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Gareth - 10th October 2026
One of the undoubted highlights of the East Anglia Transport Museum's Festival of Transport was the return to service of Blackpool 159. The Standard Car had been out of service for the start of this year with it receiving a very well earned overhaul and repaint and this was completed in time for it to be used on both 26th and 27th September 2026. In this photo we see the tram shortly after departing from the main Chapel Road terminus with a service up to and into the woods.
There are new photos this week with the East Anglia Transport Museum's Festival of Transport featuring. With thanks to Gary Conn and Bryan Grint we take a look at the trams which operated during the two-day event, including Blackpool 159 which made its 2026 debut after overhaul and repaint.
This week there are updates this week to the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway (photo links), East Anglia Transport Museum (photo links), Manchester Metrolink (new adverts and photo links), Manx Electric Railway (photo links), Snaefell Mountain Railway (photo links), South Yorkshire Supertram (photo links) and West Midlands Metro (advert removed and photo links) Fleet Lists. There are also updates to the Manchester Metrolink (new advert and photo links) and West Midlands Metro (photo links and removed advert) Advert Lists.
More adverts have been seen on trams this week as both Manchester and West Midlands Metro welcome Uniqlo to one of their trams whilst in Manchester there is a revised Mayfield Park advert on 3094 too. In Northampton comes the news they are the latest local authority to say they're looking at Mass Transit for their region and in Blackpool there have been new appointments to the Board of Directors. We've had photos from the Isle of Man, seen a fire in central Nottingham cause disruption and reported on how poems will be seen on Edinburgh's trams.
Picture of the Week: Blackpool 159
Photograph by Gary Conn
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