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Leyland Lioness LTB1 / Burlingham #8
2 may 2010 - Redhill, UK - Brighton Road: The preserved Leyland Lioness of 1929 heads for Brighton on a very wet day - I hope that the canvas roof doesn`t leak! At one time used in the Channel Islands, this bus was hidden away inside a tunnel for five years during the German war occupation and was preserved in the late 1950s, so has been a museum piece longer than it actually ran in service. London Transport inherited a single one of these in 1930 and used it as a country area bus for several years before selling it.
Bedford WLB / Davies #2
2 may 2010 - Redhill, UK - Brighton Road: It looks cosy inside this nice Bedford WLB bus of 1932 seen making its way to Brighton on a very wet day. This bus was new to an operator in Wales, Williams of Blaina, and laid aside for many years until rescued for preservation in the 1970s. There were many small operators in rural Wales, sometimes with only one bus, just enough to provide a service from a small village into the nearest town on market day.
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AEC Regal IV RF #RF433
2 may 2010 - Redhill, UK - Brighton Road: Running to Brighton on a very wet May holiday in 2010 is this member of the very large RF class of London single deckers. Built in 1953, this particular example is one of many in preservation, but is only one of two still surviving that never had doors, being completely open at the front. This was because the Metropolitan Police in London objected to a door being fitted as being unsafe (not nearly as unsafe as not having one at all, I think!) Anyway, like many Central area RFs, it operated like this throughout its long career.
AEC Renown LT #LT165
2 may 2010 - Redhill, UK - Princess Way: Just passing Redhill railway station during the 2010 London - Brighton commercial vehicles rally is this lovely 1930 AEC Renown LT3 double-deck bus with Park Royal bodywork, normally living in the London Transport Museum at Covent Garden and very rarely allowed out on the road, as it is rather fragile. The LT-class bus was an important milestone in the development of a standard London bus, which culminated in the famous RT and RM types. This bus shows the wartime blast netting applied to the windows to protect them from exploding bombs. The little Dennis alongside in the station car park is the more normal bus these days!
Regent #63
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: A few more shots from the 2014 annual bus and coach gathering at the London Bus Museum. Here is a very nice 1939 AEC Regent I with a Weymann highbridge body, originally supplied to the Brighton, Hove and District undertaking, next to another Regent from the Ipswich fleet. BH&D were an interesting outfit - Brighton had its own buses, painted in an identical colour scheme, sharing some routes with BH&D and working others alone. There were also trams (later trolleybuses) run almost entirely by Brighton Corporation and the large Southdown bus company was also a major player. So, one town and three bus operators! This particular bus was exported to California, USA between 1965 and 198, but brought back to the UK for preservation.
AEC Regal IV RF #RF600
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: An example of the large RF class of single deck buses introduced in London in the early 1950s to replace just about all the odds and ends from the 1930s which were non-standard and life expired. The RF came in three main types - the Central London (red) version (which to begin with had no door but just a rather scary open front entrance)and two green variants, normal Country bus and longer distance Green Line coach, with better seats and higher speed gears.
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AEC Regent III RLH #RLH48
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands. RLH48 is a privately-preserved example of the lowbridge version of the London RT bus, of which there were several in both red (Central) and green (Country) colours. Inside, they were a bit tight when crowded with passengers, particularly upstairs, where you had to shuffle along on the wide four-place bench seats to get on and off, with people sitting to the right of you having to get up first in order to make room.
Bruce #42
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: A final selection from the 2014 London Bus Museum rally, held at their Brooklands premises. This is an AEC Regent bought by Eastbourne Buses (the first place in the UK to have permission to run their own buses) and was bodied by a company called Bruce Coachworks in Wales - the last remaining double-deck bus made by them. It now belongs to the Portsmouth bus preservation group, just along the south coast.
Leyland Titan PD2 RTW #RTW185
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: This RTW-type bus was a sub-type of the standard RT, being built to a width of 8 feet instead of the standard 7ft 6ins width - difficult to spot in practice except inside, where the extra width is more noticeable along the aisles between the seats. These buses were introduced after a long battle with the London police and traffic managers, who feared danger to the public and congestion on the roads if they were allowed to go anywhere - so they were restricted in the first instance to wider, straighter roads. In actual fact, Armageddon never happened and today we allow much larger vehicles to drive almost anywhere.
