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Author: Mike Rhodes Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 139810843X Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 183
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A photographic celebration of the famous Blackpool trams. This book features a wide cross-section of trams which have operated at the seaside resort over the past forty years.
Author: Mike Rhodes Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 139810843X Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 183
Book Description
A photographic celebration of the famous Blackpool trams. This book features a wide cross-section of trams which have operated at the seaside resort over the past forty years.
Author: Peter Waller Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport ISBN: 1526709066 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 270
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“What a variety are pictured here! Double deck ‘balloon’ cars, single deckers including open topped cars and various illuminated cars, a specialty of the town.” —York Model Engineers newsletter In the early 1930s the tramcar in Blackpool was at a crossroads; the system needed investment in both new track and new trams while there was a serious threat that the “town” routes might be converted to bus operation. The appointment of Walter Luff as the new general manager was, however, to prove a turning point. Working closely with English Electric, based in nearby Preston, Luff developed a series of streamlined trams—both single-deck and double-deck—that were to revolutionize the town’s tramway. By the end of 1930s, the corporation had acquired more than 100 new trams—the majority built by English Electric but with twenty coming from Brush—that ensured the survival not only of the key route along the Promenade to Fleetwood but also of the bulk of the “town” routes. Over the next seventy years these trams were to form the cornerstone of the Blackpool system. It was only with the modernization of the system in the first decade of the 20th century that, finally, they became largely obsolete but still, as part of the heritage fleet, they remain very much part of the contemporary Blackpool scene. This book examines the history of Blackpool’s streamlined trams of the 1930s from development through to preservation. “An important addition to the more straightforward business and picture book histories of the Blackpool tram network which local historians and industrial archaeologists will find of great value aiding future studies of this subject.” —Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
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