{"id":51665,"date":"2023-11-17T22:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T22:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51665"},"modified":"2023-11-17T18:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:16:46","slug":"in-pictures-double-delivery-delight-for-the-east-anglia-transport-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51665","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Double delivery delight for the East Anglia Transport Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week we reported on how the Fylde Transport Trust\u2019s Blackpool Brush Car 634<\/strong> was on its way to the East Anglia Transport Museum but if that excitement wasn\u2019t enough it can also be reported that they have a second delivery to the museum this week. That delivery is of the lower deck of Glasgow 488<\/strong> with it now being reunited with its upper deck.<\/p>\n

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Glasgow 488<\/strong> has been back in the UK for 10 years now having been repatriated from France in March 2013 having originally headed across the English Channel in November 1961. Upon arriving back in the UK the two decks of the tram were transported to the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales where it was intended to complete the restoration of 488<\/strong>. Plans changed and so the two decks of the tram were moved across the UK to Suffolk \u2013 the lower deck was moved in August 2021 (off site storage) and it was followed in March 2022 by the upper deck which has been on site at the East Anglia Transport Museum for a while.<\/p>\n

The lower deck and upper deck and now back in the same location for the first time in over two years but remain separate entities for now. Both are currently stored in the West Tram Depot (the newer structure which has been built as part of the expansion of the museum) where they can call Blackpool Brush Cars 290<\/strong> and 625<\/strong>, Balloon 726<\/strong> and Amsterdam 474<\/strong> (which has been moved there for the first time) stablemates.<\/p>\n

Blackpool Brush 634<\/strong> is currently stabled at the original tram depot where it has already had attention since arriving in Suffolk on Tuesday 14th<\/sup> November. The lighting circuits have been tested along with the compressor circuit and all, so far, seems to have gone well.<\/p>\n

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634 seen at the tracks at the East Anglia Transport Museum after arrival on 14th November 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tucked up inside the depot where it has fellow Blackpool car, Standard 159 for company.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Inside the West Depot with the lower deck of Glasgow 488 now in situ. Sitting on its truck the lower deck is in front of the upper deck which requires restoration and sits on an accommodation truck.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Amsterdam 474 has also made its first visit to the new depot. Its seen here just outside the building whilst work takes place inside. (All Photographs by Tim Major)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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