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SNCV Type S #7874
21 october 2007 - Charleroi, Belgium – near Waterloo. The tram that hides in a tunnel. This ex-passenger Type S car lives in the Charleroi metro and is kept specially for track repairs underground, so very rarely comes out into the open air. I managed to take this (very poor) photo from a passing tram, but it’s almost impossible to get a good one. If anyone does manage it, please send me a copy!
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
SNCV Type S #7884
21 october 2007 - Anderlues, Hainaut, Belgium – depot/zajezdnia TEC. The Charleroi ‘metro leger’ or light metro has retained several old passenger cars for works duties and keeps them in very smart condition. This Type S is now an Anderlues depot general works car and has been quite extensively modified for its new role. The Type S were the classic SNCV trams of the 1950s and were themselves a reconstruction of old ‘Standard’ trams with new bodies.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
SNCV Type S #9176
21 october 2007 - Anderlues, Hainaut, Belgium – depot/zajezdnia TEC. This Type SJ is now an overhead line car and still displays the very attractive classic lines of a traditional SNCV tram. The SJ Class were a modified Type S tram for use in the Charleroi subways and were rebuilt at the Jumet depot in Charleroi, so were classified as Type SJ – they wore this colour scheme in passenger service.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 march 2009 - Charleroi (BE) – Parc. Inside the ‘metro leger’ tunnels. Spare trams are currently stored here, but this tunnel will soon be extended to Charleroi Sud, completing the city centre circle metro line that was started in the 1980s, but never completed.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 march 2009 - Charleroi (BE) – Monceau-sur-Sambre. On the Charleroi ‘light metro’ tramway, overhead line car 9176 speeds past the local chateau. These trams started life as standard SNCV passenger cars with wooden bodies, which were scrapped and replaced with new metal ones, becoming Type S. These were upgraded to Type SJ, as seen here, in order to run on the newly-built metro. With four powerful motors and new suspension, they were very fast and smooth riding trams.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 march 2009 - Anderlues (BE) zajezdnia/depot. The controls of an SNCV Type S tram. Operated by hand, of course – with the air brake lever on the right. The small lever fixed above it is the air-operated sand lever.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 march 2009 - Fontaine l’Eveque (BE) – Petria. This is the last station on the Charleroi metro before it joins the streets for the last section into Anderlues.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 march 2009 - Anderlues (BE) – zajezdnia/depot. Works car 9176 waits to go out onto the single track leading towards Charleroi. This was a standard SNCV type of the 1970s and early 1980s.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
28 march 2009 - Charleroi (BE) – Charleroi Sud. Works tram 9179 stands outside the fine railway station building at Charleroi. Note the extra steps added when these trams were converted for operation through the metro tunnels. We chartered this tram for an enthusiasts’ trip – the most fun you can have with your clothes on!
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
SNCV Type S #9591
21 october 2007 - Jumet, Hainaut, Belgium – depot/zajezdnia TEC. Jumet depot has this Type S overhead line car which is fitted with an auxiliary diesel engine for working away from electric power.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar