In Pictures: New ceiling for Sheffield 74

Posted on Wednesday 10 May 2017 by Andrew Waddington

2016 was the first year for two decades that Sheffield 74 did not operate at the Crich Tramway Village. It may be remembered that the popular Edwardian tramcar had been withdrawn from service due to excessive mould growth on its top deck ceiling, caused by the warm and damp conditions in the museum’s running sheds. Happily the tram has now entered the conservation workshop for attention to return it to the operating fleet.

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Douglas Bay Horse Tramway suspended for 10 days

Posted on Wednesday 10 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

The Douglas Bay Horse Tramway has suspended all operations for 10 days after a number of the horses – “trammers” – were found to be experiencing a respiratory issue. This is said to be common infection amongst horses and is not fatal but can be transmitted between them. The decision was made by Isle of Man Railways on the advice of Ray Cox from Milan Vets on 10th May.

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Manchester Metrolink service change: Sunday 14th May

Posted on Wednesday 10 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Further engineering works on Manchester Metrolink will see services amended on Sunday 14th May with the Altrincham, East Didsbury and Eccles lines being affected this time around.

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Senseless act condemned as rock thrown through tram window in Manchester

Posted on Tuesday 9 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

The throwing of objects at trams is not a new phenomenon but on Monday 8th May one of the most serious incidents in recent times occurred with a rock thrown through the cab window of a tram at Derker causing injuries to the driver. M5000 3028 was operating a service on the Oldham and Rochdale line at approximately 2140 when the rock was thrown at the tram in what has rightly been condemned and described as a “senseless act”.

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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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In Pictures: Glasgow 488’s Welsh restoration

Posted on Monday 8 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

It’s been a while since we have reported on the ongoing restoration of Glasgow 488 at the Ffestiniog Railway but that is partly because since we last took a look at the tram not a lot has actually being happening! The tram remains in two halves (three parts if you include the truck) with work not seeming to have progressed over the past 12 months.

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In Pictures: A sunny Sunday at Crich

Posted on Monday 8 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

A bonus selection of photos for you from the Crich Tramway Village on a sunny Sunday afternoon five different trams on the mainline: Glasgow 22, Blackpool 166, MET 331, Liverpool 869 and Berlin 223 006-4. Hazel Quarmby provides us with the images.

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Brush car 621 – back from the dead!

Posted on Monday 8 May 2017 by Andrew Waddington

After a short spell in Blackpool’s Electrical Compound, Brush Railcoach 621 is now able to move around under its own power for the first time in several years. As reported previously, the tram is being restored to running order to mark the 80th anniversary of its class, with sponsorship from TRAMS magazine, and will regain its 1950s green and cream livery on completion of the current work.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 7 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

We bring you another Photo Gallery this week as wel as updating some Fleet Lists:

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Brush 623 to head home for Brush Car 80 celebrations

Posted on Saturday 6 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

The 80th anniversary of the Brush Railcoaches is set to be celebrated in style with the news that two time winner of the British Trams Online Tram of the Year contest, 623 is to return home to Blackpool later this year for a loan period of operation. 623, which left Blackpool back in 2010 and has been running at the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester since 2012, will make the relatively short journey to Blackpool later this year with the hope that it will enter service over the Tram Sunday weekend in July.

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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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Another unsafe building causes Metrolink disruption

Posted on Friday 5 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink services were disrupted for a time during the afternoon of Friday 5th May after the discovery of an unsafe building on Mosely Street, this comes a little over a month since an unsafe building in Rochdale led to services unable to travel through to the Town Centre terminus for over a week. Fortunately this time the building was declared safe within a few hours but not before services through the city centre were severely disrupted, just as well the Second City Crossing is open as it could have been a whole lot worse.

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Temporary road closures to mark start of Trafford Park Metrolink extension work

Posted on Friday 5 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

A series of temporary road closures are about to start as work to extend Manchester Metrolink to the Trafford Centre begins in earnest. Work will include major utility diversion and will enable trams to run in segregated lanes alongside road traffic when the line opens in 2021.

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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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In Pictures: New ad for M5000 3095

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

The number of non-standard liveries on Manchester Metrolink has declined again of late with only one tram having been carrying a vinyl wrap advert, 3095. This tram was advertising Raytheon Software Engineers in a rather dark livery but this week these vinyls have been replaced by some which, shall we say, are a bit on the brighter side! The latest sponsor of the tram is Key 103, a local radio station, with the base colour this time being pink. Once again the ends of the tram are left free with the extensive use of contravision on the remainder of the tram.

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In Pictures: Blackpool Jubilee 762 commissioned at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

No sooner has we uploaded the last story when some photos of Blackpool Jubilee 762 drop into our inbox! As we briefly mentioned in the story on the KLV’s test run, the completion of the work on 058 allowed Blackpool Jubilee 762 to enter the workshops to be commissioned for use during 2017. Following the movement of the Jubilee car to the workshop and its commissioning work the tram then went on its own commissioning run. Thanks to Peter Whiteley for these photos.

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In Pictures: Tramlink KLV 058 on test at Crich

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Recent visitors to Crich will have noticed that the stub track on the centre of the depot fan has been a bit more empty than usual with normal resident Croydon Tramlink KLV 058 in the workshop. The vehicle had required the fitting of a replacement clutch and with this now done the KLV was able to start testing. The return to use of 058 also meant that commissioning could start on Blackpool Jubilee 762 (the KLV is the only means to recover the large Jubilee car if it fails).

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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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National Lottery support confirmed for Crich First World War Memorial sculptures

Posted on Monday 1 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

The Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England have confirmed support for a lasting legacy to the tramway men, women and their families whose lives were lost or changed by the Great War in the form of a series of contemporary sculptures at the National Tramway Museum in Crich. These will be designed by artistic duo Musson&Retallick, winners in the 2017 International Civic Trust Awards for the Somme Memorial Artwork in Barnsley.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 30 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

This week we have just the one new selection of photos for you:

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