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some Blackpool tram videos on Youtube

tramway1435 — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:49:47 +0000

a small selection of some very nice videos found on youtube:

New Tram 001 – Clearance Run to Ash Street

New Tram 001 – Inauguration Run

June 2011 (“new” prom)

Blackpool Day at Heaton Park (November 2010)

703 at Beamish (August 2011)

Blackpool Trams at Carlton Colville (May 2010)

Boat 228 in San Francisco

the old fleet

tramway1435 — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:09:02 +0000

From easter 2012 nothing will be the same! The old Blackpool tram fleet has mostly been sold to museums and some private individuals. Whilst some cars will remain in Blackpool for the forseeable future a large number has already found new homes. Below is a list of the current location of the old fleet. Included are all surviving trams that ever ran in Blackpool so all the non-Blackpool visiting trams appear and also the new Flexity2 cars. The fleet that will probably survive in Blackpool is highlighted in green. Dated September 2011:

blackpool trams 2011.pdf

A more up-to-date listing taken from the above table is below (first listed are the visiting trams, then the Blackpool fleet by car type & fleet number) – December 2011:

(-) Hong Kong
Birkenhead 69
previous no.: -
owner: Birkenhead Tramway
location: Birkenhead
status: operational

(-) Hong Kong
Birkenhead 70
previous no.: -
owner: Birkenhead Tramway
location: Birkenhead
status: operational

(-) Priestly Bogie
Bolton 66
previous no.: -
owner: Bolton 66 Group
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (not frequently used)

(-) Water Car
Cardiff 131
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Blackpool (Starr Gate)
status: operational (for track cleaning)

(-)
Edinburgh 35
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: stored (on display)

(-)
Glasgow 1245
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Summerlee
location: Summerlee
status: stored

(-) Cunarder
Glasgow 1297
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: stored (on display)

(-)
Hill of Howth (IRL) 10
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: stored (on display)

(-)
Liverpool 762
previous no.: -
owner: Birkenhead Tramway
location: Birkenhead
status: operational

(-) California
Manchester 765
previous no.: -
owner: Heaton Park Tramway
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (not frequently used)

(-) Brill semi-convertible
Porto (PT) 273
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: operational

(-) Roberts
Sheffield 513
previous no.: -
owner: Beamish Museum
location: Carlton Colville
status: operational (on loan)

(-)
Southampton 45
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: operational

(-)
Stockport 5
previous no.: -
owner: Stockport 5 Group
location: Heaton Park
status: operationa

(-) Steam Locomotive
Sydney (AUS) 47
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: operational

Balloon (widened)
700
previous no.: 237
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Balloon
701
previous no.: 238
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Balloon
702
previous no.: 239
owner: Heaton Park Tramway
location: Trafford Park (unknown location)
status: stored

Balloon
704
previous no.: 241
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Balloon (open top)
706
previous no.: 243
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Balloon
708
previous no.: 245
owner: Manchester Transport Museum
location: Bolton (unknown location)
status: stored

Balloon
710
previous no.: 247
owner: Friends of Fleetwood Trams
location: Fleetwood (unconfirmed location)
status: stored

Balloon
711
previous no.: 248
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised / to be widened)

Balloon
712
previous no.: 249
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: stored (on display)

Balloon (widened)
713
previous no.: 250
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Balloon
715
previous no.: 252
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Balloon
716
previous no.: 253
owner: Ptarmigan Transport Solutions
location: Perth
status: stored

Balloon
717
previous no.: 254
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Balloon
719
previous no.: 256
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised / to be widened)

Balloon (widened)
720
previous no.: 257
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Balloon
721
previous no.: 258
owner: unknown private owner
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Balloon
723
previous no.: 260
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Balloon
726
previous no.: 263
owner: Friends of Fleetwood Trams
location: Fleetwood (unknown location)
status: stored (was operational)

Balloon Millennium style (widened)
707
previous no.: 244
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Balloon Millennium style (widened)
709
previous no.: 246
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Balloon Millennium style (widened)
718
previous no.: 255
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Balloon Millennium style (widened)
724
previous no.: 261
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Balloon
Sunderland 101
previous no.: 703, 240
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Beamish Museum
status: operational (on loan in Sunderland livery)

Boat
226
previous no.: 601
owner: Museum Rio Vista (USA)
location: Rio Vista
status: stored (on display)

Boat
228
previous no.: 603
owner: San Francisco MUNI (USA)
location: San Francisco
status: operational

Boat
600
previous no.: 225
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Boat
602
previous no.: 227
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Boat
604
previous no.: 230
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Boat
605
previous no.: 233
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored (to be loaned to Birkenhead)

Boat
606
previous no.: 235
owner: National Capitol Museum (USA)
location: Colesville/Silver Spring
status: under restoration

