Blackpool, Lancashire - tram - Coronation 660, Fleetwood terminus - postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Blackpool's last surviving Coronation 660 seen herer at the Fleetwood terminus
• Publisher:  Tramcards, St. Annes
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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The Blackpool tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England. It was the last surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom^[2] until replaced by a fleet of modern Flexity 2 'Supertrams' in 2012. However, today the traditional trams still provide a 'heritage service' on weekends, bank holidays and during the summer. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is operated by Blackpool Transport (BTS), and runs for 11 miles (18 km) and carries 6,500,000 passengers each year. It is one of only a few tramways in the world that use double-deck trams, others including Hong Kong and Alexandria Tram in Egypt.

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Named because they were introduced in Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Year, 1953, only three remain. They were built by Charles Roberts Ltd at Horbury Junction works, near Wakefield. Two were preserved under the private ownership of the Lancastrian Transport Trust (LTT). The sophisticated Variable Automatic Multinotch Braking and Acceleration Control (VAMBAC) control system proved to be their achilles heel as it was unreliable. Thirteen trams had their VAMBAC systems replaced by conventional controllers during the 1960s, prolonging their comparatively short service life to 1975, when they were withdrawn. The unmodified examples were withdrawn from service in 1968.

Coronation 304 (later 641), the first of the fleet, was bought for preservation and achieved celebrity status in 2002 when it was the subject of the seventh episode of the second series of the Channel 4 television programme Salvage Squad. It was returned to working order by Salvage Squad and LTT members and unveiled to the public on 6 January 2003 when it was filmed carrying out test runs along Blackpool Promenade.^[35][36][37]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=lancashire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted