User:Chris j wood/sandbox/Heaton Park Tramway
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Trams that have visited the line include:
- Oporto No. 196 single-decker built in 1935.
- Marton Box No. 31 open-topper built in 1901. (The first Double Decker to run at the park since 1925).
- Blackpool No. 706 Balloon open-topper built in 1934.
| Images | Original System | Car Number | Status | Year Built | Notes |
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Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad | 40 | Visitor | 1914 | This car was built in 1914 for the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Company, and was renumbered 114 in 1920 when Blackpool Corporation took-over the Tramroad Company. It was converted into permanent way gang car 5 in 1936 and remained in use until 1960. It was restored to its original state as number 40 for the Blackpool tramway 75th Anniversary in 1960. In 1963 it was presented to the National Tramway Museum, and since then has spent time on loan to various other museums, and to its home in Blackpool. It visited Heaton Park between 1979 and 1988.[1]
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Blackpool Tramway | 600 | Visitor | 1934 | This car was built in 1934 for Blackpool Tramways, as the prototype of what would become a class of 12 open trams that came to be known as boats. It differed from the 11 cars that were to follow by having noticeably lower sides. Originally numbered 225, it was renumbered 600 in 1968, and arrived on loan at Heaton Park in 1985, a loan that was to last over 10 years. Car 600 has since returned to Blackpool, and is part of the heritage fleet there.[2]
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- ^ "Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40". Manchester Transport Museum Society. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Blackpool Boat 600 / 225". Manchester Transport Museum Society. Retrieved 6 June 2020.