Blackpool Tramway "Gold" Screenshots

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Mark.
You have done almost the same repaint as I did. Where did you get the Corporation Tramways lettering?

Try reducing the scale by 0.9 in Shape File Manager. This will make it blend in better with other trams. You can also copy the freight animation driver from the breezer.

Wide Latin font. with some drop shadow, with a gold-leaf colour. Never thought about a rescale!

The Breezer is four wheel car, whereas the surviving Blackpool toastrack and replica are bogie cars. However, identical American built toastracks did run on the Stourbridge and Kinver light railway amongst others which is why I took a liberty and applied Corporation Tramways lettering to it. I would have liked to paint it up as a South Staffordshire BET car but couldn't find a decent image of the BET Magnet and Wheel logo anywhere on the web!

I use the cars, with 706 and the two Felthams, as AI traffic on the Vintage Seafront service in between the service cars from Starr Gate to Bispham, for which they are the part.

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"Heritage" trams that might be of interest



Four wheel "Toastrack" or in American "Breezer" by the Port City Car Co from Trainsim.com. Has sounds and -erm- a "cabview" (open platform, really). Seen here alongside Siemens Variotram by Martin Zwick and Graphics15 from TheTrain.de, with Blackpool mods by me.



Modified US Brill Car. Original by Tim Muir, I've modified the livery and squared off and widened the windows to match those of Blackpool's Pantograph cars which had a similar American look. Also comes with great sounds and cab. Yes, it's the red peril alongside again.

Is anyone undertaking repaints of the Balloon and Railcoaches? If so could they list which ones as I fancy having a go at a couple, but don't want to duplicate others who may have started.

Only 700 at the moment from me - which as I've said elsewhere is more than a repaint.