{"id":51136,"date":"2023-09-26T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51136"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:02:59","slug":"in-pictures-london-transport-1858-in-service-at-east-anglias-trolleybus-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51136","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: London Transport 1858 in service at East Anglia\u2019s Trolleybus Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year in September, the East Anglia Transport Museum run their \u201cbig\u201d event of the year: Trolleybus Weekend. With their extensive fleet of trolleybuses in use throughout the weekend (which includes late night running on the Saturday evening) the trams don\u2019t get ignored either and this year it saw <strong>Blackpool 11<\/strong>, <strong>Sheffield 513<\/strong> and <strong>London Transport 1858<\/strong> in service.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You will notice that the list of trams included <strong>London Passenger Transport Board 1858<\/strong> in service which had been enjoying some maintenance earlier in the season. With this work completed, <strong>1858<\/strong> returned to service earlier in September to bring the operating fleet up to five trams again (<strong>Amsterdam 474<\/strong>, Blackpool pair <strong>11<\/strong> and <strong>159<\/strong>, <strong>Sheffield 513<\/strong> and now <strong>1858<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>This year the Trolleybus Weekend took place on Saturday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> and Sunday 24<sup>th<\/sup> September and once again seemed to be a popular event showcasing the museum at its best.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51137\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=51137\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51137\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51137\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51137\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1.1858-tm-413x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1.1858-tm-413x550.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1.1858-tm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1.1858-tm.jpg 955w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under sunny skies 1858 poses at Chapel Road terminus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_51138\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=51138\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51138\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51138\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51138\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2.1858-tm-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2.1858-tm-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2.1858-tm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2.1858-tm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2.1858-tm.jpg 1273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1858 is now joined by a fellow former London resident \u2013 \u201cK class\u201d trolleybus 1201. (Both Photographs by Tim Major)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year in September, the East Anglia Transport Museum run their \u201cbig\u201d event of the year: Trolleybus Weekend. 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