History of the National Tramway Museum

Sunday, February 18, 2018

MIDLAND METRO WOLVERHAMPTON 17 FEBRUARY 2017 - Martin Miller

Took advantage of a slight improvement in the weather to ride the new rails in Wolverhampton:-

Midland Metro The Royal Woverhampton

Have tried to weave in the new junction for the Station loop extension:-



The green near Snow Hill



Snow Hill

SHEFFIELD SUPERTRAM ON FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2018

A flying visit to Sheffield on Friday showed no sign of the tram trains,which I later found out that it seems they were all withdrawn due to a safety-related occurrence at Shalesmoor on Friday morning.

104 wn route to Malin Bridge at Cathedral

123 at Middlewood terminus

110 for Meadowhall at he Hillsborough stop with a big queue due to a delay

111 in Ikea advertising livery (not very flattering I thought)

Sunday, February 04, 2018

DUBLIN - LISBON TRAM CAFE 28 JANUARY 2018 part 3

A nice surprise when we finally found it!
The tram was found in a field in Galway by one of the owners who saw the potential to use it as a cafe in Dublin.We had been told there was a cafe in a tram on Woolf Tone Square in Dublin, which we had great difficulty finding as it is nowhere near Woolf Tone Quay and had to finally resort to asking at the Tourist Office.  It's only a couple of hundred yards from either Jervis tram stop or down Henry Street.


No, it's a brass bull. First sight of the tram sighted on a former graveyard.

Tram Cafe Lisbon 305, well preserved and with seating each side


The well preserved interior















DUBLIN LUAS WEEKEND 26-29 JANUARY 2018 part 2

Lines leading from Belgard towards where line splits towards Tallaght and Saggart

4012 en route towards Saggart at Belgard

3014 at Jervis outside the aptly named Insomnia Coffee Shop


3026 towards Parnell on O'Connell Street


5001 en route to Sandyford at O'Connell Street north

5025 turning into Parnell

4007 leaving O'Connell Street north

Route to the Point onO'Connell Street

DUBLIN LUAS WEEKEND 26-29 JANUARY 2018

A visit to Dublin to look at the newly joined up Luasd systemn on a very cold, but mainly dry, weekend.

5017 en route to Parnell along O'Connell Street with the
120 metre Dublin Spire in the background

Loved the moquette showing iconic buildings of Dublin

A forest of yellow handrails
Crossover at Tallagt en route to the Point
5020 and 5014 at Brides Glen
5014 ready for departure from Brides Glen termnus
3025 on Abbey Street
4010 at Tallagt
3014 en route to Saggart at Rialto
4006 en route to Connolly