{"id":31435,"date":"2019-12-10T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=31435"},"modified":"2019-12-08T10:50:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T10:50:26","slug":"they-ran-in-2019-blackpool-balloon-717","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=31435","title":{"rendered":"They Ran in 2019: Blackpool Balloon 717"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its time to take a look at another heritage tram which ran in service during 2019 \u2013 <strong>Blackpool Balloon 717<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Of all the Balloon Cars operational on the Blackpool Tramway probably the one which gets the least attention from enthusiasts is <strong>717<\/strong>. Overhauled during the early years of the 21st century thanks to a bequest the resulting tram was a pseudo original condition second series Balloon Car with some modern features alongside the more traditional parts. Spared the widened centre entrances it is now very much part of the heritage fleet seeing regular use throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Our first photo shows <strong>717<\/strong> waiting on Little Bispham loop to return south to Pleasure Beach on 26th May 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=31436\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31436\" title=\"1.717-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1.717-gp-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1.717-gp-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1.717-gp-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1.717-gp.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Then on 28th September 2019 we see <strong>717<\/strong> again, this time it is at Manchester Square where it is heading down to Pleasure Beach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31437\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=31437\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31437\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31437\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31437\" title=\"2.717-gp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2.717-gp-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2.717-gp-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2.717-gp-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2.717-gp.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both Photographs by Gareth Prior<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its time to take a look at another heritage tram which ran in service during 2019 \u2013 Blackpool Balloon 717.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,76],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31435"}],"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=31435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31439,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31435\/revisions\/31439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}