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Blackpool Trams - Single Unit. 678 is seen on the Promenade, Blackpool while Balloon Double Decker vehicle - 720 can be seen in the background on 5-sept-97. Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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Blackpool Trams - Single Unit. 678 is seen on the Promenade, Blackpool on 5-sept-97. Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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672 Tram & Trailer Combo in the new 'Metroline' livery, which is quite bizzarely advertising the Metro Bus Routes , each trailer is to be repainted in on of METRO bus routes in the town. Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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679 Tram seen at Blackpool, in something that looks like the Blackpool livery of the 70's. Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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Single unit Railcaoch seen at Blackpool. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker. Photograph taken on Nikon M5000 on 13 June 2003.

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Single deck unit seen at the Pleasure Beech terminus, turning circle. Copyright belongs to author who took the photographs on the Nikon E5000 Digital Camera

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Second METRO Line livery seen at Blackpool at the end of May 2003. Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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May 2003 photgraphed at the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool. Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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WIth the reintroduction of Double Deckers through to Fleetwood from Easter 2004 te sight of these 'Progress' twin cars was rare, on 23 May 2004 unit 673 was seen at Fleetwood Ferry. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photographs taken on Canon EOS10D.

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AS yet unreliveried Twin Car unit seem at North Pier at the end of May 2003. Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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Car 678 photographed at end of May 2003 along the 'Prom'. Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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Detail of the new METRO line livery - photgraph takne end of May 2003! Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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Twin railcoach seen at Blackpool. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker. Photograph taken on Nikon M5000 on 13 June 2003.

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Twin railcoach seen at Blackpool. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker. Photograph taken on Nikon M5000 on 13 June 2003.

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Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker. Photograph taken on Nikon M5000 on 13 June 2003.

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May 2003, Twin Car Set seen at Blackpool. Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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Railcoach seen at Blackpool on 21 September 2003, I like this! Copyright belongs to author who can be emailed at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photograph taken on Canon EOS 10D

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Metro Line 11 liveried Twin Car Units seen passing one of my favourite locations just south of Pleasure Beech and north of Starrgate. Photograph taken on 22 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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Line 7 liveried Twin Car Progress unit seen at Blackpool North Pier 22 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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21 September 2003 Twin Progress Car passes south with the Blackpool Tower in the background, it was a bit of a grim day but I quite like the shot. Copyright belongs to author who can be emailed at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photograph taken on Canon EOS 10D

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The latest incarnation of the 'Progress Twin Car' sets, this one advertsing another of the Bus 'MetroLine' branding. Photograph taken on 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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Single railcoach waiting for the next turn of duty at Blackpool North Pier, 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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Railcoach in a more traditional Blackpool Corporation livery of cream and green seen at North Pier, 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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Railcoach seen. I took this shot using a telephoto lense, 80mm - 200mm, to accentuate the perspective. Date of photograph is 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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I think this is a vintage shot, it could have been taken in the sixties, with the railcoach and one of the 'Standard' trams, even though these would not have probably been in service. Date of photograph was 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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Another exercise in zoom photography, this time using a cream and green railcoach and trailer. Date is 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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'British Legion' liveried Railcoach photographed 12 July 2003 at Blackpool. 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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'Metro' Liveried railcoache and trailer seen with Brush liveried 'Laughing Donkey', photograph taken 12 June 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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Old and new, Bolton Heritage tram seen in the background, and the latest liveried 'Metro' tram in the foreground. 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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Railcoach and trailer 697 seen at Pleasure Beech terminal on 12 July 2003. The turning circle here is for operational purposes, but makes a good photographic location. 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 of 697 at the Pleasure Beach terminal/turning circle. 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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Close up of 697 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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Single railcoach enters Thornton Gate tram stop on a Fleetwood to Blackpool working on 20 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 utilising a Polarising Filter emphaising the cloud formation, photograph taken 19 July 2003 at North Pier. 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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Metro liveried car seen leaving Pleasure Beach heading towards Starr Gate, the object of this photograph was the cloud formation in the background. Photograph taken 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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Metro liveried car heading towards Starr Gate, nice tram but the sky was the subject. A Polarising Filter was used to emphaise the cloud formation. 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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Progress Twin Car seen heading towards Starr Gate on 19 July 2003, a 80 - 200mm was used to compress perspective to dramitise the 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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Twin Car unit seen heading towards Pleasure Beech from Starr Gate. Date of photograph 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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Single car heading towards Starr Gate, 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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Twin Car unit seen outside the North Euston Hotel on19 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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Line 11 liveried Twin Car unit seen at Blackpool North Pier on 22 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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Single deck unti seen at North Pier unloading stop. Copyright belongs to author who took the photographs on the Nikon E5000 Digital Camera

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A study of single cars at Blackpool. On the left is a Brush car, on the left is one of the newer railcoaches. Both at Blackpool North Pier, 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.