SD8303 : Historic Trams at Heaton Park
taken 8 years ago, near to Prestwich, Bury, England
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was built in 1901 by Hurst Nelson, originally as an open top double deck car. It was cut down to a single decker in 1933 and was used as a stores car and snow plough. The Manchester Transport Museum Society later bought the car, restoring it as a single deck passenger car at the Mode Wheel workshops in Salford and it has run at Heaton Park since 1988. Being totally enclosed, it is particularly welcome on wet and windy days!619 Link
ran in Blackpool until 1987; it was originally built in 1935 as railcoach 282, becoming 619 when the Blackpool fleet was renumbered in 1968. Following its withdrawal from service, it was transferred to the Mode Wheel workshops where it was stripped and rebuilt as a replica Blackpool and Fleetwood vanguard tram.See other images of Blackpool and Fleetwood Vanguard Tram No 619
The Heaton Park Tramway (Link
The Heaton Park Tramway was officially opened in 1980. The trams originally ran on the old Manchester Corporation Tramways spur from Middleton Road to the old tram shelter some 300 yards (270 m) inside the park. This has since been extended, by the use of track salvaged from elsewhere, to a new terminus near to the Boating Lake. The old tram shelter was also restored to form the centre of the society's operations.
The tramway currently (2021) has an operating fleet of 7 electric trams and one horse tram with several others in store or undergoing restoration Link
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- Grid Square
- SD8303, 314 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- David Dixon (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 15 November, 2015 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 17 November, 2015
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SD 831 039 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:31.9267N 2:15.3317W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SD 831 039
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
