In Pictures: Grampian Transport Museum & its trams

Posted on Monday 7 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

The Grampian Transport Museum in Alford, near Aberdeen, has an impressive display of vehicles with a concentration on cars and bikes although there is also enough to keep the tram enthusiast happy as well in the form of two trams. During 2017 one of these trams – Aberdeen horse car 1 – made a trip back home to Aberdeen for a short spell but is now back in pride of place at Alford where it can be seen alongside Cruden Bay Tramway 2. Keith Chadbourne made a recent visit to the museum and the following photos show the trams in situ.

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Volks Electric Railway 10 back in Brighton

Posted on Sunday 6 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

The third and final Volks Electric Railway train to have been overhauled by Alan Keef Ltd has returned to Brighton and now awaits final work to be completed and a return to service. 10 was delivered on Monday 30th April and joins the previously overhauled 4 and 6 back in situ on the south coast.

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Picture in Time: Unimog 940 towing Blackpool Centenary 646

Posted on Saturday 5 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

A scene which was an all too familiar sight for anyone who took notice on the Blackpool tram scene throughout the 1980s, 1990s and into the 21st century features in our archive photo series today – a broken down Centenary Car!

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Newhaven extension consultation closes

Posted on Saturday 5 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

The 6 week consultation into plans to extend Edinburgh Trams along Leith Walk to Newhaven has closed with more than 3,000 people having either attended one of the information events, sent their comments in by email or completed the consultation online. The Trams to Newhaven project team will now consider the feedback received and re-examine the plans before publishing them for more consultation at the end of the summer.

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New sculptures unveiled at Crich

Posted on Friday 4 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

Over the weekend of 28th and 29th April five new contemporary sculptures were unveiled at the Crich Tramway Village. Created by artistic duo Musson+Retallick the sculptures – to be known as Conversations and Memories – are a permanent installation and are a legacy to the tramway men, woman and their families whose lives were lost or changed by the Great War.

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In Pictures: Royal Highland Show tram in Edinburgh

Posted on Thursday 3 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

As mentioned briefly earlier this week a tram has again received adverts for the Royal Highland Show with 276 the chosen tram this year for this role. The advert is a revised design for 2018 and urges people to take the tram to the show, which takes place at the Royal Highland Centre between 21st and 24th June. Trams will be running up to every three minutes during the event which is just a short walk away from Ingliston Park and Ride tramstop.

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Target date set for Birkenhead museum re-opening

Posted on Thursday 3 May 2018 by Andrew Waddington

After a long winter closure for refurbishment, work to improve the visitor displays at the Birkenhead tramway’s museum and depot premises at Taylor Street is now almost complete. Volunteers are hard at work to complete some final snagging before the building can re-open to visitors, and a provisional date for the grand re-opening has been set for Saturday 26th May.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 7

Posted on Thursday 3 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

Today if you think of Manx Electric Railway 7 you will probably think of the stunning Blue and White livery it currently carries but as our archive photo series continues we remember the time – not too long ago – that it was in far more standard colours.

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In Pictures: Blackpool 626 sighted at docks!

Posted on Wednesday 2 May 2018 by Andrew Waddington

Blackpool Brush Railcoach 626 has become the latest of the many Blackpool trams which were sold off at the time of the tramway upgrade, to be moved to a new home recently. Unfortunately, having remained undercover ever since leaving Rigby Road behind it in 2010, the tram has now found itself in outside storage – although this is believed to only be temporary.

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In Preview: Beer and Bands at Crich – 6th and 7th May

Posted on Wednesday 2 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

The next big event at the Crich Tramway Village will be Beer and Bands on Sunday 6th and Monday 7th May and hopefully this time the weather will play a lot fairer following the cancellation of half of the Easter 1940s event! Music and local cask ales will combine to make for a great Bank Holiday in the Derbyshire countryside.

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In Pictures: Seeing double in Sheffield

Posted on Tuesday 1 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

You could be mistaken for thinking you are seeing double but Stagecoach Supertram now has two trams running in near identical all over adverts for Pretty Little Thing.com! Following hot on the heels of 111 is 118 which was first seen in service with its new look on Monday 30th April. This is the first vinyl wrap for 118 and the actual advert is exactly the same as that on 111 with the only noticeable difference being that this time the fleet numbers are in a very hard to read white!

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In Pictures: 251 becomes the last C R Smith advert tram

Posted on Tuesday 1 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

When the deal was announced of the C R Smith adverts on Edinburgh Trams it was said that there were to be 18 trams so treated but since mid-January, and that after a three month break, only 17 have been in service. That has now changed though as 251 – which was previously in a promotional livery for Decide to Glide #tramspotting – has now returned to service as the 18th and final C R Smith advert.

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Picture in Time: Luas 3002

Posted on Tuesday 1 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

As we enter May we have a change in our photo series again with Around the World in Trams taking a break with Tuesday’s for the next month now delving back into the modern tram archives. In this edition we go over the Irish Sea to Dublin  with Luas the object of our attention this time.

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Chance to cover rare track on Nottingham Express Transit

Posted on Monday 30 April 2018 by Gareth Prior

A special charity tram tour on Monday 7th May will give lucky participants the chance to cover some rare track as well as seeing behind the scenes on Nottingham Express Transit. Raising funds for local charity Lucky Stars and the Tramway Museum Society the tour will start off at Phoenix Park with tickets costing £30.

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Stockport 5 to visit its old home

Posted on Monday 30 April 2018 by Andrew Waddington

2018 is shaping up to be a year of surprises in the tramway world – and the latest one is the announcement that Stockport 5 will be returning to Stockport for a single day visit as part of a local event taking place on Saturday 5th May. Yes, that’s less than a week away!

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In Pictures: Flood under Midland Metro

Posted on Sunday 29 April 2018 by Gareth Prior

A burst water main in Wednesbury saw new photographic opportunities on Midland Metro with it appearing for a time that trams were running over a river when in fact it just a road with up to 3 metres of water! The water main was damaged by workmen at approximately 1000 on Thursday 26th April with fire crews from across the region employed to pump the water off the road. Photos courtesy of Andy Walters.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 29 April 2018 by Gareth Prior

From archive photos of Crich last week to images taken in April at the same location for this week’s update:

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Boat 604 & Balloon 724

Posted on Saturday 28 April 2018 by Gareth Prior

Two trams waiting between duties at Pleasure Beach is the feature of this edition of Picture in Time.

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Rail replacement works to return in Sheffield

Posted on Saturday 28 April 2018 by Gareth Prior

After a gap of three years the major rail replacement project on Stagecoach Supertram will resume in May with work continuing through until September. The work will be completed in five stages with all three routes being affected at some point during the nearly four month period.

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Tram and car collide on Eccles line

Posted on Saturday 28 April 2018 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services to Eccles were disrupted for a time on Tuesday 24th April after a tram and car were involved in a collision close to the stop at Weaste during the morning rush hour. Whilst the incident was dealt with trams from Ashton-under-Lyne were turned short at Weaste (not serving Ladywell and Eccles) with Metrolink tickets accepted on the 33 bus for travel to and from Weaste.

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