{"id":4586,"date":"2013-07-20T19:19:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T18:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=4586"},"modified":"2013-07-20T19:19:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T18:19:48","slug":"in-pictures-flexity2-014-being-towed-after-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=4586","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Flexity2 014 being towed after breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the normal reliable Flexity2 trams in Blackpool broke down on Wednesday 17 July which led to the rare sight of two of these Bombardier built trams coupled together as a rescue of the failed tram was made. <strong>014<\/strong> was the tram which had failed and <strong>015<\/strong> was on call to tow it out the way to allow the service on the Blackpool Tramway to be reformed. We are grateful to <strong>David Lloyd<\/strong> for providing us some photos of the rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4587\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4587\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4587\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4587\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4587\" title=\"14-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-1-550x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-1-550x379.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-1-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-1.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from the top deck of a bus from the Prom road this first view shows 014 being towed by 015 past Gynn Square tramstop.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4588\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4588\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4588\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4588\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4588\" title=\"14-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-2-550x308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-2-550x308.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-2-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-2.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up view of the two trams coupled together.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4589\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4589\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4589\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4589\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4589\" title=\"14-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-3-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-3-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-3-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-3.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view as 015 tows 014 northbound through Gynn Square. (All photos: David Lloyd)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the normal reliable Flexity2 trams in Blackpool broke down on Wednesday 17 July which led to the rare sight of two of these Bombardier built trams coupled together as a rescue of the failed tram was made. 014 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=4586\">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":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4586"}],"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=4586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4591,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4586\/revisions\/4591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}