Boat
607
previous no.: 236
owner: Museum Crich
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: under restoration

Brush
287
previous no.: 259, 624
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored (on display)

Brush
298
previous no.: 635
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: under restoration

Brush
621
previous no.: 284
owner: unknown private owner
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Brush
622
previous no.: 285
owner: Totally Transport CIC
location: Marton
status: stored (on display)

Brush
623
previous no.: 286
owner: Heaton Park Tramway
location: Heaton Park
status: stored

Brush
625
previous no.: 288
owner: unknown private owner
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Brush
626
previous no.: 289
owner: Birkenhead Tramway
location: Birkenhead
status: stored (operational)

Brush
627
previous no.: 290
owner: Friends of Fleetwood Trams
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Brush
630
previous no.: 293
owner: Museum Crich
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Brush
631
previous no.: 294
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Brush
632
previous no.: 295
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Brush
634
previous no.: 297
owner: Privateigentümer
location: Rushden Transport Museum
status: stored (on display)

Brush
637
previous no.: 300
owner: Totally Transport CIC
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Brush
636
previous no.: 299
owner: Stored Energy Technology
location: Derby
status: stored (test runs only)

Centenary
641
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Centenary
642
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Centenary
643
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Centenary
644
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised) – reserved for Farmer Parrs Animal World

Centenary
645
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Centenary
646
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Centenary
647
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised)

Centenary
648
previous no.: 651
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (modernised) – originally to go to Crich but rejected because of lack of space

Conduit
4
previous no.: 1
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: stored (on display)

Coronation
304
previous no.: 641
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (not frequently used)

Coronation
660
previous no.: 324
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Coronation
663
previous no.: 327
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Marton
status: stored (on display)

Dreadnought
59
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Clay Cross
status: stored

Fleetwood Bo
40
previous no.: 5
owner: Museum Crich
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (on loan / not frequently used)

Fleetwood Rack
2
previous no.: 127
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: operational

Flexity2
001, 004(?), 005
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Borough Council
location: Blackpool (Starr Gate)
status: operational (not in passenger service yet)

Illuminated Frigate/Warship
736
previous no.: 170
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Illuminated Hovertram
735
previous no.: 222
owner: Beith Transport Preservation Trust
location: Beith
status: stored

Illuminated Paddle Steamer
731
previous no.: 163
owner: USA (unknown owner)
location: USA (location unknown)
status: remains may survive (stored)

Illuminated Rocket
732
previous no.: 168
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Illuminated Trawler
737
previous no.: 633
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Illuminated Western Loco
733
previous no.: 209
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Illuminated Western Trailer
734
previous no.: 174
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Jubilee
761
previous no.: 725, 262
owner: Friends of Fleetwood Trams
location: Fleetwood (unknown location)
status: stored (was operational)

Jubilee
762
previous no.: 714, 251
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: stored (was operational)

Locomotive
-
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: operational

Marton Bo
31
previous no.: 754, 4
owner: Museum Beamish
location: Heaton Park
status: operational

OMO
5
previous no.: 609, 221
owner: Museum Crich
location: Clay Cross
status: stored

OMO
8
previous no.: 612
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational (not frequently used)

Pantograph
167
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: stored (on display)

Railcoach
279
previous no.: 679
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Marton
status: under restoration

Railcoach
678
previous no.: 278
owner: Friends of Fleetwood Trams
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Railcoach
680
previous no.: 280
owner: Heaton Park Tramway
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: under restoration

Roadliner (now City Class)
611
previous no.: -
owner: Tram Power Ltd.
location: Blackburn (not confirmed)
status: stored (rebuilt after fire)

Standard
40
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: operational

Standard
48
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Brooks (USA)
location: Brooks
status: stored

Standard
49
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: operational

Standard
143
previous no.: 753, 3
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: under restoration

Standard
144
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Seashore (USA)
location: Kennebunkport
status: under restoration

Standard
147
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Standard
159
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Carlton Colville
location: Carlton Colville
status: operational

Toastrack
166
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Crich
status: operational

Twin
671
previous no.: 281
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Twin
672
previous no.: 272
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational – originally to go to Crich but rejected because of lack of space

Twin
673
previous no.: 273
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Twin
674
previous no.: 274
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Twin
675
previous no.: 275
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Twin
676
previous no.: 276
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Twin Trailer
681
previous no.: T1
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Twin Trailer
682
previous no.: T2
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational – originally to go to Crich but rejected because of lack of space

Twin Trailer
683
previous no.: T3
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Twin Trailer
684
previous no.: T4
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: mothballed

Twin Trailer
685
previous no.: T5
owner: Blackpool Transport
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Twin Trailer
686
previous no.: T6
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Twin Trailer
687
previous no.: T7
owner: Lancastrian Transport Trust
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Vambac
11
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Carlton Colville
location: Carlton Colville
status: operational

