{"id":32339,"date":"2020-02-01T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=32339"},"modified":"2020-02-01T18:32:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T18:32:09","slug":"in-pictures-t68-1020-prepares-for-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=32339","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: T68 1020 prepares for the end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We reported earlier this week that one of the four T68\/T68As at Trafford Depot has been on the move, and is getting ready to be scrapped, and now we can bring you photos of the tram in tact \u2013 although is unlikely to do so for much longer with the scrapman\u2019s torch getting ready. The tram in question is <strong>Manchester Metrolink 1020<\/strong> which has been moved to the departure road at Trafford Depot following stripping of any useful parts and Keith Chadbourne provides us with the following images.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32340\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=32340\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32340\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32340\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32340\" title=\"1.t68-kc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1.t68-kc-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1.t68-kc-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1.t68-kc-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1.t68-kc.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The long time resting place of 1020, 1023 and 2001 was in the yard at Trafford Depot, where they could be seen from passing trams on the East Didsbury line. This was view back on 18th January 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32341\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=32341\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32341\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32341\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32341\" title=\"2.1020-kc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2.1020-kc-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2.1020-kc-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2.1020-kc-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2.1020-kc.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">12 months later and 1023 and 2001 are nowhere to be seen but 1020 has been moved to the departure road where it is expected to be scrapped soon. We see the tram here from the Altrincham line.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32342\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=32342\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32342\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32342\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32342\" title=\"3.1020-kc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3.1020-kc-550x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3.1020-kc-550x411.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3.1020-kc-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3.1020-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And from the East Didsbury line. (All Photographs by Keith Chadbourne)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We reported earlier this week that one of the four T68\/T68As at Trafford Depot has been on the move, and is getting ready to be scrapped, and now we can bring you photos of the tram in tact \u2013 although &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=32339\">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":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32339"}],"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=32339"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32368,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32339\/revisions\/32368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}