Night view double-deck Heritage Balloon Tram at the South Shore Turning Circle illuminations tour stop, Blackpool Illuminations
The English Electric Balloon is a type of double-deck tram operated on the Blackpool Tramway from 1934 to the tramway's updating to a modern light railway in 2012. Officially known as a 'Luxury Dreadnought', it was a replacement for the Dreadnought Trams from the early years of the Blackpool Tramway. Its rounded, stream-lined appearance, however, resulted in it being called a 'Balloon Tram'. The tram has central doors and stairs. Some of the type were open-topped. A dark view of a Heritage Balloon Tram, with the destination 'Tower', picking up Illumination Tour customers at the South Shore Turning Circle. A dark Pleasure Beach Casino building stands in the background.
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Location: Heritage Balloon Tram, South Shore Turning Circle, Blackpool Illuminations, Lancashire, UK
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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