Cleveleys Model Tramway Show

The excellent Rainy City layout, representing Manchester in the 1920s.

The Blackpool Model Tramway Exhibition had a new venue for 2025, the one day show being held at Cleveleys Park Methodist Church, conveniently situated adjacent to the West Drive tram stop on the Blackpool to Fleetwood tramway. The event was well supported by exhibitors, sales stands and visitors, and was a resounding success thanks to the hard work put in by the organisers. All the layouts are to 4mm scale unless identified otherwise. Apologies to exhibitors if the photo captions aren't quite correct.

A large scale operating Lego tramway, featuring a Blackpool Dreadnought and other trams

An Edinburgh tramway street scene

A Scottish micro layout

Yellowthreads Treat a Hong Kong bus and tram layout

An HO German layout featuring trams, buses and trolleybuses

The tiny Upson Down Tram Museum in 3mm scale

An N gauge layout running a Hong Kong and articulated tram

The N gauge Blackpool's Golden Mile with some very nice 3D printed trams

Electric Avenue based on the Sunderland system

The Pavilion layout with a nice steam tram and trailer in 4mm scale

An Austrian Tirol mini layout in HO

Burychester Trams in N scale, sadly with no trams in the photo

The model tram display on the TLRS stand

Sightseeing Manchester Scania Omnicity on Beach Bus 26

LX58CEV leaving New Bonny Street at 1545 on Thursday 8th May

Former Stagecoach London Scania Omnicity LX58CEV has been in use on the Beach Bus service 26 to Marton Mere in Blackpool this week. The open-top Scania is normally to be found operating the T1 Sightseeing Tour in Manchester, in fact this route was still being displayed in the nearside destination box while the bus was running in Blackpool. LX58CEV ran two round trips from Marton Mere holiday village on both Wednesday and Thursday afternoon this week.

LX58CEV passing the Sea Life Centre on the 1445 departure from New Bonny Street

LX58CEV at Bispham in April 2024 before its conversion to partial open top

Retro Ribble Livery on Stagecoach Bus

Stagecoach 10030 next to Booths supermarket in Poulton-le-Fylde on its way to Lancaster

Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire ADL Enviro 400 10030 (PX12 DNU) has recently been repainted in a retro colour scheme to represent the 1960s era Ribble crimson livery. The bus has been operating on various routes between Morecambe, Lancaster, Preston and Blackpool this week. The photos shown here are while 10030 was operating service 42 between Lancaster and Blackpool on 1st May.

Stagecoach 10030 passing through Layton on route 42 to Blackpool on Thursday 1st May