{"id":21839,"date":"2018-04-25T18:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T17:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=21839"},"modified":"2018-04-25T18:14:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T17:14:30","slug":"in-pictures-overhead-damage-in-blackpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=21839","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Overhead damage in Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we reported at the weekend Saturday 21st April saw major damage to the overhead between Bispham and Little Bispham following an attempted theft of the wires overnight. With no trams able to run any further north than Bispham for most of the day \u2013 it wasn\u2019t until 4pm that normal services were able to resume \u2013 this not only had an effect on the normal service but also the Friends of 40 tour using Standard 147 which was curtailed with participants being transported by bus to reach their meal at the North Euston Hotel in Fleetwood.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21840\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21840\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21840\" title=\"1.overhead-ts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1.overhead-ts-370x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1.overhead-ts-370x550.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1.overhead-ts.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21841\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21841\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21841\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21841\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21841\" title=\"2.overhead-ts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2.overhead-ts-550x493.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2.overhead-ts-550x493.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2.overhead-ts.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two images showing the damage to the overhead as a result of the attempted theft of the wires. (Photographs x2 by Tony Stevenson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21842\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21842\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21842\" title=\"3.754-bg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3.754-bg-550x364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3.754-bg-550x364.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3.754-bg-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3.754-bg.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21843\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21843\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21843\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21843\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21843\" title=\"4.754-bg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4.754-bg-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4.754-bg-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4.754-bg-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4.754-bg.jpg 1259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engineering Car 754 was in action to enable the damage to be repaired. (Photographs x2 by Bryan Grint)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we reported at the weekend Saturday 21st April saw major damage to the overhead between Bispham and Little Bispham following an attempted theft of the wires overnight. 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