{"id":29341,"date":"2020-02-24T20:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=29341"},"modified":"2020-02-24T12:27:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T12:27:31","slug":"in-pictures-portsdown-horndean-5-finds-use-as-a-waiting-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=29341","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Portsdown &#038; Horndean 5 finds use as a waiting shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many uses for an old withdrawn tram and at the Old Kiln Light Railway a former Portsdown &amp; Horndean tram body has become part of the station building. Located at the Rural Life Centre in Tilford, Surrey the body is that of no. <strong>5<\/strong> \u2013 one of two known survivors of this former line.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->We have previously seen the cosmetically restored no. <strong>13<\/strong> at the CPPTD museum in Porchester but for no. <strong>5<\/strong> its condition is very different as it is just the lower deck surviving \u2013 as is the case in so many surviving unrestored trams \u2013 with just a little bit of work having been undertaken. The tram has been painted including a green body and brown door and can be found on the platform at the Old Kiln Railway which is apparently Surrey\u2019s only 2ft gauge industrial railway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=29342\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29342\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-29342\" title=\"1.5-bh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1.5-bh-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1.5-bh-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1.5-bh-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1.5-bh.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29343\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=29343\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29343\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29343\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29343\" title=\"2.5-bh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.5-bh-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.5-bh-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.5-bh-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.5-bh.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two views of no. 5 on the platform. (Both Photographs by Bob Hodges, 27th May 2018)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many uses for an old withdrawn tram and at the Old Kiln Light Railway a former Portsdown &amp; Horndean tram body has become part of the station building. 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