{"id":621,"date":"2012-04-07T11:50:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=621"},"modified":"2012-04-07T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T11:50:08","slug":"boat-233-almost-ready-to-set-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=621","title":{"rendered":"Boat 233 almost ready to set sail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work on the repaint and commissioning of <strong>Blackpool Boat car 233<\/strong> at Beamish Museum is now virtually complete thanks to the sterling efforts of both the Beamish Tramway Group and the BusWorks painter, who has been working long hours in order to have <strong>233<\/strong> ready for service quickly as the Lancastrian Transport Trust&#8217;s commitment to their tram&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The repaint &#8211; as you may well be getting bored of hearing &#8211; has been funded by <em>British Trams Online<\/em>, and has transformed the weather-beaten car back into its 1930s livery, though retaining a few more recent additions such as driver&#8217;s two-piece windscreens. At the request of the painter who has carried out the repaint, <strong>233<\/strong> was taken out onto the depot fan on\u00a0Saturday 7th\u00a0April so that he could examine his own work, and as the photos below show, the tram looks absolutely fantastic! More pictures of the tram can be viewed on the Beamish transport blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/beamishtransport.blogspot.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/beamishtransport.blogspot.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few small jobs such as the application of Blackpool Corporation crests remain outstanding, and the tram requires some further attention before it is declared fit to run in passenger service, but this should not prevent the car from running at the Great North Steam Fair which kicks off on Thursday 12th April. With <strong>Birkenhead 20<\/strong> also starring at this event, hopefully the weather will improve by then. Naturally, the <em>British Trams Online<\/em> team will be in attendance and we hope to see you there &#8211; maybe on board <strong>Blackpool 233<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_622\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=622\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-622\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-622\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-622\" title=\"233 outside-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/233-outside-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/233-outside-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/233-outside-1-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/233-outside-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">233 makes its first steps outside following its superb repaint, with Leeds 6 just visible behind. (Photo by Paul Jarman\/Beamish Museum Ltd.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_623\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=623\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-623\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-623\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-623\" title=\"233 outside-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/233-outside-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/233-outside-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/233-outside-2-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/233-outside-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another stunning shot of 233 in front of the shed where it has been repainted. (Photo by Paul Jarman\/Beamish Museum Ltd.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work on the repaint and commissioning of Blackpool Boat car 233 at Beamish Museum is now virtually complete thanks to the sterling efforts of both the Beamish Tramway Group and the BusWorks painter, who has been working long hours in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=621\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}