{"id":48608,"date":"2023-03-10T18:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=48608"},"modified":"2023-03-04T18:55:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T18:55:25","slug":"picture-in-time-blackpool-twin-car-684674","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=48608","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Blackpool Twin Car 684+674"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of \u201cPicture in Time\u201d we are again in Fleetwood to take a look at a tram running on the Blackpool Tramway back in 1977.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After a couple of weeks where the main focus of our attention has been a Balloon Car this time we increase the capacity by showcasing one of the Progress Twin Cars. It is set 4 that we see with Trailer <strong>684<\/strong> leading the way as it heads northbound along Lord Street. Corporation crests, trolley, green and cream livery plus the traditional destination blind all help to create the atmosphere of this image. The Twin set is being hotly pursued by a Balloon Car, probably <strong>710<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this photo the trailer was just a mere 17 years old having been built by Metro Cammell in 1960. It was permanently coupled to <strong>274<\/strong> in 1965 and would receive the Cadbury Purple and Yellow Metro Coastlines livery before withdrawal came in 2008. Now preserved the set can be seen together at the North East Land, Sea and Air Museum near Sunderland with it being owned by the North Eastern Electrical Traction Trust.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48609\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=48609\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48609\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48609\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/684674-db-550x354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/684674-db-550x354.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/684674-db-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/684674-db-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/684674-db.jpg 1251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Donald Brooks, July 1977<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of \u201cPicture in Time\u201d we are again in Fleetwood to take a look at a tram running on the Blackpool Tramway back in 1977.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48608"}],"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=48608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48610,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48608\/revisions\/48610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}