{"id":55551,"date":"2024-10-04T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55551"},"modified":"2024-10-03T19:48:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T18:48:50","slug":"in-pictures-trams-at-the-east-anglia-transport-museum-trolleybus-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55551","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Trams at the East Anglia Transport Museum Trolleybus Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday 28th<\/sup> and Sunday 29th<\/sup> September was the annual Trolleybus Weekend at the East Anglia Transport Museum, which not only includes lots of operational trolleybuses in service and twilight running but also features trams in service alongside. In this pictorial article we take a look at some of the trams in action during the weekend.<\/p>\n

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One of the traditional EATM shots \u2013 tram and trolleybus sitting at Chapel Road terminus. The tram here is the unique surviving Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 and alongside it is Portsmouth 313.<\/p><\/div>\n

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London Passenger Transport Board HR\/2 1858 was also in service and is caught here heading back down to Chapel Road.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A twilight view of Blackpool Brush Railcoach 634 sitting outside the main depot. Inside the depot we can see Sheffield 513 and Blackpool Standard 159. (Photographs x3 by Ken Jones, 28th September 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n

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With the light start to fade again we\u2019re at Chapel Road on the second day of the event where we see 1858 and 634 side-by-side.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another view of 1858 and 634 at Chapel Road with the saloon lights and lights behind the destination blinds starting to take effect. (Photographs x2 by Bryan Grint, 29th September 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September was the annual Trolleybus Weekend at the East Anglia Transport Museum, which not only includes lots of operational trolleybuses in service and twilight running but also features trams in service alongside. In this pictorial … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55551"}],"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=55551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55557,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55551\/revisions\/55557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}