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Posted by milantram on Fri Oct 16 04:08:58 2015 Hi, gang!On Tuesday and Wednesday, October 13/14, I was in Blackpool, England to see the annual Tour Of Illuminations. This event occurs every Fall between the beginning of September up until the first week of November. Quite a show!  One of the Illuminated trams is the "Steam Train" (733/734). For a premium fare, one can board at Pleasure Beach and ride up to Little Bispham and beck. On the way back, stops are made anywhere that the heritage trams stop. This view is at Pleasure Beach.  A special and unexpected treat was the run of open-top Balloon 706, the "Princess Alice", on Wednesday. 706 is stopped at Cabin, one of the heritage tram stops (heritage trams, except for widened Balloons, can't stop at a normal light rail stop because of different platform heights). This was a lovely, breezy ride! It also afforded me the opportunity of taking pictures from the top deck, without the window glare. Also, the hiss of the trolley wheel on the wire made the ride a lot more spectacular and musical!  A regular-service Bombardier Flexity tram, on a short-turn service to Bispham, approaches Lowther Avenue, the beginning of the special Illuminations displays.  One of the displays. This one was Alice In Wonderland. More soon! Hope you enjoyed. Comments welcome. |
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