{"id":22282,"date":"2018-05-30T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=22282"},"modified":"2018-05-30T20:03:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T19:03:37","slug":"in-pictures-brush-630-returns-to-service-at-crich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=22282","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Brush 630 returns to service at Crich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blackpool Brush Railcoach 630<\/strong> has returned to service at Crich \u2013 just a few days after it had returned from its winter break in Blackpool. 630<\/strong> was rostered for service on Sunday 27th May during the Beside the Seaside event, its first use at Crich since Tram Day on 16th September 2017.<\/p>\n

Its return to service came just eight days after it had last run in Blackpool with it being used alongside Box 40<\/strong> on a farewell tour with it then being transported back to Crich arriving on Wednesday 23rd May. It may seem like a quick return to service but that was nothing compared to when it went to Blackpool in September \u2013 it ran at Crich on Saturday 16th September and ran a mere six days later on Brush Car Friday in Blackpool!<\/p>\n

After visiting the Workshop at Crich, 630<\/strong> underwent a test run on Saturday 26th May and was then one of six trams allocated to service on a mostly warm and sunny Sunday 27th May \u2013 the second day of the nine day Beside the Seaside event. Performing faultlessly 630<\/strong> then had a couple of days off before again being used on Wednesday 30th May.<\/p>\n

On Sunday 27th May the other trams in service were London County Council 106<\/strong>, Blackpool 167<\/strong>, Blackpool 236<\/strong>, Metropolitan Electric Tramways 331<\/strong> and (eventually) Leeds 399<\/strong>. The day was due to have seen Glasgow 22<\/strong> instead of 399<\/strong> but this dewired on leaving the depot with the trolley then having to be released from the overhead with Blackpool 40 being used for this task.<\/p>\n

* Full photographic coverage of the second day of Beside the Seaside will follow on British Trams Online<\/em> in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

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Shortly after unloading on 23rd May, 630 is seen in the depot yard.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another view of 630 in the depot yard.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Back in the depot and 630 meets up with friends again, including Boat 236. (Photographs x3 by Hazel Quarmby)<\/p><\/div>\n

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On 27th May and we see 630 in service again. This view was taken at Glory Mine.<\/p><\/div>\n

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630 heads through Bowes Lyon Bridge. Leeds 399 is seen in the background. (Photographs x2 by Gareth Prior)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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