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The Spring Bank Holiday Weekend in May 2009 witnessed the 50th birthday celebrations of the initial events at the quarry railway in Crich, the founding stone of the Tramway Village.
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 | | Lathalmond Running Day 2009
The annual early season visit to Lathalmond for the running day event. Plenty of variety as always and some new and refreshed vehicles on the preservation scene.
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 | | FTS Convention Weekend, Blackpool May 2009
Pictures from the FTS (Fylde Tramway Society) Convention Weekend at the beginning of May 2009. Plenty of tram bashing along with special trips and a depot tour.
Being the very last year of the Blackpool system as we know it every moment had to be savoured and recorded.
More photos and captions to follow...
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 | | BSG537L At BusWorks
Pictures taken at Bus Works on Friday 1st May 2009. BSG537L being refurbished.
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 | | Crich; Tram Driver Training School
In late April 09 I was at Crich for an intensive training program as part of my eventual progression to Tram Driver.
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 | | Kirkby Stephen Easter 2009
A spectacular sunny Easter this year to make up for the snow last year.
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 | | BSG537L Moves To Blackpool
On Saturday 10th January 2009 BSG537L our ex Eastern Scottish Leopard moved from it's temporary home in Preston Bus's Deepdale Depot to it's next stopping point Bus Works at Blackpool.
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 | | Preston Bus - The End of the Road
Preston Bus Limited was sold to Stagecoach Holdings with effect from midnight Thursday 22nd January 2009. After nearly 105 years of council and then employee ownership this was the end of Preston's own public transport.
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 | | Blackpool Trams; 679 Farewell Tour 29/11/08
Unused for several years rebuilt Railcoach 679 has been taken on by the LTT with the intention of returning it to original 1930 style in time for the 125th anniversary of the tramway in 2010. To celebrate the end of 679 a special tram service operated between Tower and Thornton Gate with 679 and LTT's Coronation 304. Lots of photos of 304, less of 679, but that couldn't be helped as I was guarding 304 for a lot of the day!!!
Freezing fog ensured the day will not be forgotten and allowed for some unusual photos of the cars used. It does mean some photos are a bit blotchy though, but couldn't help that!
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 | | The Mrs Trellis Collection
As it says on the tin a collection of photographs from the lense of a Mrs Trellis
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 | | Trams in November 2008
The weekend of 1st & 2nd November saw the end of the Blackpool Illuminations and with it the end of the summer service on the tramway (although at least there is a winter service this year). It also saw the end of the season at Crich to allow for track replacement to take place over the winter.
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 | | LTT October Show 2008
LTT's last event of the season was a vehicle display at St Chad's Headland on Blackpool Prom together with an Open Day at Brimwell Road. The event saw the launch of Blackpool PD3 529 back into service.
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 | | GVVT visit Blackpool 2008, East Lancs Railway & Atlantean 50
Our annual weekend in Blackpool saw 54 of us coming down in two buses from Bridgeton & Edinburgh for our usual Tour of the Illuminations in Coronation 304 followed by trips to the East Lancs Railway on Saturday and Atlantean 50 event at Manchester Museum of Transport on the Sunday
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 | | LTT visit Summerlee & the GVVT Open Day
Our annual trip north, this year onboard RM2734, from Blackpool to Glasgow for the Bridgeton Open Day on October 12th. On the 11th we visited the newly reopened Summerlee Museum to see the tramway, Scotlands only one, before working at the Open Day on the Sunday.
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 | | Showbus 2008
Shh, don't tell anyone but we Stagecoached it down to Showbus at Duxford again. This year in one of Perth depots brand new Enviro 400's for the Crieff service. Lots of pictures, not many captions... you know as much about them as I do!
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 | | A Week at Crich Working The Trams, August 08
Starting on Bank Holiday Monday (25th August) we had a week working the trams at Crich Tramway Museum. A midweek day off did see me venture into Derby and get a few shots along the way.
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 | | A September Saturday in Blackpool
Saturday 13th September 2008 and on the Fylde coast it was a beautiful day. Blackpool Transport responded by producing almost all the special interest fleet of trams even if they were not heavily used. An evening trip to Fleetwood to see the remains of Fleetwood's pier which had burned down on the previous Tuesday and the interesting sight of a large ferry arriving at low tide on the River Wyre.
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 | | Rawtenstall Bus Depot & Bus Station
Closed and demolished soon after I took the oportunity to catch a few snaps of this historic building the Sunday before closure on the 31st August 2008.
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 | | SVBM Lathalmond August 2008
GVVT buses and more visit Lathalmond for a relatively rain free weekend.
