{"id":10455,"date":"2015-03-01T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T10:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10455"},"modified":"2015-03-01T10:30:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T10:30:10","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-heritage-driver-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10455","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool Heritage Driver Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we reported a couple of days ago the last week has seen driver training on the heritage trams in Blackpool as preparations continue ahead of the 2015 operating season, which is due to commence on Saturday 28th March. On Friday 27th February <strong>Balloon 717<\/strong> and <strong>Twin Car 272+T2<\/strong> were in action and with thanks to Mervyn Williams we bring you images of the two trams in central Blackpool.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10456\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10456\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10456\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10456\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10456\" title=\"1.717-mw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1.717-mw-550x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1.717-mw-550x411.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1.717-mw-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1.717-mw.jpg 1216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balloon 717 heads north at Tower with a driver training run.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10457\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10457\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10457\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10457\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10457\" title=\"2.t2+272-mw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2.t2+272-mw-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2.t2+272-mw-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2.t2+272-mw-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2.t2+272-mw.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Also out on 27th February was Twin Car 272+T2. The tram is seen here at North Pier on a southbound journey with the trailer leading. (Both Photos by Mervyn Williams)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we reported a couple of days ago the last week has seen driver training on the heritage trams in Blackpool as preparations continue ahead of the 2015 operating season, which is due to commence on Saturday 28th March. On &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10455\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10459,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10455\/revisions\/10459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}