Vanguard Replica
7
previous no.: 619
owner: Heaton Park Tramway
location: Heaton Park
status: operational

Works Engineering
754
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Borough Council
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Works PW Trailer
260
previous no.: 751
owner: Blackpool Borough Council
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Works Rail Grinder
2
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Crich
location: Clay Cross
status: stored

Works Rail Grinder
752
previous no.: 2, 1
owner: Heaton Park Tramway
location: Manchester (unknown location)
status: stored (was operational)

Works Reel Wagon
750
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Borough Council
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

Works Tower Wagon
749
previous no.: -
owner: Museum Beamish
location: Beamish Museum
status: operational

Works Unimog
938
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Borough Council
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: stored

Works Unimog
939
previous no.: -
owner: Blackpool Borough Council
location: Blackpool (Rigby Road)
status: operational

the new fleet

tramway1435 — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:41:46 +0000

Bombardier Flexity 2 no. 001 was launched to the press on SEP 8. Here are some photos taken by Robin Barratt. The car ran for invited guests between the new Starr Gate depot and Pleasure Beach. The new fleet is taking over from easter 2012.

Technical details of the new cars (in German – sorry):

Blackpool_10644_1109_DE_WEB.pdf

New Tramway Article

tramway1435 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:36:35 +0000

A very good article was recently published on the Heritage Railway website. It deals with the ongoing “upgrade”.

http://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/ft1.html

trams into preservation

tramway1435 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:42:42 +0000

Here is the latest overview:

Lancastrian Transport Trust Blackpool:
605, Brush 632, Twin Set 676+686, Balloons 703 and 715
(they also get 687 but this is for spares only)

Tramway Museum Society Crich:
Boat 607 and Balloon 712
(more cars will be added once these become available: 630, 648, 672+682 and 762)

Manchester Transport Museum Society Heaton Park:
Brush 623, ex-Towing Car 680 and Balloons 702, 704.

Andy Ashton/Rushden HTS:
Brush 634

Also sold but no details of new owners released:
621/2/5/7, 637, 678, 710, 716, 721 and 726.

Twin Cars 671/81 to 675/85 have been ‘reserved’ by new owners.

New Trams

tramway1435 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:26:40 +0000

artist’s impression of the new Blackpool trams:

Link to Bombardier page

New Depot & New Tramcars

tramway1435 — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:20:33 +0000

BTS announced that Bombardier Flexity 100% low floor cars have been
chosen for its 16 new cars (due in 2012). Blackpool Council is planning to house the new fleet at a new depot at Starr Gate (replacing the Go-Kart site). There is talk about a “museum” being built right next to it, this could house the remaining (once the new cars have arrived) fleet of “vintage” trams. Funding is only available for the depot, not the museum. If the museum also gets built, this will most certainly mean the end of the present Rigby Road shed.

all new – two

tramway1435 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:22:29 +0000

On February 1st 2008 it was announced that the Blackpool tramway will receive £85 million (with £60 million coming from central government) to upgrade the line to a modern “Stadtbahn” (light rail) type line. Details of the funding for the tramroad upgrade can be found here and here.

16 low floor trams will be purchased and some of the best of the old cars will be kept.

all new – one

tramway1435 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:20:29 +0000

Welcome to my new blog. If you are looking for the FTS website (which I used to run for them until the end of 2007) please use this link: www.fyldetramwaysociety.co.uk

Over the next few weeks I’ll transfer most of the interesting pages (fleet lists, history, stories…) from my old site to this new location. In the future this blog will be used mainly to present photos of the Blackpool trams. Why? Well, the Blackpool tramway will be modernised and become a light rail system over the next few years and the tramway we have known for all these years will be gone forever. Instead of lovely 1930s trams in various guises (double deck or single deck) it will become just like any of the other modern tramway (light rail) systems in this world: uniform articulated low floor cars with plenty of standing room. No more wooden interiors or comfortable upholstered swing-over seats, no more climbing upstairs and waiting for the conductor to open the door for you.OK, we should really rather wait and see what is going to happen, specially as a few of the old warhorses are supposed to be kept. Yes, I do find modern trams boring, sorry! But we will use this site to keep the memories of the old Blackpool tramway alive. Your webmaster has thousands of slides in his collection and we will try to show you as many of them here as possible. And we will of course also record the future tramroad.As a first step we are importing most of the content from the old FTS website. Please note that some articles and most of the fleet lists have not been updated for a number of months. All the content will be brought up-to-date during 2008!

1950s BCT Transport Guide Cover – Download

tramway1435 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:07:52 +0000

click here to download a zipped TIF-file showing the front & back of a 1950s BCT transport map (one day we may scan the map as well…)