{"id":1463,"date":"2012-07-28T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T15:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2012-07-28T15:15:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T15:15:21","slug":"in-pictures-diamond-jubilee-brush-290-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=1463","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Diamond Jubilee Brush 290 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work to turn the Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust\u2019s <strong>Blackpool Brush 290<\/strong> into a star for the 2012 Blackpool Illuminations is continuing with the special Diamond Jubilee livery approaching completion at Kirkham Prison.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As reported previously <strong>290<\/strong> is receiving a white and gold livery in the traditional Blackpool railcoach style including the side flairs. Although criticised in some quarters this livery is starting to look very smart indeed after several months of hard work at Kirkham Prison by members from the Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust alongside inmates at the prison. Following the completion of the paint work it is planned that the Illuminations team will add lighting, student designs and vinyl logos to the tram next week before it is moved into place at Pleasure Beach during August.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1461\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=1461\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1461\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1461\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1461\" title=\"026\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/026-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/026-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/026.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking resplendent in its gold and white livery at Kirkham Prison, Brush Car 290 nears completion. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1459\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=1459\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1459\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1459\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1459\" title=\"016 (5)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/016-5-412x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/016-5-412x550.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/016-5.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A front on view of 290. (Photo courtesy of Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1460\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=1460\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1460\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1460\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1460\" title=\"018 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/018-2-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/018-2-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/018-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This end of the tram still requires the filling in of the flares but the outline can be seen here. Also note in the windows the students artwork which will be installed in each window soon. (Photo courtesy Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work to turn the Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust\u2019s Blackpool Brush 290 into a star for the 2012 Blackpool Illuminations is continuing with the special Diamond Jubilee livery approaching completion at Kirkham Prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463"}],"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=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}