>>3370883>>3375300>>3375310>>3375304This brings back memories. "Tramnik One" at the Blackpool Illuminations. First saw it in 1971 as a little kid.
>A second feature car was built in 1961 using the frame of Pantograph tram 168 of 1928. This was “Tramnik One” a space Rocket based loosely on Sputnik. The underframe was designed as a launch pad, which disguised the driving cab. The passenger saloon was raked at 45 degrees to show the Rocket as ready for takeoff. Passengers boarded at the rear – from the rails – through the exhaust of the Rocket.>The Rocket was retired in 1999 with wiring problems. It was preserved in 2002 and ran a farewell tour in April 2002. After a decade in store, it moved to the Blackpool Illuminations Lightworks centre to be cosmetically restored and for 2012/3 became the centrepiece of an Illuminations Display at Gynn Square.pic related
