Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: Sheffield 264

Posted on Thursday 26 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

Today’s main edition of Picture in Time is back at Crich for another look at the 1973 Transport Extravaganza with another tram featured which is no longer part of the operational fleet – Sheffield 264.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Standard 143

Posted on Thursday 26 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

In the second of our special Picture in Time article we again take a look today at Blackpool Standard 143 in the early days of its extensive restoration.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Standard 143

Posted on Wednesday 25 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

With Blackpool Standard 143’s restoration now over and the tram officially launched back into service we take a look at the early days of the tram being in the ownership of the Lancastrian Transport Trust, now the Fylde Transport Trust … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 627 and more

Posted on Tuesday 24 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another trip to Blackpool’s Rigby Road Depot in the 1970s for today’s Picture in Time image as we take a look at some trams not required for service on this day.

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 04

Posted on Saturday 21 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

We are off to London’s Docklands again for today’s image from the archives as we head back to 1994 for a photo taken in a different time for the Docklands Light Railway.

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Picture in Time: Glasgow 1100 and 1297

Posted on Thursday 19 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another trip to Crich for this latest edition of Picture in Time as we take a look at the 1973 Grand Transport Extravaganza.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Engineering Car 754

Posted on Tuesday 17 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

We have a lot to be grateful for to various transport undertakings across the country as if they hadn’t converted earlier passenger trams into works cars there may be several types of tram we now enjoy which had been confined … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 06

Posted on Saturday 14 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

Its another change of scene for our modern tramway/light rail edition of Picture in Time as we move back down to London for the next few weeks and feature different liveries as carried on the Docklands Light Railway over the … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Sheffield 15

Posted on Thursday 12 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks we are off to the East Midlands for some more archive images taken at Crich, and we start off with a very early image from the museum.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMO 9 & Engineering Car 753

Posted on Tuesday 10 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

We stay looking at the Blackpool Tramway during the illuminations in the 1970s this week but this time there isn’t an illuminated tram in sight as we take a look at Little Bispham loop during the day with two very … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 209

Posted on Saturday 7 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

When Nottingham Express Transit opened in 2004 some of the trams in the fleet started off not in fleet livery but instead carried full vinyl wrap adverts, one of which was 209 and it is that tram which is featured … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11

Posted on Thursday 5 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

Hopefully you haven’t had too much of looking at Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 over the past couple of weeks as the final part of our trilogy is featured today as we take another look at the tram whilst in operation … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Hovertram 735

Posted on Tuesday 3 September 2019 by Gareth Prior

Sticking with the illuminated tram theme for this week as we take a look at another of the 1960s feature cars. This time around it is the Hovertram, one of thosenow back at Rigby Road but stored.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 208

Posted on Saturday 31 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another image coming from Nottingham for this week’s modern tram edition of Picture in Time.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 & Blackpool Standard 159

Posted on Thursday 29 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

Not only do we stay at the East Anglia Transport Museum this week but we also feature the same tram as we saw last week, although this time it is joined by a fellow Blackpool tram. The two trams in … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Belle 731 and Warship 736

Posted on Tuesday 27 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week as we return to Blackpool for some another archive image we are in the 1970s for a view of two stabled illuminated trams.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 207

Posted on Saturday 24 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

We continue our look at some of the trams of Nottingham Express Transit this week with another view taken on day two of the network.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

We featured a non-Blackpool tram in Blackpool for our Blackpool edition of Picture in Time this week and for our traditional tram series we feature a Blackpool tram not in Blackpool! This tram is Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11, a tram … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Edinburgh 35

Posted on Tuesday 20 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

At first glance this week you would think we had made a mistake in featuring Edinburgh 35 as our Blackpool archive image but of course this tram spent a period on the Fylde Coast in the mid-1980s and as such … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 204

Posted on Saturday 17 August 2019 by Gareth Prior

Again this week are in Nottingham for a look at a tram operating on the Nottingham Express Transit system.

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