{"id":25055,"date":"2018-12-12T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25055"},"modified":"2018-12-11T18:43:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T18:43:38","slug":"september-review-%e2%80%93-blackpool-no-6-%e2%80%93-balloon-701","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25055","title":{"rendered":"September Review \u2013 Blackpool: No. 6 \u2013 Balloon 701"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest of the Balloon Cars to be an official member of the heritage tram fleet (<strong>700<\/strong> doesn\u2019t count as it is a B fleet Balloon which just happens to be more or less solely used as a heritage tram!) is <strong>701<\/strong>. Carrying an attractive Red and White livery \u2013 as originally applied in the 1990s \u2013 it is certainly a tram which stands out from the crowd whenever it used.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25056\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25056\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25056\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25056\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25056\" title=\"1.701-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.701-gp-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.701-gp-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.701-gp-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.701-gp.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The date is 22nd September and this photo shows 701 at North Pier\/Tower about to return to depot. With a temporary stop provided at Manchester Square for the Spectacular passengers remain on board for a short journey yet.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25057\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25057\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25057\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25057\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25057\" title=\"2.701-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.701-gp-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.701-gp-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.701-gp-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.701-gp.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The following day \u2013 23rd September \u2013 and 701 was in use again, this time utilised on the Starr Gate to Fleetwood circuit. This is the tram standing at Bispham heading north. (Both Photographs by Gareth Prior)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest of the Balloon Cars to be an official member of the heritage tram fleet (700 doesn\u2019t count as it is a B fleet Balloon which just happens to be more or less solely used as a heritage tram!) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25055\">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":[7,71],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25055"}],"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=25055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25059,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25055\/revisions\/25059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}