Rigby Road Depot in Blackpool (2019)
YouTube name: David Frankal.
Date: .
City: Blackpool (United Kingdom)
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Blackpool Transport
Operational
Blackpool bilevel rail car 723, type Balloon Cars, signed Tower.
Blackpool railcar 642, type Centenary Car, signed Little Bispham via Bisham & Norbreck.
Blackpool museum tram 66 (ex Bolton bilevel rail car 66), manufacturer ER&TCW, type 4-axle motor car.
Blackpool bilevel rail car 707, type Balloon Cars.
Description
A quick tour of the Rigby Road Depot, where Blackpool's heritage fleet is stored and maintained. It's usually closed to the public, but on June 23rd, 2019, there were guided tours. At the same time, one of the halls was used to display model railways and trams.
So, that was Rigby Road Depot. We recently visited a model exhibition and then took a tour of the depot itself, which was very interesting. There were many trains of all kinds, and we learned about the process of restoring them, how they are found, and the effort involved in keeping these old vehicles in service. Many of them are vintage trams from the 1930s and '40s. There's a bubble car that operates a shuttle service between Blackpool North Pier and the Tower. We're now going to take that back to North Pier, from where we'll walk to Blackpool North Station.
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