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    UKTR: Blackpool: Balloon

    Tram

    Double decker trams built by English Electric from 1934 for the Blackpool Tramway.

    System 600V DC
    Introduced 1934
    Builder English Electric
    Power 228 hp
    Max Speed 43 mph

    Blackpool Tower 26 Oct 2015

    Photo: Chris Harley

    Number Altnumber Name Status Note Livery Base RHRP Scrapped
    700 237   A Wartime Green and Cream tramInfo.asp?Ref=443
    701 W
    702 239   P Heaton Park Tramway UKPTR/Balloon
    703
    704 S
    705 X 1980
    706 W Rebuilt as open topped after collision with 705 in 1980
    707 A Millenium Car rebuilt in the late 1990s/early 2000s with flat fronts Green & Cream
    708 D Being converted into a playtram for the children's area Green & Cream Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft UKPTR/Balloon
    709 S Millenium Car rebuilt in the late 1990s/early 2000s with flat fronts Blackpool Sealife Centre
    710 P Featured on Coronation Street where it was used to "kill off" Alan Bradley Purple & Yellow Tramtown UKPTR/Balloon
    711 Ray Roberts A Purple & White
    712 249   D Green & Cream Crich Tramway Village UKPTR/Balloon
    713 A Houndshill Shopping Centre
    715 W tramInfo.asp?Ref=363
    716 X tramInfo.asp?Ref=50
    717 W
    718 A Millenium Car rebuilt in the late 1990s/early 2000s with flat fronts Green & Cream
    719 Donna's Dream House A Purple & White
    720 S Walls Ice Cream
    721 P North East Land, Sea and Air Museum, Sunderland tramInfo.asp?Ref=395 UKPTR/Balloon
    722 X Scrapped November 2009 11/2009
    723 A 1990s fleet livery
    724 S Millenium Car rebuilt in the late 1990s/early 2000s with flat fronts Lyndene Hall
    726 D HM Coastguard, Navy & Yellow East Anglia Transport Museum, Lowestoft tramInfo.asp?Ref=352 UKPTR/Balloon