Correspondents

Special correspondent Frank Bagshaw has sent me this picture of Metro 07 at The Royal in Wolverhampton.

Our Midlands correspondent has sent a literary contribution in the form of a poem.

NTM AND THE ANNIVERSARIES ...

1985: Seven little vintage trams going to the sea –
    All got there and operated, so successfully!


1998: Three little vintage trams going to the sea –
    All got there and operated, so successfully!


2010: Seven little vintage trams destined for the sea –
    Got there and operated ... ? ... H'm ... Ah, wait and see ...


One withdrawn for overhaul found something needing a fix – then there were six ...
... despite the seemingly-obvious substitute to recreate 1948 that nobody ever seems to have mentioned or even thought of?


One hid in the workshops till everything was over – then there were five


One set off completely unprotected, met a tree – then there were four


"Just what we wanted, can't send 'deckers now, how sad" – then there were three ...


"Two out of three ain't bad" sang Meat Loaf in the seventies: but what to make of three out of seven ... That actually got there? – Of which two had been before, one twice


Unfortunately bad luck now took a hand:
RMT bogies, dry rail, sharp curve on track tight and new – then there were two ...
... That actually managed to operate


One – newly overhauled but not fully run in? – went demic – Leaving just one ...


... And it too threw a wobbly – So then there were none!


Seven little vintage trams ...
    ... destined for the sea –
        Got there and operated ...
            ... successfully ... ... ?


(From our Midlands correspondent)