Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 623

Posted on Tuesday 30 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

For the third week in a row we feature a tram in the Wartime Green and Cream livery although this time around the tram can be seen in the same colours today. That trams is Blackpool Brush 623.

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 11

Posted on Saturday 27 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

The year is 2014 and the system is Midland Metro as we take a look at special liveried 11 in action.

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Picture in Time: Seaton Tramway 17 & 7

Posted on Thursday 25 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

We have a double helping of trams and a double helping of photos for you in this edition of Picture in Time as we take a look at two trams – one of which looks very different now and the … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 700

Posted on Tuesday 23 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

We feature a tram in today’s Blackpool edition of Picture in Time in a much remembered condition – the wartime Green and Cream liveried Balloon 700.

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro construction

Posted on Saturday 20 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

We head back to July 1998 for this week’s modern tram edition of Picture in Time although there isn’t a tram in sight.

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Picture in Time: Seaton Tramway 12

Posted on Thursday 18 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

As we move to featuring Seaton in Picture in Time this week we take a look at the most rebuilt tram in the fleet – no. 12.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Boats 605 & 604

Posted on Tuesday 16 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks we are going to be featuring images from Blackpool in 2007 and we start off with a view of two of the always popular Boat Cars – neither of which are currently in service in … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 10

Posted on Saturday 13 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week our modern archive image comes from Midland Metro showing one of the original T69 trams in its second livery style.

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Picture in Time: Vienna 4225

Posted on Thursday 11 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another image from Crich features in this edition of Picture in Time as we head back nearly 47 years for a view of a tram which has a different identity today.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 707

Posted on Tuesday 9 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

We return to the archives for this latest edition of Picture in Time with an image taken some 21 years ago featuring a rebuilt Balloon – the first of its kind.

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro – as it was!

Posted on Saturday 6 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

Our archive image from a modern tramway is very different to usual as not only is there not a tram in sight but trams are also a long way away from being considered for the route!

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Picture in Time: Manchester 765

Posted on Thursday 4 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

One of the most well travelled trams around the country is the feature of today’s edition of Picture in Time. It is a tram which at the time of our image was to be found at Crich and has recently … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Rigby Road Depot

Posted on Tuesday 2 July 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another black and white for our latest dip into the Blackpool tram archives this week.

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Picture in Time: Luas Red Cow Depot

Posted on Saturday 29 June 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week’s modern tram image in Picture in Time is again from Dublin’s Luas system as we take a look at the storage sidings at Red Cow Depot.

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Picture in Time: London County Council 106

Posted on Thursday 27 June 2019 by Gareth Prior

In this week’s traditional tram Picture in Time we are once again at Crich as we take a look at an ever popular open topper, it is London County Council 106.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool English Electric Railcoach 615

Posted on Tuesday 25 June 2019 by Gareth Prior

We’re back in the late 1960s again for this week’s archive image from Blackpool and we feature a tram which just made it into the new millennium but not in the condition shown here.

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Picture in Time: Luas 3009

Posted on Saturday 22 June 2019 by Gareth Prior

After last week’s look inside a tram in the Irish capital we return to a more conventional image this time around as we continue our series on Luas.

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Picture in Time: Glasgow 812

Posted on Thursday 20 June 2019 by Gareth Prior

Today our dip into the archives stays in Crich for a view of a regular performer in service – Glasgow 812.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 705

Posted on Tuesday 18 June 2019 by Gareth Prior

We head back 50 years or so for the next few weeks of our Blackpool archive photo series for some images of a bygone era on the Fylde Coast, starting off with the first of the Balloon Cars to be … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Luas Citadis 301 interior

Posted on Saturday 15 June 2019 by Gareth Prior

We remain in Dublin again for this week’s modern tram archive image – this time though we don’t look outside a tram but rather feature the interior.

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