Category Archives: Blackpool Tramway

Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 630

Posted on Tuesday 28 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

This week’s archive Blackpool tram image again comes from the final year of the traditional tramway – 2011.

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Rewire starts on Railcoach 279

Posted on Saturday 25 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

The excellent progress being made on returning a traditionally shaped Blackpool English Electric Railcoach to the rails in 2019 is showing no signs of slowing down with work now underway on a complete rewire of 279. The tram, owned by … Continue reading →

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In Preview: Another Gold weekend in Blackpool

Posted on Friday 24 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

12 trams, six different classes (seven if you include the “B” fleet Balloons as a separate class!) are set to feature as the latest Gold weekend of heritage tram operation in Blackpool gets underway again. With a late Easter this … Continue reading →

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Balloon 715’s new livery to debut on Ghost Tour

Posted on Wednesday 22 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

Over the past few weeks the Fylde Transport Trust’s Blackpool Balloon 715 has been undergoing some paintwork attention to amend its 1990s livery to the 1970s version and it will debut with its new look on Friday 24th May when … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 713

Posted on Tuesday 21 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

Another image from 2011 this week as we continue our look at the last year of traditional tram operations on the Blackpool Tramway.

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The Transport Tour to launch next weekend in Blackpool

Posted on Friday 17 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

As part of the continuing tweaking and addition of new events on Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours 2019 will see the launch of The Transport Tour using not only a tram but also a heritage bus for a return trip to … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 631

Posted on Tuesday 14 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

For the next few weeks we head back to the last year of the traditional Blackpool Tramway before the full upgrade was in place. It was a year which was far from the glory days of years gone by but … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Bank Holiday B Fleet action!

Posted on Friday 10 May 2019 by Andrew Waddington

Although originally intended for use on public service duties, Blackpool’s small fleet of modified Balloon cars known as the ‘B Fleet’ are a common sight on heritage duties, most of all on the special Gold running days. With two such … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Western Train out and about for latest Blackpool Gold weekend

Posted on Tuesday 7 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

In recent years a tram not often seen in use for public tours outside of the illumination period is the Western Train but on Saturday 4th May – as part of the latest Blackpool Gold heritage timetable – the tram … Continue reading →

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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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In Pictures: Worksite cleared in Talbot Square – but more snagging works to come

Posted on Monday 6 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

It’s a case of good and bad news for the Blackpool North Railway Station extension of the Blackpool Tramway. Firstly, the major worksite at Talbot Square has now been cleared of all equipment showing off the new layout here in … Continue reading →

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FTT give an update on their trams

Posted on Sunday 5 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

With four trams undergoing active projects the Fylde Transport Trust are certainly busy at the moment and updates have recently been given by the group on all four of these trams. The trams are, of course, Standard 143, Railcoach 279, … Continue reading →

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In Preview: May Day Bank Holiday tram allocations revealed in Blackpool

Posted on Friday 3 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

It may only seem like a couple of weeks since we last had a Bank Holiday weekend – possibly because it was! – but this weekend once again sees a Gold timetable running on Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours with the … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Railgrinding in Blackpool

Posted on Thursday 2 May 2019 by Gareth Prior

For three weeks during late April and early May track maintenance in Blackpool is seeing a partial service suspension in the evenings north of Bispham. As part of this work a railgrinder has been hired to grind the tracks – … 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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In Pictures: New adverts for Blackpool Balloon 723

Posted on Wednesday 24 April 2019 by Andrew Waddington

Between-deck advertisements on Blackpool’s Balloon cars were once a common sight, but since the inception of Heritage Tram Tours, commercial advertising on the historic tram fleet has all but vanished. However, Balloon 723 has recently received some new banner adverts … Continue reading →

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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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More Boat running in San Francisco for 2019

Posted on Monday 22 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

Since arriving in San Francisco the two Blackpool Boat cars have proven to be very popular when they have operated and now in 2019 – incredibly some 35 years since 228 arrived in the city – it is planned that … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Easter Bunnies in Blackpool!

Posted on Sunday 21 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

If you’ve ever been to Blackpool and have hung around Pleasure Beach for any length of time you will probably have seen a colony of wild rabbits running around the grassed area looking for food. As its Easter and we … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Heritage Trams in action on Blackpool Prom

Posted on Saturday 20 April 2019 by Gareth Prior

If you head to Blackpool at the weekend during 2019 you will be able to see heritage trams in action with each and every week due to see at least two trams in service. One such standard operation was on … Continue reading →

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