Checks can be sent to:  R. Donald Ross, 3821 Crater Lake Ct, Irving, TX 75062-4015

The Blackpool tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Flyde Coast in Lancashire, Engling, and is the only surviving generation tramway in the UK.  The tramway dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world.  It is run by Blackpool Transport as part of the Metro Coastlines, owned by Blackpool Burough Council.  The tramway runs for 11 miles and carries 6M passengers each year.

4 is one of the cars that used to run on the conduit system in Blackpool, when the electric tramways first started operating in 1885. It is one of the original ten cars produced for the tramway. Cars 3 & 4 were built by the Lancaster Carriage and Wagon Company. The diminutive car seats 16 passengers only on each deck. After wartime service (1914-1918) ferrying bread to a military camp at Squires Gate, it was converted to an overhead inspection car until superseded in 1934. The car languished, out of use, until 1960 when it was renovated before being donated to the National Tramway Museum in 1963. The car is now to be found as a static exhibit in the Exhibition Hall.

13, Marton Vambac Class, was built by English Electric Co in 1939.  It was retired in October 1962 and scrapped in March 1963.

40, Standard Class, was built by Hurst Nelson in 1902 as a Motherwell Class.  It was rebuilt by Blackpool Tramways in 1926 as a balcony top covered car (with open balconies and lower vestibules). Trucks were McGuire equal-wheel type. The car was given platform vestibules somewhere between 1929 & 1932, but was never completely enclosed.  It is at Crich.

48, Standard Class, was built by Blackpool Corp in 1927.  It was sold to Willamette Shore Trolley in 1964 and retired in 2004.  It was moved to the Oregon Electric Railway Museum in 2006

49, Standard Class, was built by Hurst Nelson in 1902 as a Motherwell Class.  It was rebuilt as Standard Class in 1926.  It was retired in 1962 and sent to Crich.

127, toast-rack, was built in by G. F Miles & Co in 1898 as Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramway 2.  It was repainted as Blackpool Tramways 127 in 1920 and repainted in 1933.  It was retired on October 22, 1938, and was used as snowplow until 1951.  It was restored in 1960 and sent to Crich in 1963

166, Toastrack Class, was built by Blackpool Corp in 1927.  It was once used by the BBC as a mobile outside broadcast unit and at Crich.

167, Pantograph Class, was built by English Electric Co in 1928.  It is at Crich.

201, Railcoach Class, was built by English Electric Co in 1933.  It was scrapped on August 31, 1963.

211, Railcoach Class, was built by English Electric Co in 1933.  It was scrapped in June 1965.

212, Railcoach Class, was built by English Electric Co in 1933.  It was scrapped in June 1965.

214, Railcoach Class, was built by English Electric Co in 1933.  It was scrapped on November 6, 1963.

217, Railcoach Class, was built by English Electric Co in 1933.  It was scrapped on September 19, 1963.

226, Boat Car Class, was built by English Electric in 1933.  It was renumbered 601 in 1968 and sold to Bay Area Electric Assn in October 1971.  It was planned to operate in San Francisco but it was delayed in a dock strike.  It was sent to Western Railway Museum shortly.  It was used in San Francisco between 1983 to 1985.

235, Boat Car Class, was built by English Electric in 1933.  It was renumbered 606 in 1968 and sent to Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988.  It was returned to Blackpool and sold to Columbia Park & Southwest Ry (Trolleyville) in 2000.  It was transferred as Lake Shore Electric Ry in 2006 and sold to National Capital Trolley Museum in 2009.

288, Brush Class, was built by Brush Traction in 1937.  It was renumbered 625 in 1968 and retired in 2004.  It was stored at Merseyside.

290, Brush Class, was built by Brush Traction in 1937.  It was renumbered 627 in 1968 and retired in 2004.  It is on display at Pleasure Beach.

294, Brush Class, was built by Brush Traction in 1937.  It was renumbered 631 in 1968 and rebuilt in 1996.

295, Brush Class, was built by Brush Traction in 1937.  It was renumbered 632 in 1968 and retired in 2004.  It was returned to service in June 2010 and retired on November 6, 2011.

311, Coronation Class, was built by Charles Roberts Ltd in 1953.  It was renumbered 648 in 1968 and retired in 1970.  It was scrapped.

319, Coronation Class, was built by Charles Roberts Ltd in 1953.  It was renumbered 655 in 1968 and retired in 1970.  It was scrapped.