Wednesday, October 16, 2019

KARLSRUHE ON 29 SEPTEMBER 2019

Tour in 1920's museum set

Interesting contrast

Car 121 bicycle express

Bicycle express with conductor

Restoration project on KSW

Winter salt service

Turmbrgbahn

Cars about to pass at half way point

View from the top showing gradient

Our tour tramtrain with passing service car

Tramtrain in Karlsruhe Station

Our tramtrain in a local village

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.