AEC Regent III RT #RT1702
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: The Finishing Straight (the place where old racing cars used to slow down at the end of races) is the scene here of an impressive collection of London RT-type buses, lined up at one of the annual rallies held at the London Buse Museum, which shares the same site. The nearest RT, #RT1702, was sent on a tour of eight European cities in 1950 to publicise the 1951 Festival of Britain and carries a `GB` plate on the rear as a memorial. It is one of the few RT type buses to keep the same chassis, body and identity throughout its various overhauls - normally, the bus was separated into parts on arriving at the works, then these parts were put back into a different bus as work was finished, not necessarily at the same time.
Leyland Routemaster RML #RM3
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: On display at the London Bus Museum is the prototype Leyland (and not AEC) Routemaster of 1957. Note the different front end treatment and non-opening front windows upstairs. This bus entered service in January 1958 but was withdrawn after an accident in November 1959 - apart from short periods as a driver training bus, this was the extent of its operational life. It was obtained by the bus museum in 1974, being the very first Routemaster to be preserved.
Leyland Tiger Cub / Harrington Wayfarer II #10
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: I showed this lovely Leyland Royal Tiger coach once before. It came from the Silver Star company of Porton, near Salisbury, which had built its business by transporting soldiers from the numerous training camps on Salisbury Plain to their homes in the north of England on weekend leave, in the days of universal conscription. The distinctive bodywork finish like this was applied to all their coaches.
AEC Regent III RT #D67
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: Despite the RT-type double-deck bus becoming a firm favourite in London in the 1950s, it wasn`t a success elsewhere. This was because it was specifically designed for conditions in central London and was regarded by other operators as over-engineered and too expensive for provincial towns and cities. Although quite a few concerns bought RTs second-hand when they were released by London (recognising their very high maintenance standards)only a handful bought any new. One such was St Helens Corporation in Lancashire and one of their RTs has survived in preservation, as shown here.
AEC Regent III RT #RT1
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: Arguably the most importand bus in the UK, this is RT1, the prototype for over 4600 similar buses that became the standard throughout London and the Home Counties. After a long and sometimes difficult career, this bus is now safely housed in the London Bus Museum after a national appeal to raise the money required to save it for posterity.
AEC Regent III RT #RT1431
13 april 2014 - Cobham, UK - Brooklands: The London Bus Museum holds a big annual rally where over 100 historic buses come together in the grounds of the museum. Among the thirty or more London RT-types gathered at the 2014 event was this Cravens bodied example. To achieve a total of over 4600 new buses of this identical design quickly, London Transport asked several vehicle builders to contribute. The Cravens company decided to use a non-standard approach and their buses could be identified by five (not four) windows downstairs and other differences. LT were`t amused and got rid of these buses at the first opportunity, so they lasted in London service for less than ten years.
Konstal N #834
28 march 2013 - Krakow (Nowa Huta) - zajezdnia/tramway depot: This smart-looking Type N was transferred into the ownership of an electrical concern some years ago, but still lives at the Nowa Huta depot.
Konstal 4N1 #257
28 march 2013 - Krakow (Nowa Huta) - zajezdnia/tramway depot: This 1959 Konstal 4NI almost defies belief. Originally a member of the Szczecin fleet, it first went to Warszawa in 1999 and came on the Krakow two years later. It has stood here in the Nowa Huta yard for the past 17 years, at one time protected against rain and vandals. I don`t think it will ever meet a guardian angel.
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Konstal N #1301
28 march 2013 - Krakow (Nowa Huta) - zajezdnia/tramway depot: Further down the scrap line at Nowa Huta depot nothing has changed. This Type N snowbroom was in exactly the same spot in 2008 and you have to wonder why MPK still hang on to it, five years later? All that has happened is that it has become even more derelict.
MAN GT6 #187
28 march 2013 - Krakow (Nowa Huta) - zajezdnia/tramway depot: The `celebrity` MAN GT-6 which has been kept in Nurnberg colours was still running in 2013 and hopefully survives today.
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Konstal N #1101
28 march 2013 - Krakow (Nowa Huta) - zajezdnia/tramway depot: I just love to poke around in tramway depots and yards to see what I can find. I was last here some years ago, but paid another visit to Nowa Huta yard in March 2013 to see what, if anything, had changed - in fact, not very much! This snowbroom, once called Tomus, has had a new paint job, however, and is now called `Jacek`.
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MAN GT6 #?