Captions to follow when I get a spare 5 minutes ;o)
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 | | Summer Miscellaneous 2008
Some Crich, some Classic Bus and some Preston Bus
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 | | Totally Transport 2008 & 501 Launch
Blackpool, June 21st 2008 and former Blackpool Corporation Leyland PD3 501 has returned home for an official launch following extensive restoration. The following day was a windy Totally Transport. Here's to 2009!
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 | | May Miscellaneous
A few odd shots from May including visits to the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum running day at Lathalmond, Crich Tramway Museum and the first couple of weekends between Lytham and St Annes on the Seafront 12 service.
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 | | Blackpool - Fylde Tramway Society Convention Weekend May 2008
May Bank Holiday Weekend in Blackpool and the weather was fantastic (mostly anyway). What a full weekend of tram bashing and socialising.
Saturday morning we had a tour of Blackpool Transports depot and works followed by a tram tour to Fleetwood on board one of the under used Twin Cars. Saturday night was 'Beer & Buses'.
Sunday we toured with Blackpool's Vambac fitted Coronation 304 and the Sheffield decker 513. Both cars were built by Roberts and whilst 304 makes occasional sorties out in service the chance to ride on 513, a four wheeler, to Fleetwood was not to be missed. Sunday night we were entertained at the Dinner by Blackpool's MD and his jokes!
Monday involved a tour with Boat cars around the line. Thankfully the weather was kind (albeit a bit chilly).
Great weekend and many thanks go to the organisers
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 | | Preston Bus New Solo SR - First Production Model
29th April and new fleet number 1 is delivered by Optare to Preston Bus. The first production build of the new Solo SR the chassis number is 29002. Also the first delivery in the new Preston Park & Ride livery to be launched in May.
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 | | April in Blackpool
Shots taken on Saturday 19th April before the reopening of the Fleetwood to Cabin tramway and again the following Saturday (26th) on the first day of service to Fleetwood.
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 | | Yet More Riverdance, Blackpool Trams and Buses; 30th March 2008
An LTT Depot Open Day, Blackpool Trams and Buses and another look at the submerged Riverdance. Will she ever leave???
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 | | Kirkby Stephen Easter 2008
The annual Easter event was visited by snow this year perhaps not surprisingly given the early date. GVVT visited with two vehicles; Wetsern Leopard and Northern Reliance.
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 | | More Riverdance, Blackpool Trams and Buses; March 2008
A brief visit to see Riverdance again in mid March and then views taken on the reopening day of the tramway Good Friday.
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 | | Preston Bus New Training Bus
Our new training bus has arrived from Blackpool Transport
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 | | Riverdance, Blackpool Tramway Renewals & An Olympian
Visited Blackpool to see the beached freight ferry Riverdance. It's off Anchorsholme so it also gave me a chance to see what work had taken place on the Blackpool Tramway track renewals at Little Bispham and watch the bus replacement in a bit of a mess!
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 | | GVVT Tour of Ayrshire
Well a bit of Ayrshire. Western PD3 MSD408 took us for lunch at Fenwick (via Paisley) and then up the Ayrshire Coast stopping at Largs for ice cream.
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 | | GVVT Bridgeton December 07
Taken a while to post but a few shots taken between Christmas and New Year
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 | | GVVT Christmas Dinner 2007
Once again we decended on the (now very posh refurbished) Orion Way for our annual nosh up and funny headgear display!
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 | | GVVT visit Dundee November 2007
Taking Northern Leopard NPE80 back to here old stomping ground we enjoyed the journey, a tour of Discovery, a tour of Strathtays Dundee depot and a trip to Arbroath on a Stagecoach Olympian.
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 | | GVVT visit Blackpool 2007
The GVVT return fixture in Blackpool (LTT having been in Glasgow the weekend before, keep up). Saw the Illuminations, visited St Helens Transport Museum, visited over Wyre for a Beer and Buses and topped it off with a go on the Pleasure Beach (aaaaargh)
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 | | LTT visit Falkirk Wheel & GVVT
The LTT set out from Blackpool with Atlantean 334 on Friday morning heading for a weekend in Scotland at the GVVT Open Day. Of course I was too busy at the open day to get any pictures there but the rest of the weekend is recorded here
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 | | Birkenhead Tram & Bus Show 2007
Travelled down from Preston on newly restored Blackpool Atlantean 334
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 | | Blackpool's Trams & Buses
A day out by tram along the Fylde Coast on Saturday 29th September 2007
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 | | Preston Bus New Scania's
Beloved PB is getting a batch of new East Lancs (or should that be Darwen Group) bodied Scania's. The first to arrive was on dispaly on the citys Flag Market
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 | | Showbus 2007
Our trip to Showbus proved a hit once again
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