{"id":29597,"date":"2020-02-28T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=29597"},"modified":"2020-02-28T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T12:27:59","slug":"in-pictures-a-closer-look-at-manchester-horse-tram-l53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=29597","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: A closer look at Manchester Horse Tram L53"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the only fully intact Eades Reversible horse tram in the country and it can be found on display at the Bury Transport Museum (attached to the East Lancashire Railway) as part of a long-term loan from the Heaton Park Tramway. <strong>Manchester horse car L53<\/strong> has been at Bury since 2010 (except for a short period on loan at Beamish that year \u2013 which was the last time it ran in passenger service) and is one of many interesting exhibits at the museum. In this short pictorial article we take a closer look at the tram, both inside and out.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29598\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=29598\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29598\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29598\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29598\" title=\"1.l53-bs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1.l53-bs-454x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1.l53-bs-454x550.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1.l53-bs-845x1024.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1.l53-bs.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L53 is seen here on display at the museum. Displayed on some track and with an interpretation panel alongside its display at the museum means it is constantly in the public eye.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29599\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=29599\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29599\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29599\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29599\" title=\"2.l53-bs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.l53-bs-412x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.l53-bs-412x550.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.l53-bs-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2.l53-bs.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lower deck of the tram with its unusual ceiling.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29600\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=29600\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29600\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29600\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29600\" title=\"3.l53-bs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3.l53-bs-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3.l53-bs-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3.l53-bs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3.l53-bs.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The upper deck of L53 with its central knifeboard seating in evidence. (All Photographs by Barry Smith)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the only fully intact Eades Reversible horse tram in the country and it can be found on display at the Bury Transport Museum (attached to the East Lancashire Railway) as part of a long-term loan from the Heaton Park &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=29597\">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":[73,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29597"}],"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=29597"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32755,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29597\/revisions\/32755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}