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The
National Tramway Museum, Crich.
Centenary Tram Move.
Scotts
used two extendable Faymonville lowloaders to transport
the two centenary trams from the Crich Tramway Museum
to Blackpool.
Scotts Heavy Haulage co-ordinated the entire operation
on behalf
of the National Tramway Museum.
Blackpool
and Fleetwood No.2 is an original tram built in
1898. It ran in Blackpool until 1927 where it was
eventually put into storage. It was re-commisioned
in 1960 and remained in service before it was moved
to the National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire.
Blackpool
tram 167 was built in 1927 by the Blackpool Corporation.
The tram was in service between Blackpool and Fleetwood
and featured and 'advanced upholstered seat'. It
replaced Blackpool No.2 in 1927 and remained in
service until the sixties. It returned to Blackpool
in 1985 for the Blackpool Tram Centenary and in
1998 for the Tramway Road Centenary.
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