Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1005

Posted on Saturday 11 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week we are on the very first day of passenger services on Manchester Metrolink – 6th April 1992. T68 1005 features in the image.

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Picture in Time: Aachen 1010

Posted on Thursday 9 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

Staying on the Isle of Man for this week’s Traditional Tram archive photo we feature a tram which was never purchased to operate on the island but was used to provide parts to update the equipment on the Snaefell cars.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Centenary 641

Posted on Tuesday 7 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

We stay in Fleetwood for this week’s Blackpool Tramway archive image but this time we head back in time a bit further to the 1980s for a view of Centenary Car 641.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1004

Posted on Saturday 4 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another early image from Manchester Metrolink features in the latest edition of Picture in Time.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 2

Posted on Thursday 2 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

Today if you mention either of the remaining original motors built for the Manx Electric Railway you think about how they are marketed as the world’s oldest trams and treated as such. But head back into the last century and … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 625

Posted on Tuesday 30 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

In this week’s Blackpool edition of Picture in Time we head back over 25 years ago to the early 1990s for a view of one of the Brush Railcoaches in Fleetwood.

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1002

Posted on Saturday 27 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

A change of location for the next few week’s modern tram Picture in Time series as we head across the Pennines from Sheffield to Manchester.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 20

Posted on Thursday 25 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

1979 remains the year as we again visit the Isle of Man for another image from the past. This time around it is a Winter Saloon which comes across the camera.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 707

Posted on Tuesday 23 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

A tram expected to return to service in Blackpool this year will be Balloon 707. In this week’s Blackpool Picture in Time feature we include that tram just after its conversion to a flat fronted format.

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 114

Posted on Saturday 20 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

One final visit to Sheffield for the time being as our look into the past sees another of the original Siemens-Duewag trams in action.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 5

Posted on Thursday 18 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Staying on the Isle of Man for our latest dip into the archives with an image showing one of the hard working Tunnel Cars in 1979.

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Picture in Time: Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 16 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week we have the last of our trilogy of images taken of trams at the front of Rigby Road Depot in 1997.

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 105

Posted on Saturday 13 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Today we are back in Sheffield as we feature another archive image from the Stagecoach Supertram system.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 55

Posted on Thursday 11 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks our Traditional Tram Picture in Time series will be on the Isle of Man with photos taken during 1979 including some which have been withdrawn from service from a long-time.

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Picture in Time: Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 9 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another image from the front of Rigby Road Depot today as we continue our look at archive images from the Blackpool Tramway.

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 102

Posted on Saturday 6 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

We move forward in the history of the South Yorkshire Supertram this week as we enter the era of operation by major transport company Stagecoach.

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 4

Posted on Thursday 4 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

We head to the year 2000 for this week’s traditional tram archive image with another visit to the Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno.

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Picture in Time: Rigby Road Depot, Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 2 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks we will be featuring a selection of images taken at Blackpool’s Rigby Road Depot in May 1997. At a time when there was no problem with enthusiasts wandering in to look at the trams we … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: South Yorkshire Supertram 12 & 03

Posted on Saturday 30 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

A pair of Siemens-Duewag trams feature in today’s edition of Picture in Time as we stay in Sheffield.

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Picture in Time: Great Orme Tramway 6

Posted on Thursday 28 March 2019 by Gareth Prior

Staying in North Wales for this week’s archive image as we had back to the 1990s again.

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