{"id":25409,"date":"2018-12-23T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25409"},"modified":"2018-12-23T10:32:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T10:32:30","slug":"the-reindeer-names-of-edinburgh-trams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25409","title":{"rendered":"The Reindeer names of Edinburgh Trams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the lead up to Christmas 2018 Edinburgh Trams not only put some Christmas decorations up on their trams but also went to the effort of naming some of the trams after Santa\u2019s reindeer! Trams seem to have received two names \u2013 one at each end \u2013 and although we don\u2019t have a complete list in the interests of the Christmas spirit below we include details of those noted!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>256<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dasher<\/p>\n<p>Dancer<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>269<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Blitzen<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>276<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rudolph (with red nose!)<\/p>\n<p>Prancer<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25410\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25410\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25410\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25410\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25410\" title=\"1.269-am\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.269-am-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.269-am-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.269-am-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.269-am.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blitzen name on one end of 269.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25411\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25411\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25411\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25411\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25411\" title=\"2.276-am\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.276-am-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.276-am-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.276-am-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.276-am.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The non-red nose end of 276 showing the name of Prancer. (Both Photographs by Alasdair McFarlane)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the lead up to Christmas 2018 Edinburgh Trams not only put some Christmas decorations up on their trams but also went to the effort of naming some of the trams after Santa\u2019s reindeer! 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