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The Blackpool Streamlined Trams (Hardcover)
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The Blackpool Streamlined Trams (Hardcover)
Series: Great Tramcars
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In the early 1930s the tramcar in Blackpool was at a crossroads;
the system needed investment in both new track and new trams whilst
there was a serious threat that the 'town' routes - as elsewhere in
Britain as operators faced the same challenges - might have been
converted to bus operation. The appointment of Walter Luff as the
new general manager was, however, to prove a turning point. Working
closely with English Electric, based in nearby Preston, Luff
developed a series of streamlined trams - both single-deck and
double-deck - that were to revolutionise the town's tramway. By the
end of 1930s, the corporation had acquired more than 100 new trams
- the majority built by English Electric but with 20 coming from
Brush - that ensured the survival not only of the key route along
the Promenade to Fleetwood but also of the bulk of the 'town'
routes. Over the next 70 years these trams were to form the
cornerstone of the Blackpool system. Almost from the start, when a
number were modified to cater for the changed requirements during
the Second World War, many of the trams were rebuilt - into the
power cars that worked with the trailers, for example, or the
one-man operated cars of the early 1970s - that extended their
lives and saw them outlast more modern designs. It was only with
the modernisation of the Blackpool system in the first decade of
the 20th century that, finally, they became largely obsolete but
still, as part of the heritage fleet, they remain very much part of
the contemporary Blackpool scene. This book examines the history of
Blackpool's streamlined trams of the 1930s from development through
to preservation.
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