Wednesday, October 16, 2019

STUTTGART MUSEUM ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2019

Underframe of Stuttgart horse tram as seen in picture on wall







Our trailer set at the Fernsehturm


Service tram at fernsehturm - note high platform level


Display of types of seat

Walk under a GT5 to see how it works?

Esslingen, Nellingen and Denkendorf car


Advertising poster for 60 years of GT4 cars on 26 October 2019

Bike trailer in use



Turmbergbahn

LIEGE MUSEUM OVERVIEW ON 26 SEPTEMBER














AUTUMN TOUR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019O

This year's tour was mainly based in Mannheim, but o the was there we had 2 nights in De Panne for the coastal tramway.


Knokke depot yard

All over advertising of the worst kind!

Temporary pedestrian crossing at Knokke depot

Removing overhead wiring poles the easy way!

De Haan on a rainy day

De Haan station

Sunday, October 06, 2019

WEST MIDLANDS METRO 4 OCTOBER 2019 - Martin Miller

Had another look on Friday, at the work site that still represents the Metro extension beyond Grand Central. I had thought that it would have moved on a little further as test running is supposed to commence this month. It does look as though the overhead has been terminated ready for the change over to battery power.













CARLTON COLVILLE MUSEUM SEPTEMBER 2019 - Frank Bagshaw

In service at the end of September were Blackpool 159 and Sheffield 513

Blackpool railcoach - available for service

In the depot  - LT HR2 no. 1858 that has seen many years service in the East Anglian Transport museum.

Monday, September 23, 2019

CRICH 60th ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2019

A few photos of the day which was gaed with beautiful sun. A busy day with 1700 visitors, putting a bit of s train on the organisation, but all went well.

At one stage the was a Doug Vernon Memorial Queue!





The 60th anniversary wsreath on the front of 399
The bus on the traverser to e put into the depot

Interior of the bus

Sunday, September 15, 2019

WEST MIDLANDS METRO EXTENSION UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2019 - Frank Bagshaw

Constructing the Centenary Square tram stop. This is due for completion by the end of the year.

Track laid on the approach to Centenary Square

Battery fitted tram 37 in the new blue livery calls at West Bromwich

Tram 18 on driver training passes over the pointwork that will take the new route to Wolverhampton railway station
Have West Midlands Metro got this bit wrong at the back of the town hall?  The track seems to be only 3’6” gauge!

This is as far as the new track goes until rebuilding work at Wolverhampton train station is complete

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

BASQUE TRAMWAYS SEPTEMBER 2019 - Frank Bagshaw


On a recent visit to the Pyrenees, Frank found himself viewing metre gauge trams operated by Euskotren Tranbia running in two cities - Bilbao (one route) and Vitoria (two routes). 
Advertising tram inVitoria. Note the scissors crossover

A five section CAF built tram in Vitoria

A Three section tram in Bilbao

Sunday, September 08, 2019

Thursday, September 05, 2019

GLASGOW LAST TRAM NOSTALGIA - Martin Miller

Martin stumbled across this which shows some brief scenes of 1051 containing Frank Bagshaw and himself amongst the Long Eaton Grammar School Scientific Society who had chartered it for the day.