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Blackpool "Millennium Class" Former 'Balloon' Double Deck car rebuilt and reclassified as 'Millennium Class' car, namely Blackpool 707 and crrently carrying an all over advert for the Buccaneer Family Bar, approaches North Pier while bound for Blackpool's Pleasure Beach on Mon 7th May 2007 at 16:10.
Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@blueyonder.co.uk)
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Blackpool "Millennium Class" Former 'Balloon' Double Deck car rebuilt and reclassified as 'Millennium Class' car, namely Blackpool 707 and crrently carrying an all over advert for the Buccaneer Family Bar, approaches North Pier while bound for Blackpool's Pleasure Beach on Mon 7th May 2007 at 16:10.
Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@blueyonder.co.uk)
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Blackpool "Millennium Class" Former 'Balloon' Double Deck car rebuilt and reclassified as 'Millennium Class' car, namely Blackpool 709 and crrently carrying an all over advert for Blackpool's Sealife Centre, approaches North Pier while bound for Cabin on Blackpool's North Shore on Mon 7th May 2007 at 10:25.
Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@blueyonder.co.uk)
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'Blackpool' Balloon Double Deck Car Although ten years separate these two Blackpool trams, which were built in 1934 (709) & 1924 (147), the modern look of car 709 suggests otherwise in this study taken at Blackpool's North Pier on Mon 7th May 2007 at 10:25. Built in 1934 was 'Balloon' Double Deck Car 709, which was one of twelve originally built to 'Open-Top' configuration but later rebuilt in 1941-42 with roofs. Very late on in it's working life around the turn of the Millennium, it became one of a handful rebuilt with modern looking flat fronts in place of it's sweeping curved front, and it is in this guise, while sporting an overall advert for Blackpool's Sealife Centre and bound for Cabin on Blackpool's north Shore, that it is seen while in the company of Standard Double Deck Car 147 'Michael Airey', which is now preserved.
Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@blueyonder.co.uk)
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Blackpool "Millennium Class" Former 'Balloon' Double Deck car rebuilt and reclassified as 'Millennium Class' car, namely Blackpool 709 and crrently carrying an all over advert for Blackpool's Sealife Centre, approaches North Pier while bound for Blackpool's Pleasure Beach on Mon 7th May 2007 at 10:56.
Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@blueyonder.co.uk)
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'Blackpool' Jubilee Class Double Deck Car With BTS's Mercedes-Benz Unimog U1650 with Access Platform J271TEC (c/n: 172544) engaged on routine inspection work of the overhead system up from Gynn Square at King George Avenue, Blackpool's Jubilee Class car 761, which carries an overall advert for Manx2.com, passes on the adjacent line while bound for Fleetwood on Mon 7th May 2007 at 11:06. This car was rebuilt from 'Balloon' Double Deck Car 725 in 1979.
Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@blueyonder.co.uk)
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Blackpool 'Jubilee' double decker tram 762 and One-man tram 11 at Talbot
Square on 2 March 1984.
Photo by: Clive Mottram (mottram_cj@msn.com) |
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Modified Balloon double deck car seen at the Pleasure Beach terminus, this was an attempt to upgrade the double deck fleet at minimal cost.
Copyright belongs to author who took the photographs on the Nikon E5000 Digital Camera |
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Modified Balloon car seen at North Pier.
Copyright belongs to author who took the photographs on the Nikon E5000 Digital Camera |
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Modified Balloon car seen at Pleasure Beach turning circle.
Copyright belongs to author who took the photographs on the Nikon E5000 Digital Camera |
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Another modified Balloon tram, note the exterior differences between 701 and this unit.
Copyright belongs to author who took the photographs on the Nikon E5000 Digital Camera |
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Unison Liveried Millenium car (based on a Balloon tram) at Blackpool on 21 February 2004.
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Pictures taken on Canon EOS10D Digital SLR. |
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This is an example of a Balloon car 'surgically' altered Balloon car, to me this is a testament to the skill of the men and women of Rigby Road depot. This was an attempt to modernise the ageing fleet of double deckers.
Copyright belongs to author, photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera, processed using Photo Paint V7 |
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Millenium 709 seen at Blackpool on 21 September 2003, during one of the few momoents of usuable sun of the day.
Copyright belongs to author who can be emailed at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photograph taken on Canon EOS 10D |
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Two Millennium cars pass, one on its way to Pleasure Beach (green 718) and new outshopped and modified Millennium car in Route 4 livery - lurvely !
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photographs taken on Canon EOS10D. |
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Ok this is my favourite to date, apart from the Walls Ice Cream modified Balloon, newly outshoped Millennium car is Route 4 -strawberries and custard! At the time of transmission this is the only Millennium car to receive Metro branding/advertising.
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photographs taken on Canon EOS10D. |
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One of the modified 'Balloon' car, this was an attempt to modernise the fleet using old stock. Photograph taken 12 July 2003.
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted via email at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken using Canon EOS 10D DSLR, initial registeration as RAW converted to JPEG format. |
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Modified, fairly heavily, Balloon car seen at North Pier on 19 July 2003. This photgraph was taken using a Polarising Filter to emphaise the cloud and also the fact that the sun was illuminating the subject against a dark background.
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted via email at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken using Canon EOS 10D DSLR, initial registeration as RAW converted to JPEG format. |
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Another good location is the Pleasure Beach, modified Balloon car is seen entering the turning circle on 19 July 2003.
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted via email at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken using Canon EOS 10D DSLR, initial registeration as RAW converted to JPEG format. |
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Car 762 seen at Blackpool Pleasure Beach on 19 July 2003.
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted via email at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken using Canon EOS 10D DSLR, initial registeration as RAW converted to JPEG format. |
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Modified Balloon car, I think Millenium series, seen at Cleveley, a low angle was used to emphasise the height of the unit, also I was interested in the construction of the underframe of the unit. Date was 19 July 2003.
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted via email at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken using Canon EOS 10D DSLR, initial registeration as RAW converted to JPEG format. |
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ANother shot at Cleveley on 19 july 2003 of the Milenium Car.
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted via email at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken using Canon EOS 10D DSLR, initial registeration as RAW converted to JPEG format. |
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Millenium seen at Cleveleys on 23 May 2004.
Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photographs taken on Canon EOS10D. |
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Scarcely recognisable as a member of the "Balloon" class, Blackpool 709 has been completely rebuilt to this modern design with new ends, hopper window vents and air-conditioned cabs. Photo by Dave Root <dave@quackduck.org.uk> |
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Interesting shot showing a single car Brush unit and and one of the modified double deck units at Pleasure Beach.
Copyright belongs to author who took the photographs on the Nikon E5000 Digital Camera |
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