Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: Blackpool Twin Car 675+685

Posted on Monday 5 October 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Picture in Time” it gives us another chance to see one of the Metro Coastlines liveried Twin Cars in action on the Blackpool Tramway.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 212

Posted on Wednesday 30 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this instalment of “Picture in Time” we again take a look at one of the Bombardier Incentro trams towards the beginning of their operating careers.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Twin Car 673+683

Posted on Monday 28 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

We head back to Blackpool once more today for another view of one of the Metro Coastlines liveried Twin Cars.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Twin Car 672+682

Posted on Monday 21 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Today we take another look at a Metro Coastlines livery style carried on a Blackpool Tram in the early 2000s.

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Picture in Time: East Anglia Transport Museum tracklaying

Posted on Friday 18 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

We continue our look at some archive images from the East Anglia Transport Museum today as we go back to the very early days of the museum with preparations underway for the arrival of another tram.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 210

Posted on Wednesday 16 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

As we continue our look at some archive images from Nottingham Express Transit, this week we reach the tenth of the 15 strong Incentro trams – 210.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 710

Posted on Monday 14 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks of archive Blackpool tram images we are a bit more up-to-date as we take a look at the Metro Coastlines years.

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 13 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its another double helping of photos this week as we head to the West Midlands Metro in September 2020 and the Heaton Park Tramway in November 2008:

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Standard 159

Posted on Friday 11 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

And onwards we go as “Picture in Time” moves down to the East Anglia Transport Museum in Carlton Colville for the next few weeks. The subject of this edition is Blackpool Standard 159.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 209

Posted on Wednesday 9 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Our modern tram version of “Picture in Time” this week moves across the Midlands from West to East as we head to Nottingham.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 634

Posted on Monday 7 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Picture in Time” we are again heading to Blackpool, well, Fleetwood actually but you get the idea, for an archive image showing the tramway as it once was.

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Picture in Time: Berlin 3006

Posted on Friday 4 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

This week we move forward a bit in time at the Crich Tramway Village, around about a month since last week’s image, and we feature Berlin 3006.

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 08

Posted on Wednesday 2 September 2020 by Gareth Prior

Before we warm up and get out of the snow this week we have one final image from Midland Metro.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Engineering Car 753

Posted on Monday 31 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

The year is 1986, the month October as we head down to Rigby Road Depot for a view of Engineering Car 753 in today’s edition of “Picture in Time”.

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 74 & Southampton 45

Posted on Friday 28 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

Its back to Crich again for this edition of “Picture in Time” as we have one further image during the temporary working arrangements on 25th May 2011.

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 05

Posted on Wednesday 26 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

Over the past few weeks we have seen what was in reality a fairly light snowfall in February 2012 on the Midland Metro but this week we move forward a year to a time when a much heavy snowfall had … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Wednesday 26 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

A main site update, on a Wednesday! Have we gone mad? Quite possibly but this week’s update is now online earlier than usual as we again head into the archives for some more photos:

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Picture in Time: New South Wales Steam Locomotive – “John Bull”

Posted on Monday 24 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

Of the trams which took part in the 1985 Blackpool Tramway Centenary without doubt the most unusual visitor was the former New South Wales locomotive, known as “John Bull”, and that is what features in this edition of “Picture in … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online?

Posted on Sunday 23 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

With the Seaton Tramway celebrating its 50th anniversary on 28th August we head back to 2007 for some images from the tramway as this week’s main feature:

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Picture in Time: Southampton 45

Posted on Friday 21 August 2020 by Gareth Prior

We make a second visit to Crich on 25th May 2011 for this edition of “Picture in Time” and this time we feature the tram which started it all – Southampton 45.

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