{"id":8709,"date":"2014-08-14T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T14:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8709"},"modified":"2014-08-14T15:41:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T14:41:43","slug":"blackpool-trams-see-red-for-august-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8709","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool trams see red for August event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Provisional details of the heritage tram output in Blackpool\u00a0planned for the August Bank Holiday weekend have now been announced, confirming that two red liveried streamliners are set to steal the limelight for the final stint of daytime heritage tram tours this year. <strong>Boat 227<\/strong>, now fully repaired following electrical repairs earlier this year, is set to return to active duties along with <strong>Balloon 701 <\/strong>which is currently being repainted in its popular red and white &#8216;Routemaster&#8217; livery.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The event organisers are putting a lot of faith in the weather on Saturday 23rd August, when all three Boat cars remaining in Blackpool are scheduled to operate alongside open top Balloon <strong>&#8216;Princess Alice&#8217; 706<\/strong> for the first time this year. Crews will swap between the four trams so that all of them can be used despite only three crews being available, and it is hoped that the efforts being made to make the best possible use of the resources available will be appreciated by all present. <strong>227 <\/strong>is set to be joined by sister car <strong>230 <\/strong>for the morning Fleetwood run with the unique prototype Boat car<strong> 600<\/strong> also due to run that day.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday 24th August, the newly repainted <strong>Balloon 701 <\/strong>will be the star of the show and is expected to run to Fleetwood twice over the course of the day, which\u00a0should also feature three other operational Balloon cars <strong>700<\/strong>, <strong>706<\/strong> and <strong>717<\/strong> in service. This tram is currently being returned to its well-remembered 1991 red and white livery, based on the colours worn by the small fleet of ex-London Routemaster buses which operated on the promenade route at this time, and this will also be its first passenger use since May 2013, meaning that it should be in high demand all day. The Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August, should then see the two red trams running together as well as a few other surprises!<\/p>\n<p>There will be plenty more tram action over the three day weekend, including a special premium price farewell tour on <strong>Pantograph car 167<\/strong> on the evening of Saturday 23rd August, which will be the last chance to ride on this tram before it returns to Crich. The event looks sure to be another very enjoyable one, and will hopefully be well supported to help give the newly formed Blackpool Heritage Trust a welcome early boost!<\/p>\n<p>Full details of the planned tramcar output for the weekend can be viewed on the official Facebook page of the heritage tram tours &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlackpoolHeritageTramTours\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlackpoolHeritageTramTours<\/a> &#8211; and a full event preview will also be posted on <em>British Trams Online <\/em>in due course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provisional details of the heritage tram output in Blackpool\u00a0planned for the August Bank Holiday weekend have now been announced, confirming that two red liveried streamliners are set to steal the limelight for the final stint of daytime heritage tram tours &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8709\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8709"}],"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=8709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8710,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8709\/revisions\/8710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}