28 march 2013 - Krakow - Al Jana Pawla II: Mounted on a short section of track outside the Krakow Polytechnic is this MAN GT-6 tram which has been converted into a very smart cafe, known as the Pantograf Cafe. This tram was formerly MPK #173 and originally came from Nurnberg, Germany.
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SGP E1 #4832
28 march 2013 - Krakow - Zajezdnia/Tramway Depot Podgorze: A happier fate awaited ex-Wien E1 tram #4832 of 1974, shown here being renovated in the MPK workshops before taking up service as part of the Krakow fleet.
Rotax E6 #4932
28 march 2013 - Krakow - Zajezdnia/Tramway Depot Podgorze: Not pictured before on TWB are these two ex-Wien trams, which came to Krakow in 2010 after a couple of years in Utrecht (Netherlands) after their Wiener Linien career came to an end. I don`t know if they ever ran in Utrecht, but it is clear what finally happened to them in Krakow - perhaps other parts of their structure were recycled?
Bombardier NGT6-2 #2018
28 march 2013 - Krakow - Jana Brozka: One of the new breed of Krakow trams is this NGT-6 of 2003, assembled locally in a Bombardier facility within the main MPK workshops at Podgorze, just across the street from where this photo was taken. Although new trams are being built here, this doesn`t seem to have stopped Krakow from also picking up secondhand bargains from elsewhere.
Duewag GT8S #3056
28 march 2013 - Krakow - Jana Brozka: The Krakow tram network has a bewildering number of different vehicles, some new and others bought secondhand from other undertakings. This particular car was new in 1975 to the Rheinbahn system of Dusseldorf in Germany, where it conveniently carried the same fleet number.
Konstal 105N #135R
26 march 2013 - Slaskie - Gliwice, Zajezdnia/tramway depot. It was a sad day when the TS tramway network was closed beyond the Gliwice depot on the eastern outskirts of the city - the rails were quickly torn up and buses took over all services. The depot remains, however, serving the remaining routes to Zabrze and district. Here is transporter car #135R, which was converted from a regular 105N in 2002.
Duewag P #692
26 march 2013 - Slaskie - Chorzow Batory zajezdnia/depot: Seen at the main headquarters workshop of TS are these ex-Frankfurt (Main) Deuwag cars, which were part of a batch bought in 2013, before they were renovated for use on the TS network. They were still wearing their original Frankfurt fleet numbers at this time.
SGP E1 #941
25 march 2013 - Slaskie - Myslowice Dworzec PKP: TS bought several of these E1 -class trams which were being withdrawn from the Wien network. Although they were life-expired in their original city, they had been very well maintained and are serving Slaskie well. They also look extremely pretty in their TS livery. Car #941 stands at Myslowice railway station before a trip along the interesting single track of Line 26.
Konstal 105N #141L
27 march 2013 - Slaskie - Wiosny Ludow, Szopienice: TS trainer trams 141L and 142L seen on their way from Sosnowiec towards Katowice. These cars were transferred from the operational fleet some years ago.
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Konstal 105Na #734
27 march 2013 - Slaskie - Szopienice: This bridge under the railway on the TS tram network is a favourite place for photos. Here, car #734 squeezes through on a Line 20 service.
Duewag GT6 #1147
25 march 2013 - Lodz, Poland - Lutomiersk: Ex-German Deuwag tram #1147 runs through a cold winter landscape on the approach to Lutomiersk village on the very scenic Line 43 of Lodz tramways. This was a favourite line of enthusiasts but has recently closed, perhaps for all time - a very sad loss.
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Duewag GT6 #1071
24 march 2013 - Lodz, Poland - Konstantynow: Another ex-Mannheim tram is #1071, which also had a spell in the Grudziadz fleet before coming to Lodz. As far as I know, it is still running - the policy of MPK is probably to keep these old-timers working until something breaks down, when they are scrapped.
Konstal 805N #1554
24 march 2013 - Lodz, Poland - Lutomiersk: This standard Konstal tram of MPK has made the long journey from Lodz city to the outlying village of Lutomiersk, a trip more usually undertaken by one of the dwindling fleet of second-hand Deuwag cars in the fleet, which were mostly bought by the two MKT and TP companies which ran the Lodz interurban lines until they were `re-nationalised` back into MPK ownership. MPK wants to get rid of these remaining non-standard trams, so was increasing the use of Konstal cars on this service.
