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2010-02-05e_Depot_frame.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (108)
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2010-02-05a_roofing_new_depot.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (75)
2010-02-07_drainage_ditches_Lord_St.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Track & Road Work, etc  (71)
2010-01-31_concrete_trackbed_Lord_St.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Track & Road Work, etc  (70)
2010-02-05c_Depot_frame.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (70)
2010-02-05b_roofing_new_depot.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (70)
2010-01-30i_concrete_trackbed_Fleetwood.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Track & Road Work, etc  (69)
2010-01-29b_Depot_frame.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (51)
10 2010-01-29c_Depot_frame.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (42)
11 2010-01-29d_Depot_frame.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (40)
12 2010-01-30a_new_track_north_of_Central_Pier.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Track & Road Work, etc  (32)
13 2010-01-29a_Starr_Gate_digging_out_sand.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (26)
14 2010-01-23d_old_track_Lord_St.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Track & Road Work, etc  (23)
15 2010-01-17d_Depot_frame.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (21)
16 2010-01-17c_Depot_frame.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (19)
17 2010-01-17b_Depot_frame.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (18)
18 2010-01-30c_new_track_north_of_Central_Pier.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Track & Road Work, etc  (18)
19 2010-01-30d_new_track_south_of_Tower.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Track & Road Work, etc  (16)
20 2010-01-08e_Depot_frame.jpg     Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate  (15)
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1st Sep 2003Blackpool Trams - Jubilee Cars
2nd Sep 2003Blackpool Trams - Railcoaches
27th Jul 2008Blackpool Trams - Thirties Liveries
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8th Apr 2007Blackpool Trams - Wartime Liveries
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14th Jan 2005Blundell Street Diversion
21st Mar 2004Incidents and Accidents, etc
10th Mar 2004Preserved Blackpool Trams
13th Jan 2004Track and Overhead Maintenance
7th Mar 2004Tram Interiors
16th May 2006Tram Shelters and Street Furniture
12th Mar 2006Trams in the Snow
21st Mar 2008Trams Return to Blackpool Easter 2008
10th Jun 2006Trams, People and Places
26th Apr 2009Tramway Tours
8th Nov 2003Tramway Tours - Coronation 304 - 2003 to 2005
11th Sep 2004Tramway Tours 2004 - 70th Anniversary of the Streamliners
28th Dec 2004Tramway Tours 2004 - Christmas
1st May 2004Tramway Tours 2004 - FTS Convention
27th Feb 2005Tramway Tours 2005 - Foxhall Shuttle
30th Apr 2005Tramway Tours 2005 - FTS Convention
29th Apr 2006Tramway Tours 2006 - FTS Convention
15th Nov 2009Tramway Tours 2009 - Farewell to Fleetwood 7th & 8th Nov
10th Jun 2009Tramway Upgrade - New Trams
18th Oct 2009Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate
13th Nov 2009Tramway Upgrade - Track & Road Work, etc
13th May 2008Unusual Workings
3rd Jun 2004Virtual Blackpool Trams
26th Nov 2005Visiting Experimental Trams
19th Oct 2004Wallpaper
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Most Recent Updates
NEWS ITEMS:
16/01/10 - The Government has given the green light to Blackpool Council's planning application approval last Monday, which means that work can now continue unimpeded on the new depot. See the Blackpool Gazette for more details.

LATEST ADDITIONS:
07/02/10 - Five photos of the new depot at Starr Gate, some showing the roofing which is being fitted. A view of drainage ditches which have been excavated in the trackbed at Lord Street in Fleetwood.


PREVIOUS UPDATES:
31/01/10 - Four photos of the nearly completed framework on the new depot at Starr Gate, and ten photos showing new trackwork between Central Pier and the Tower, new overhead poles at Cleveleys and Rossall, and the concrete trackbed at Lord Street in Fleetwood.
23/01/10 - Six foggy photos added, one showing the newly concreted track at Central Pier yesterday, and five in Lord Street, Fleetwood taken today, showing the old track being dug out of the tarmac.
20/01/10 - Four photos showing progress on the new depot frame, new track laid just north of Central Pier, concrete foundations for the new raised platforms at Norbreck, and Lord Street Fleetwood, showing new rails delivered and barriers around the areas of work.
15/01/10 - Three photos showing the continuing progress on the new depot frame, despite the final decision on the new planning application now being in the hands of the Government, instead of Blackpool Council.
09/01/10 - A selection of photos showing the new depot frame which is now being constructed at Starr Gate.
21/12/09 - New collection Tramway Upgrade - Track & Road Work added, showing recent photos of the track replacement programme. Eight more photos of the ongoing work at the site of the new depot at Starr Gate.
15/11/09 - New collection Farewell to Fleetwood added, showing a selection of the trams that took part in the tours on November 7th and 8th, to celebrate the end of traditional tram operation in Fleetwood. Also included is a photo of the very last service tram to Fleetwood, Balloon 717, seen in Bold Street at 0015 in the early hours of Monday 9th Nov, still with Fleetwood on its blinds.
09/11/09 - Brush Car 627 in Albert Square on the last passenger run through Fleetwood before closure of the street track for three years. 01/11/09 - Twin Sets 673/683 and 675/685 both ventured to Fleetwood on Saturday 31st October.
LTT owned Coronation 304 saw service on specials on the same day, and is seen here loading up at North Pier at dusk.
18/10/09 - 36 photos added to a new collection called Tramway Upgrade - Starr Gate, showing work taking place on the construction of the new depot.
16/09/09 - Balloon 723 now back in plain green and cream after losing its Automedon advert vinyls, seen here on Lord Street in Fleetwood.
The Western Train seen loading up at the North Pier for the first tour of the evening on Saturday 12th September.

It has come to my attention that Fotopic further compress all photos, after they have been uploaded. This practice means that unfortunately the images seen in this gallery will be of a lower quality than the original uploaded photos.
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This is a comprehensive photo record of the current fleet of Blackpool Tramways. All the passenger fleet and most of the livery variations from the beginning of the 2002 summer season onward are covered. The site will be regularly updated, as and when new colour schemes or other items of interest are noted. The companion gallery to this is Blackpool Bus Photos, which contains a selection of photos of the current bus fleet.

Most of the photos in this gallery have been taken with either a Canon S30 or S60, Panasonic FZ5 or Kodak P880 digital camera. To see some of my earlier pictures (taken with various 35mm SLRs) dating back to the early 1970s, see Blackpool Tram & Bus Photos.

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