{"id":46139,"date":"2022-08-23T22:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46139"},"modified":"2022-08-23T20:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T19:37:22","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-fleetwood-box-car-40-to-return-to-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46139","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool & Fleetwood Box Car 40 to return to service!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday 21st August, Blackpool & Fleetwood ‘Box’ car 40<\/strong> paid a visit to the workshop at Crich Tramway Village. Since its return to the museum following its extended stint of operation in Blackpool and a visit to Beamish, the tram operated at the museum during the latter part of the 2019 season, but had not run since as it required some minor attention, and was not considered a high priority with the reduced operating fleet and the general backlog of jobs due to the coronovirus pandemic. However, on this day, 40<\/strong> was extracted from the back of the depot and transferred to the workshop – and this was obviously a success, as by the end of the day the tram was moving under its own power again!<\/p>\n

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On its return journey by road from Beamish, 40<\/strong> suffered a damaged trolley pole and temporarily borrowed the trolley from Newcastle 102<\/strong> to enable it to be used in passenger service at the ‘Crich 60’ event in September 2019. However, as the overhaul work on 102<\/strong> progressed, the tram needed its pole back, leaving Box 40<\/strong> without one! This was finally replaced during its visit to the works on 21st August, and at the same time the car received a general service and repairs to the controllers, which have been giving some grief for a number of years. At the end of the day 40<\/strong> was driven back into the depot, being posed with fellow Blackpool trams Boat 236<\/strong> and Brush car 630<\/strong> en route. Although 40<\/strong> is likely to require some further attention before it is approved for public service, hopefully it won’t be too long before the 1914 Box car is carrying passengers once again.<\/p>\n

Article written by Andrew Waddington, with information and photographs supplied by Peter Whiteley.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n