{"id":14745,"date":"2016-05-28T04:36:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T03:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14745"},"modified":"2016-05-28T04:36:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T03:36:19","slug":"picture-in-time-blackpool-twin-car-677687","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14745","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Blackpool Twin Car 677+687"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a double dose of images today for our latest installment of Picture in Time as we head back to Blackpool and take a look at <strong>Twin Car 677+687<\/strong> in action in 1981.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This Twin Car came into being in the early 1960s with the motor \u2013 then numbered <strong>277<\/strong> \u2013 being converted from a second series English Electric Railcoach in 1960 \u2013 entering service in the July. The trailer \u2013 originally numbered <strong>T7<\/strong> was delivered to Blackpool in late 1960 and was first used in service in April 1961. As with all Twin Cars originally the two were not initially permanently coupled with their relationship not confirmed until July 1970. Set 7 was one of two Twin Cars to only ever carry green and cream and it was chosen for withdrawal at the end of the 2004 season. In 2007 <strong>677<\/strong> was dismantled to allow for the full restoration of the Western Train which left <strong>687<\/strong> orphaned. The trailer is now part of the Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust\u2019s collection and can be found at Wyre Dock where plans are being formulated for further attention to the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Both of these photos were taken on 16th August 1981 and image number one is at a busy Pleasure Beach where the trams wait on the mainline behind a Boat Car with another Boat and a Balloon on the loop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14746\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14746\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14746\" title=\"1.677+687-rog\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1.677+687-rog-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1.677+687-rog-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1.677+687-rog-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1.677+687-rog.jpg 1247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>And then we are at North Pier\/Talbot Square where we see the pair about to head back to Harrowside.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14747\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14747\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14747\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14747\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14747\" title=\"2.677+687-rog\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2.677+687-rog-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2.677+687-rog-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2.677+687-rog-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2.677+687-rog.jpg 1271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both Photographs by Ralph Oakes-Garnett<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a double dose of images today for our latest installment of Picture in Time as we head back to Blackpool and take a look at Twin Car 677+687 in action in 1981.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14745"}],"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=14745"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14755,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14745\/revisions\/14755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}