{"id":12488,"date":"2015-09-13T15:57:39","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T14:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=12488"},"modified":"2015-09-13T15:57:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T14:57:39","slug":"picture-in-time-manchester-metrolink-1012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=12488","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Manchester Metrolink 1012"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are back in Manchester for our latest Picture in Time image and we have now reached 1012<\/strong> in our quest to feature all of the original T68s. Today we bring you two images, both taken in April 1992.<\/p>\n

1012<\/strong> was delivered to Manchester on 24th January 1992 and had the honour of forming the very first passenger carrying service from Victoria to Bury on the opening day \u2013 6th April 1992. After that claim to fame there wasn\u2019t much that the tram would be able to do in the rest of its operating career to match that and out of all the T68s it was one of those which just carried on with its daily business without too much of a fuss. It spent two months at Wolverton Works from March 2004 for refurbishment works (although it was only away for a couple of months it would be until July that it returned to service) and then five years later it received further attention \u2013 this time in house \u2013 as part of the T68X Universal Running modifications project. It managed to survive in service until the last day of 2013 (31st December in case you were wondering) and was then loaded onto the back of a lorry on 10th October 2014. It\u2019s destination was Booths of Rotherham where it was scrapped.<\/p>\n

Our two photos today were taken on 27th April 1992 \u2013 the first day of cross city centre operations with the G-Mex to Victoria section opening \u2013 and show the tram running through the city centre although not in service. There also appears to be some curious tape attached the bodysides at one end.<\/p>\n

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Both Photographs by Ralph Oakes-Garnett<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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