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Saturday 30th December 2006

All trams out at the end of the year!
(pics by M.Mercer)
The line up of five drivers, the "key" men (from left to right Mike Mercer, Bob Sanders, Geoff Martin, Keith Carmichael, and Ron Martin, and the five trams leaving Pacific Road.
 

Wednesday 27th December 2006

Some photos from the MTPS 2006 Christmas Dinner.
(all pics by D.Butler)

The event was held on Thursday evening the 21st December at the Dispensary
Pub, Birkenhead, only yards away from the tramway. Members were able to
have a tram ride by moonlight before making their way to the pub for
dinner. A good time was had by all.
Thursday 16th November 2006 - a visit by the 25th Birkenhead Cub Scouts to Taylor Street guided by MTPS member Keith Carmichael (centre back) and Andrew Kayley (right)
Trams in far away places - a picture of two Hong Kong trams sent to us recently. I think the green one is a neat design while still looking like a tram.
More trams at night - 27th October 2006.
Four photos sent by Terry Eyres who is seen in action at Woodside below.
Trams at night - 27th October 2006. The occasion being the Friday night opening of the Merseyside Model Railway Society exhibition at Pacific Road when Wallasey 78 and Lisbon 730 provided the service.
 (upper 4 pics by S. Pendleton, lower M. Pendleton)
The 2006 Bus and Tram Show - latest pictures! click here

Sunny Evening Trip with 762
This photo was sent in by the Maghull Photographic Club.

2 ARRIVES AT TAYLOR ST!

Warrington 2 was moved into Taylor Street shed on Thursday 8th June 2006 to enable further restoration to take place under cover. The car was hauled from out of the yard alongside the shed then "round the block" to the depot entrance. For more click here.

245 ARRIVES AT TAYLOR ST!

After several years of negotiation and a circuitous journey, Liverpool "baby grand" 245 has at last touched down on the tracks of the Wirral Tramway.

The tram was loaded onto a Heanor Haulage trailer in the storage shed at Juniper Street on Monday 15th May, then transported to Chester Zoo, via the Runcorn-Widnes bridge, on Tuesday 16th. The following day the remainder of the journey to Birkenhead was completed and the tram was off-loaded at Taylor St. terminus. Full story and pictures here...
(pic by M Mercer)
REVISED SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Saturday 8th April 2006

Lisbon Tram 730 was yesterday inspected by HMRI and passed out for use on the Birkenhead Heritage Tramway.
The inaugural ride for the members who bought tickets will now be on Good Friday at 1pmnot 10am as previously announced.

For public service with 730 we have to wait until the final certification is complete which will take around three weeks.
A Winters Day. Yet another day of snow.

Saturday 11th March 2006

Winter sets in.

(Pics Mike Mercer)
Martin braves the elements when turning the trolley pole at Woodside Ferry terminus.

Everybody has disappeared but the trams keep running.

Friday 3rd March 2006

Snow on the line but Hong Kong car No70 keeps running while No69 turns blue with cold?.


No69 is having fixed windows fitted and a repaint. This will make the car look more like the later versions being built in Hong Kong .

The car will be painted in the blue and cream of the post war Birkenhead Corporation Buses.

(all pics by M.Mercer)

 
Friday 17th February 2006 - further testing for Lisbon 730.
Lisbon 730 returned from testing under the watchful eye of Wallasey 78.
 (Pic by Mike Mercer)

Saturday 28th January 2006

Wallasey 78 - Work has started on the lining out of the cream panels with dark green.

 

Monday 9th January 2006

An interesting piece of news appeared on the British Trams Online website yesterday concerning Liverpool 762:

 

"IS LIVERPOOL 762 TO VISIT BLACKPOOL FOR TOTALLY TRANSPORT?

Sunday 8 January 2006

Negotiations have commenced between Blackpool Transport, the Merseyside Tramcar Preservation Society and the Lancastrian Transport Trust for the possible short term loan of Liverpool 762 to Blackpool for the 2006 Totally Transport event in June.

Totally Transport was run for the first time in 2005 and the LTT (as organisers of the event) are looking to build on the success. Over 500 vehicles and 15,000 visitors flocked to the event on Blackpool’s South Promenade last June and it is hoped the addition of visiting classic trams will add further to the interest the event seems to provide.

If the deal does go ahead the cost of transporting 762 to Blackpool will be funded by a series of special tram tours, aimed at both the normal public and tram enthusiasts, before the tram takes centre stage at the event to be held on Sunday 25 June. The tram would most likely stay in the resort for 3-4 weeks to allow for commissioning, driver training and the aforementioned tours.

If this does go ahead the organisers of the event should be congratulated for adding more interest to tram events in the UK! Full details on this story can be found at Blackpool Trams.info.


Source: Paul Turner from Yahoo! Groups Blackpool Transport"

 

Links

Blackpool Transport website: http://www.blackpooltransport.com/

Blackpool Trams website: http://www.blackpooltrams.info/

Totallytransport website: http://www.totallytransport.info/

Website for Yahoo! Groups Blackpool Transport

Lancastrian Transport Trust's website: http://www.ltt.org.uk

 

 
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