{"id":19495,"date":"2017-11-21T19:21:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T18:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=19495"},"modified":"2021-02-12T20:07:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:07:42","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-marton-vambac-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=19495","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image from the 1970s is the feature of today\u2019s edition of Picture in Time as we head to the early days of the East Anglia Transport Museum with a look at the unique <strong>Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Dating from 1939 when built as a Sun Saloon by English Electric, <strong>11<\/strong>\u2019s life took a turn for the better firstly in 1942 when it became fully enclosed (the Sun Saloons were originally delivered in a strange semi open condition with wooden seats) and then ten years later when it was fitted with VAMBAC equipment (becoming the penultimate of the class to receive this equipment) for use on the Marton route. Continuing in service until the end of the Marton route before withdrawal in October 1962. However, unlike the remainder of the class the scrapman was not waiting for <strong>11<\/strong> and it was rescued for preservation and although the first plan of use on Hayling Island did not come to fruition it ended up at the East Anglia Transport Museum in Carlton Colville, a location it can still be found today, although it hasn\u2019t been running all that time.<\/p>\n<p>This image was taken in the 1970s and was taken after the tram had been withdrawn from service \u2013 it had operated for a few years after arrival \u2013 with a protracted overhaul and restoration following. Its trolley tower seems to be on the ground alongside and the green and cream paintwork is peeling off. Alongside <strong>11<\/strong> is <strong>Blackpool Standard 159<\/strong> with <strong>Glasgow 1245<\/strong> just visible on the far right.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37772\" style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37772\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37772\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37772\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11-bg-369x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11-bg-369x550.jpg 369w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11-bg-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11-bg-768x1144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11-bg-1031x1536.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11-bg.jpg 1269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Bryan Grint<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image from the 1970s is the feature of today\u2019s edition of Picture in Time as we head to the early days of the East Anglia Transport Museum with a look at the unique Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19495"}],"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=19495"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37773,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19495\/revisions\/37773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}