Monday 27 September 2010

Blackpool Transport Open Day


Blackpool Transport held an open day on Sunday 26 September as part of the tramway 125th anniversary celebrations. A variety of buses was on display with PD3 529, Swift 570, Routemaster 521 and City Pacer 575 from the LTT Collection joined by PD3s 390 and 501, Metrorider 590, Fylde Atlantean 45, Lytham PD2 10 and various other preserved vehicles.

From the BT fleet, Delta Driver Trainer 969, Volvos 522 and 528, Solo 288, Excel 211, Trident 340 and Atlantean 364 were all on display in the yard. Various other vehicles were seen within the depot and works. Trident 333 was in the early stages of a repaint in the paint shop, following on from sister 335.