{"id":53239,"date":"2024-04-06T22:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=53239"},"modified":"2024-04-06T18:39:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T17:39:24","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-708-at-its-new-home-in-lincolnshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=53239","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool 708 at its new home in Lincolnshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last year \u2013 29th<\/sup> November 2023 to be precise \u2013 a Blackpool Balloon Car departed from Rigby Road Depot in its home town for what is expected to be the last time as it was transferred for a new life at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft. As it was late in the year and the museum was closed for the winter period although it was moved very little has been seen of it so far \u2013 but with a new season now underway that has changed as we take the chance to see the tram in its new home for the first time.<\/p>\n

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As we reported as the time of its purchase, 708<\/strong> has been acquired by the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft to become what they believe to be a unique Playtram as they know of no more anywhere! The tram had previously been owned by the Manchester Transport Museum Society but was not considered part of their operational collection and its purchase by the Trolleybus Museum means that it will survive, albeit for a very different purpose than it lived its life for the first 70 odd years.<\/p>\n

Work on converting 708<\/strong> into the Playtram has yet to start but it is now making itself at home and anyone who visits the museum will be able to see a Blackpool tram in an unusual location!<\/p>\n

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Still featuring modern dayglo destination blinds (apparently its off to Starr Gate!), Balloon 708 sits on a short section of track at the Trolleybus Museum.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another view of 708. The track in the foreground is for the Sandtoft District Railway. (Both Photographs by Trevor Hall, 30th March 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n

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A side-on view of 708. (Photograph by Trevor Hall, 1st April 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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