{"id":50214,"date":"2023-07-07T18:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50214"},"modified":"2023-07-06T20:13:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:13:37","slug":"picture-in-time-blackpool-brush-621-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50214","title":{"rendered":"Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 621"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We move on a couple of months since our last photo from Blackpool for \u201cPicture in Time\u201d as we make another trip in October 1977.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this photo we see the very first of the Brush Cars, which by 1977 had been renumbered <strong>621<\/strong> from its original number of <strong>284<\/strong>. As can be seen it retained its double destination indicators (it would be the last Brush Car to get single indicators in 1980, although some wouldn\u2019t ever get single indicators having been withdrawn\/converted to works cars before this work took place) and the trolley fitted car is running through to Starr Gate not long after departing Fleetwood Ferry.<\/p>\n<p>The tram is heading south on North Albert Street and is just coming through some track and road works. Some new tarmac patches can be seen in the background abutting the track, while it looks as though the rails where the crossover intersects with the southbound running line may also be receiving attention. A \u201cSlow \u2013 Permanent Way Track Repairs\u201d sign is visible propped up behind the Land Rover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>621<\/strong> is now part of the Fylde Transport Trust collection and is on operational loan to Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50215\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=50215\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50215\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50215\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/621-db-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/621-db-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/621-db-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/621-db-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/621-db.jpg 1298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Donald Brooks, October 1977<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We move on a couple of months since our last photo from Blackpool for \u201cPicture in Time\u201d as we make another trip in October 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\/50214"}],"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=50214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50216,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50214\/revisions\/50216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}