Night view Marton Box Car 31 by illuminated Western Train engine, South Shore Turning Circle, Blackpool Illuminations, UK
Night view, towards the Pleasure Beach 'Big One' Rollercoaster, of the illuminated engine of the Western Train Tram in front of and to the side of Marton Box Car 31, standing at the South Shore Turning Circle, picking up illuminations tour passengers. Marton Box Car 31 was built in 1901 as one of fifteen double deck trams supplied by the Midland Carriage and Wagon Company for the opening of the Blackpool Marton Route. The tram was originally built as a 4-wheel open top double deck tram, but its was among five of the type rebuilt and lengthened to an 8-wheel bogie car in 1920. Marton Box Car 31 was withdrawn from service in 1934, becoming Blackpool Engineering Department's works car 4. In 1983 it was transferred to Beamish Museum, County Durham, and restored to its 1922 condition. Blackpool's Western Train Tram first ran in 1962 and was withdrawn from service in 1999. It returned for the switch on of the 2008 Illuminations after a campaign by the Blackpool Gazette and renovation with the help of a £278,000 Heritage Lottery Fund. The tram was originally sponsored by ABC Weekend Television, whose illuminated logo lies under the funnel. In the North of England, in the early days of Independent Television, from 1956 to 1968, Granada ran the weekday schedules and ABC (Associated British Corporation) ran the weekend slot.
Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Marton Box Car 31 next to illuminated Western Train engine, South Shore Turning Circle, Blackpool Il
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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