Friday, December 22, 2017
Sunday, December 17, 2017
WEST MIDLANDS METRO 16 DERCEMBVER 2017
HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND BEST WISHES FOR 2018
We visited Birmingham yesterday to travel on the city end of the Metro and visit the Great Western pub in Wolverhampton (good food, good beer and lovely coal fires)!
We visited Birmingham yesterday to travel on the city end of the Metro and visit the Great Western pub in Wolverhampton (good food, good beer and lovely coal fires)!
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| Approaching Grand Central Stop |
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| Ozzy Osbourne's tram |
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| Grand Central |
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| Grand Central Crossover |
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| Approach to Grand Central |
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| Colmore Gate stop |
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| Corporation Street |
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| A very chilly Snow Hill stop |
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| Approaching Snow Hill towards Wolverhampton |
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| Rounding the curve into Wolverhampton terminus with the proposed Dudley route turn off towards Wolverhampton Station in view |
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| Wolverhampton terminus |
LISBON CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 16 DECEMBER 2017 - Luis Vieira
Photos of long term CCFL Christmas Tram tradition (Praça do Comércio this morning)
Sunday, December 10, 2017
MANCHESTER METROLINK 2 DECEMBER 2017
We paid a visit to the Manchester Model Railways Exhibition and took a ride out to Ashton and did the new second city crossing.
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| Bury bound tram in Victoria |
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| East Didsbury tram in Victoria |
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| St Peters Square crossing |
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| St Peters Square |
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| St Peters Square tram stop |
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| Ashton Termnus |
Tuesday, December 05, 2017
BUENOS AIRES PRE METRO NOVEMBER 2017
At the end of the Subte (Metro) line E Plaza de los Virreyes is the Pre Metro tram line which has two spurs at the end of the line, one to Centro Civico Lugano ( a large area of apartment blocks) and General Silvio which unfortunately we did not have time to visit.
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| Subte arriving at Plaza de Virreyes |
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| Lugano termnus |
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| Plaza de Virreyes terminus |
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| Plaza de Virreyes terminus showing some cars out of service. The service was a little patchy and we had along wait at Lugano for the return tram. It was a different tram which finally arrived and we did not find out the reason for the long delay. |
Thursday, November 30, 2017
SHEFFIELD SUPERTRAM NOVEMBER 2017 - Martin Miller
Took a quick trip to Sheffield where I had hoped to see one of the tram train cars but had to be satisfied with the Ikea tram! At Herdings.
Monday, November 20, 2017
BUENOS AIRES TRAMWAY HISTORICO NOVEMBER 2017 - photos
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| Poster in tram interior. The Tranvia Historico in Buenos Aires operates at weekends offering free rides around a loop of approximately 1 mile. The depot on Emilio Mitre Street is also used as a workshop for the Subte (underground system) cars. It must be quite a sight to see the Subte cars emerge from the underground and trundle along the street to the depot. |
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| Makers plate from Carris de Ferro do Porto |
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| Detail of the wood work in the interior |
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| Light fittings and clerestory glass |
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| Photo of tram 291 arriving onits low loader |
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| 258 controller |
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| Timetable |
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| Depot yard |
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| Info re Amigos Tranvia |
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| 258 passing the depot en route to the terminus |
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| Mr Podesta, still enthusiastic after many years |
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| People were queuing for the tram at least an hours before service started |
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| Along Emilio Mitre Street |
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| These are the gates and tacks where the Subte cars come up to the surface to get to the tram depot workshop |
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| Tranvia Cafe |
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| Tranvia terminus stop |
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| Passing the depot gates |
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| One of the cars in the depot |
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| Sube cars in the depot |
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| Another depot shot, showing a Subte car, engine and 125 |