Category Archives: Picture in Time

Picture in Time: Sheffield Corporation Tramways Tenter Street Depot

Posted on Tuesday 16 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

For today’s trip into the archives we head to the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield for a view inside one of the original tramway’s depots at Tenter Street with a number of trams present.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2535

Posted on Saturday 13 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

A trip to Croydon for today’s instalment of Picture in Time as we take a look at one of Tramlink’s original Bombardier built CR4000 trams – no. 2535.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 627

Posted on Thursday 11 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Back to the archives today as we take a look at another tram from Blackpool with this edition of Picture in Time featuring Blackpool Brush car 627.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool & Fleetwood 2 and Grimsby & Immingham 20

Posted on Tuesday 9 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time is in Crich for an early archive image of the National Tramway Museum with two trams in the shot.

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 77

Posted on Saturday 6 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

In today’s edition of Picture in Time we take a trip to the capital for an image from the Docklands Light Railway.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 630

Posted on Thursday 4 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time’s Blackpool edition features a tram now happily preserved at the Crich Tramway Village in a standard fleet livery but in these images it was carrying a bright all over advert for Karting 2000.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 9

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

This edition of Picture in Time returns to the Isle of Man and we find ourselves on the Manx Electric Railway once again with a duo of images showing illuminated Tunnel Car no. 9.

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Picture in Time: Nottingham Express Transit 204 & 214

Posted on Saturday 29 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

And today Picture in Time features an image from Nottingham Express Transit again with two trams present.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloons 710 & 724

Posted on Thursday 27 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

Last time out when we headed to Blackpool for Picture in Time we featured a couple of Balloon Cars and in this edition we do exactly the same although this time we are 25 years earlier in 1981.

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Picture in Time: Modern Electric Tramways 7

Posted on Tuesday 25 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

In this trip back in time we are heading to the Sussex coast again for another black and white image from the archives of the Modern Electric Tramways operation in Eastbourne with the tram featured this time being no. 7.

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro construction work

Posted on Saturday 22 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

An archive image with a difference for Picture in Time today as we feature an image without a tram in sight during the construction of Midland Metro.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloons 703 & 710

Posted on Thursday 20 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

It is that time of the week again as we head off to Blackpool for another image from the archives as part of the Picture in Time series. This time we feature two Balloon Cars back in 2006.

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Picture in Time: Vienna 4225

Posted on Tuesday 18 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time is heading back to Crich for a view of a tram which although it remains on site at the home of the National Tramway Museum in 2017 is in a different identity. It is Vienna 4225 … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1013

Posted on Saturday 15 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

We head back to the archives again today for the latest edition of Picture in Time and we are in 1992 for some early images of Manchester Metrolink with the subject being T68 1013.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Railcoach 611

Posted on Thursday 13 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of Picture in Time we are again featuring a tram from Blackpool with Second Series English Electric Railcoach 611 in the frame.

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Picture in Time: Glasgow 585

Posted on Tuesday 11 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of Picture in Time we feature a tram which is the last tram to remain in the ownership of the Science Museum – Glasgow 585.

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Picture in Time: Stagecoach Supertram 123

Posted on Saturday 8 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

Off to Sheffield again for today’s Picture in Time image and we catch up with tram no. 123 during 2003.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Coronation 314

Posted on Thursday 6 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time is once again in Blackpool and this time around we take a look at a tram which is now scrapped – it is Coronation Car 314.

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Picture in Time: Bournemouth 85

Posted on Tuesday 4 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

A tram which was in the news last year for its transfer of ownership is the feature of today’s Picture in Time – Bournemouth 85.

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Picture in Time: Croydon Tramlink 2536

Posted on Saturday 1 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

Our latest modern tram image in the archive photo series Picture in Time comes from Croydon as we take a look at a tram during the pre-opening period in 1999 of CR4000 2536.

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