LISBON BAIXA ON SUNDAY 22 MAY 2015 - Luis Vieira

 Baixa, Sunday on a dark grey windy morning, without cruises on Lisbon harbour.

IAIN (BORIS) LOMAS

I am very sorry to tell you that Boris was found dead in his home yesterday,m 24 February.  I know many of you who read the blog will remember him from his early days at Crich Tramway Museum as part of the gang of 6 kids who ran riot and loved lighting bonfires.  Some of you also used to enjoy the annual pantomime much more if Boris and Martin sat with you so you could boo as well!

I am lost for words.

NOTTINGHAM TEST RUNNING ON MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 - Martin Miller

Went to Nottingham this morning and there were two trams on test between Nottingham Station and Wilford allowing for some photos and video. Bitterly cold and blustery but a delight to see this great step forward. The improvement to the Meadows is a tribute to the City and Wilford Toll Bridge looks great with trams speeding over it.

 

Martin has two video clips on Youtube  "Nottingham Tram Testing Times and Nottingham Tram Low Down"

 

The photos are at and around the Meadows Emankment Stop

 

 

BERLIN EVENTS IN JUNE 2015 - Mike Russell

Hello everyone,

The 150th anniversary of the opening of the first tram line in Berlin falls on Monday 22 June this year.  To mark the occasion, there will be an exhibition of tramcars in Alexanderplatz for three hours on that day. 

The following weekend, 27/28 June, there will be a display of trams at Lichtenberg depot and on Sunday 28 June there will be a tram parade.

Further details are not yet available but I will circulate them as soon as I know any more.

Best Regards,

Mike Russell.

LISBON ON SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2015 - Luis Vieira

Further photos of last Sunday morning (some of them with changed color balance)

At Praça do Comércio, nothing has been changed

 

 

NEW ROUTE TO PENHA IN LISBON - Luis Vieira

Today, I´m bringing you a joke:

Arriving early in the morning at Praça do Comércio, I felt something different. 

 

Not a joke, just a film scene at Rua da Prata I noticed it when arriving at Praça da Figueira 

Let´s go back on time, to the 30's of XX century at Brasil

Historic Portuguese vehicles, with Brasilian registration plates and tha red tram to Penha

It´s a shame they forgot some details, as the trolley

It was a sunny morning (7-8ºC), but Saint Peter forced the end of the sceene

The sun came back and the normal traffic was restablished by noon.

Installing a sticker on a tram destination box, is not common, and it is much more strange that the "homework" was beeing made out of Santo Amaro depot.

I really must seek for Penha at Lisboa !!

And the tram started to PENHA (where is this ?), empty, along the final route of line15 !!

After the scene, left side sponsor panel was removed, 

but the tram got back to work with the mysterious destination