{"id":19869,"date":"2017-12-13T18:28:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T18:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=19869"},"modified":"2018-03-22T19:52:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:52:45","slug":"british-trams-online-at-15-%e2%80%93-tram-loans-blackpool-fleetwood-rack-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=19869","title":{"rendered":"British Trams Online at 15 \u2013 Tram Loans: Blackpool &#038; Fleetwood Rack 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another tram not originally intended to travel to Blackpool for the 125th anniversary was <strong>Blackpool &amp; Fleetwood Rack 2<\/strong> but following the problems with transporting double deckers from Crich it was offered as a substitute and thus made its way home for the first time since 1998.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->As with its 1998 loan <strong>2<\/strong> was only available for use on a limited basis and arrived in Blackpool on 2nd September 2010. After commissioning it was first used during a tour on 11th September but after this its problems started and made it a serious cause for concern as being able to take part in the anniversary events. On 22nd September it was out for a training run when it failed but after repairs at Rigby Road it was declared fit to run on a tour on 25th September but failed again. It did manage to see use successfully on a couple of other occasions including the anniversary parade and eventually returned to Crich on 4th October 2010.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21398\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21398\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21398\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21398\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21398\" title=\"1.2-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.2-gp-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.2-gp-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.2-gp-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.2-gp.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On 25th September 2010 and 2 has failed on an enthusaists tour (with Marton 31 seen in front) as the trolley is tied down on the old centre track at North Pier.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21399\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21399\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21399\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21399\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21399\" title=\"2.2-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2.2-gp-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2.2-gp-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2.2-gp-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2.2-gp.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A more successful outing on 27th September saw the tram reach Bispham.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21400\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21400\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21400\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21400\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21400\" title=\"3.2-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3.2-gp-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3.2-gp-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3.2-gp-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3.2-gp.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anniversary day itself, 29th September, as 2 makes its way to Pleasure Beach for the cavalcade. (All Photographs by Gareth Prior)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another tram not originally intended to travel to Blackpool for the 125th anniversary was Blackpool &amp; Fleetwood Rack 2 but following the problems with transporting double deckers from Crich it was offered as a substitute and thus made its way &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=19869\">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":[7,62,65,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19869"}],"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=19869"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21402,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19869\/revisions\/21402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}