{"id":35596,"date":"2020-09-19T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=35596"},"modified":"2020-09-17T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T19:31:00","slug":"in-pictures-track-welding-in-blackpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=35596","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Track welding in Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 14<sup>th<\/sup> September saw some general track maintenance taking place on the Blackpool Tramway with the points at North Pier being attended to by the track crew. Some welding took place on the points leading to the loop here in between the normal tram service running making sure that the loop line is all ready for use throughout the remainder of the operating season with daytime heritage tours still using this location to start their journeys.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35597\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=35597\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35597\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35597\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/welding-pd-550x408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/welding-pd-550x408.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/welding-pd-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/welding-pd-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/welding-pd.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welding taking place on the points at North Pier.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_35598\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=35598\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35598\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35598\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.700-pd-550x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.700-pd-550x426.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.700-pd-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.700-pd-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.700-pd.jpg 1274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the work was taking place Balloon 700 came into the loop. (Both Photographs by Peter Dockerty, 14th September 2020)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 14th September saw some general track maintenance taking place on the Blackpool Tramway with the points at North Pier being attended to by the track crew. 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