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Fleet Number
from 1968 Fleet Number
before 1968 Class & Builder/Date History

- - Lifeboat
BCT 1926
- truck ex Marton Box no. 40
- scrapped 1961

- - Gondola
BCT 1927 - truck ex Marton Box no. 28
- scrapped 1962

- - Bandwagon
BCT 1937 - ex Fleetwood Rack no. 141

- rebuilt in 1949 into illuminated car "Progress"
- scrapped 1958

- 68 Balcony
UEC 1912 photo wanted - can you help?
- in use from 1912-38

- 158
159 Standard
BCT 1927 - in use from 1959-66
- no. 159 now preserved at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton
Colville, but not as an illuminated car

633 - Fisherman's Friend Trawler
BT 2001 - ex Brush Railcoach 633 (what a shame it never got renumbered to 737) -

731 - Blackpool Belle
BCT 1959 - ex Toastrack 163 of 1927
- at at the now closed Glenwood Museum, Oregon/USA, 1983-1999
(equipped with a propane generator)
- sold to a non-profit research institute in Georgetown, Texas/USA,
for use in alternative transit power systems in 2000

(Photo above © E. Betts)

732 - Rocket
BCT 1961 - ex Pantograph 168 of 1928
- out of use since after the Illuminations period 1999 with structural faults
- to be preserved by Blackpool Tramcar Preservation Fund

(Photo above © E. Betts)

733 - Western Train Locomotive
BCT 1962 - ex English Electric Railcoach 209 of 1936
- trailer 734 permanently coupled
- out of use since after the Illuminations period 1999 with structural faults
(probably to be scrapped)

(Photo above © E. Betts)

734 - Western Trailer
BCT 1962 - ex Pantograph 174 of 1928
- motor car 733 permanently coupled
- out of use since after the Illuminations period 1999 with structural faults
(may be restored as a Pantograph Car one day)

735 - Hovertram
BCT 1963 - ex English Electric Railcoach 222 of 1936
- out of use since after the Illuminations period 2001

736 - Frigate (HMS Blackpool)
BCT 1965 - ex Pantograph 170 of 1928
- out of use since after the Illuminations period 2001
- from August 2003 this car underwent a complete reconstruction
(replacing most of the body) - it was re-inaugurated in September 2004

(Photo above © E. Betts)

(Photo above © Nigel Medhurst)

Fleet Number from 1968	Fleet Number before 1968	Class & Builder/Date	History
-	-	Lifeboat BCT 1926	- truck ex Marton Box no. 40 - scrapped 1961
-	-	Gondola BCT 1927	- truck ex Marton Box no. 28 - scrapped 1962
-	-	Bandwagon BCT 1937	- ex Fleetwood Rack no. 141 - rebuilt in 1949 into illuminated car "Progress" - scrapped 1958
-	68	Balcony UEC 1912	photo wanted - can you help? - in use from 1912-38
-	158 159	Standard BCT 1927	- in use from 1959-66 - no. 159 now preserved at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville, but not as an illuminated car
633	-	Fisherman's Friend Trawler BT 2001	- ex Brush Railcoach 633 (what a shame it never got renumbered to 737) -
731	-	Blackpool Belle BCT 1959	- ex Toastrack 163 of 1927 - at at the now closed Glenwood Museum, Oregon/USA, 1983-1999 (equipped with a propane generator) - sold to a non-profit research institute in Georgetown, Texas/USA, for use in alternative transit power systems in 2000 (Photo above © E. Betts)
732	-	Rocket BCT 1961	- ex Pantograph 168 of 1928 - out of use since after the Illuminations period 1999 with structural faults - to be preserved by Blackpool Tramcar Preservation Fund (Photo above © E. Betts)
733	-	Western Train Locomotive BCT 1962	- ex English Electric Railcoach 209 of 1936 - trailer 734 permanently coupled - out of use since after the Illuminations period 1999 with structural faults (probably to be scrapped) (Photo above © E. Betts)
734	-	Western Trailer BCT 1962	- ex Pantograph 174 of 1928 - motor car 733 permanently coupled - out of use since after the Illuminations period 1999 with structural faults (may be restored as a Pantograph Car one day)
735	-	Hovertram BCT 1963	- ex English Electric Railcoach 222 of 1936 - out of use since after the Illuminations period 2001
736	-	Frigate (HMS Blackpool) BCT 1965	- ex Pantograph 170 of 1928 - out of use since after the Illuminations period 2001 - from August 2003 this car underwent a complete reconstruction (replacing most of the body) - it was re-inaugurated in September 2004 (Photo above © E. Betts) (Photo above © Nigel Medhurst)