Category Archives: Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

In Pictures: Trams and trolleybuses at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft

Posted on Monday 9 September 2024 by Gareth Prior

If you think about trams you probably don’t immediately think about the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft but as we’ve mentioned on these pages before it is actually home to three trams now (or at least two tram bodies and a … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Blackpool 708 at its new home in Lincolnshire

Posted on Saturday 6 April 2024 by Gareth Prior

Late last year – 29th November 2023 to be precise – a Blackpool Balloon Car departed from Rigby Road Depot in its home town for what is expected to be the last time as it was transferred for a new … Continue reading →

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Blackpool Balloon 708 heads to Sandtoft

Posted on Tuesday 28 November 2023 by Gareth Prior

Article updated 29/11/2023 with the addition of photos. Another week and another tram takes a journey on the back of a low loader! This time it’s the turn of Blackpool Balloon 708 which departed Rigby Road Depot in its home … Continue reading →

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Blackpool Balloon 710 saved – to join the collection at Sandtoft

Posted on Monday 3 October 2022 by Gareth Prior

Another of the Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust collection of Blackpool trams has been rescued – and its one which should please most Blackpool tram enthusiasts as it is Balloon 710. The tram – made famous for its part in killing … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Sheffield tram bodies at Sandtoft

Posted on Sunday 14 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Sandtoft is best know as being the home of the Trolleybus Museum with a large collection of trolleybuses which are operated around the museum site on trolley days. But its also the home of two grounded tram bodies from Sheffield … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 13th March 2022

Posted on Sunday 13 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

This our photos barely feature trams at all as we take a trip to the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft:

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