-ups: Blackpool Trams – 2014

Posted on Tuesday 27 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

We return today with another line-up on Crich’s depot fan. This time its back to 2014 for a Blackpool themed one.

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The Number 20: Blackpool Tramway 006 & 014

Posted on Monday 26 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

We think this series has now covered as many operational tramways in the British Isles as we can (we tried to get the numbers at Summerlee to add up to 20 but failed!) so we have repeat entries from today starting off with some of the new order in Blackpool.

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15 Years Apart: London United Tramways 159

Posted on Monday 26 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this next look at a tram then and new we are off to the Crich Tramway Village to take a look at how London United Tramways 159 has changed over the past 15 years.

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In Pictures: Even more Ride the Lights at the East Anglia Transport Museum

Posted on Sunday 25 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

We know its been featured a few times over the past few weeks but with a few more photos being sent through to us we thought why not let’s see the East Anglia Transport Museum’s Ride the Lights once more! This was an event which took place over the three weekends immediately before Christmas and saw the museum decorated with festive lights and the trams, trolleybuses and railway all operating after dark. Steve Wood is your photographer.

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Crich Photo line-ups: Open Top Trams – 2015

Posted on Sunday 25 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

We hope your Christmas Day is going well! We’re still here (well we’re not really – the joys of being able to schedule posts!) and its time for another look at one of the Crich Photo line-ups in recent years. And we think that the one we feature this Christmas afternoon is probably one of the, if not the, best line-up we have seen. It included a large selection of open toppers.

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The Number 20: London Transport 1858

Posted on Sunday 25 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Happy Christmas everyone! We hope your Christmas Day is going well and that the turkey is in the oven so you can get it eaten before the King’s Speech! It may be Christmas but we continue our photographic series “The Number 20” today and this time it’s a visit to the East Anglia Transport Museum for our most convoluted Maths yet!

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In Pictures: Father Christmas the tram driver!

Posted on Saturday 24 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

You’d think that in the last week or so before Christmas that Father Christmas would be quite busy getting ready for the big day – but he still had time to put in a shift driving on the West Midlands Metro on Saturday 17th December!

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West Midlands Metro Direct Debit offer to give more savings on tickets

Posted on Saturday 24 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

There will be new opportunities In the new year passengers on West Midlands Metro to receive better value for money when travelling on the network with those who switch to paying by direct debit set to make great savings on tickets.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Boat 600

Posted on Saturday 24 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its 2007 v 2022 again for this next edition of “15 Years Apart” and we are back in Blackpool to take a look at one of the Open Boat Cars.

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Crich Photo line-ups: Glasgow Trams – 2012

Posted on Saturday 24 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

It was the night before Christmas when all was calm – but as we return to Crich for another look at one of the photo line-ups we have seen in recent years it was anything but quiet as its one of the most impressive line-ups seen. This one featured five of Glasgow’s best.

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