Duewag GT6 #1147
24 march 2013 - Lodz, Poland - Konstantynow (Brus): This well-travelled Deuwag GT6 came to Lodz after a career in both Ludwigshafen and Mannheim in Germany. The tracks were almost certainly better in both these cities - after a constant struggle to keep Line 43 from Lodz to Lutomiersk fit for service, it has now closed because (they say) of the bad condition of the track. Maybe it has closed for good?
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Tatra T2 #18
21 march 2013 - Liberec - Novy Svet: The last remaining Tatra T2s from 1958 still provide the service along the narrow-gauge interurban tramway between Liberec and Jablonec - you must wonder for how much longer they can continue? A plan to convert the line, now the last remaining metre-gauge tracks in the city, to standard gauge appear to have stalled, probably because of the cost. Tram #18 is shown here on a freezing winter`s day.
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Tatra RT6N1 #85
21 march 2013 - Liberec - DPML Tramway Depot: On my most recent visit in 2013 I was amazed to find the Tatra prototype tram #85 still stored in the depot and looking very smart. This is one of two prototype trams sent here from Prague in the 1990s after Prague decided it had no further use for them. Liberec ran them for only a very short time and one was scrapped - this one was stored in the depot. I rather thought it would have gone to Poznan in Poland some years ago, as it is the prototype of their small (troublesome) class of these Tatras and, at the very least, would be a useful source of spare parts. Anyway, it seems that it is still here, taking up valuable depot space, over thirty years after it was built!
ČKD 6MT #117
21 march 2013 - Liberec - DPML Tramway Depot. I have watched this tram taking shape from the early days of its restoration into this full-restored and working vehicle. It is the only surviving tram of the Jablonec system, which closed in 1965.
2-axle tram #78
21 march 2013 - Liberec - DPML Tramway Depot: This 1929 Ringhoffer has been a regular performer on the metre-gauge tracks in this city. Now it has been withdrawn for an experiment (shown here) where it has been fitted with wooden wheels so that it can run on either metre- or standard-gauge tracks.
Tatra KT4D #105
21 march 2013 - Liberec - Tramway Depot: I just managed to catch a photo of this Tatra KT4D whilst it was in Liberec - it came here from Gera and left soon afterwards for Szeged in Hungary. A rather strange tram for Liberec to obtain, as they haven`t ever had any KT4s in their fleet (unless there was a plan to use similar trams to replace the remaining Tatra T2s on the Jablonec interurban?)
La Dyle / ACEC #5008
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Rue Theodore Verhaegen: A last look at museum car #5008, which was built specifically for Line 81, shown here on the occasion of its centenary cemebrations. At this point, there is a long and busy street leading up from Gare du Midi to Barriere.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
STIB 9000 Series #9079
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Rue Theodore Verhaegen: 1960s museum 4-wheeler #9079 runs down the hill from Barriere towards Gare du Midi. Ths photo isn`t crooked - the hill here is quite steep! I don`t know how good are the brakes on this vehicle, but it doesn`t have much motor power, being simply a 1930s Standard tram underneath the modern-looking bodywork.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
STIB 4000 Series #4032
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Barriere St Gilles: Here, museum tram #4032 has reached the celebrated Barriere roundabout on a Line 81 centenary journey. The track layout here is remarkable - trams coming up the hill from the direction of Gare du Midi and needing to turn right into Park Lane must make a 450 degree turn, as the angle is just too sharp.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
PCC 7700 #7718
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Barriere St Giles: A final selection of Brussels museum trams which operated Line 81 on May Day in 2014.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
TB Standard #1376
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel, Avenue Paul Dejaer: Tram 1376 again, seen near Barriere. These Standard trams are quite well represented in the STIB Museum, there being three examples - #1376 has been left in as-withdrawn condition. Apart from these museum cars, one or two more Standard trams survive as works cars of various types.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
STIB 9000 Series #9079
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Avenue de la Chasse: Another museum tram running as part of the Line 81 centenary celebrations was this 9000-series 4-wheeler. These trams were built in the STIB workshops using the underframes of 1930s Standard cars mounted on modern, PCC-style bodies. They weren`t very successful, lasting in service only a few years until better vehicles came along - in particular, they were extremely noisy on curves because of having only two azles.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
PCC 7700 #7718
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Place Saint-Pierre: One of the large gatch of 1970s-built articulated PCC trams which ran most of the services in Brussels until quite recently. One of the only drawbacks of these cars were the very narrow entrances and high steps, which the new generation of Bombardier trams seeks to avoid.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
Bombardier T2000 #2037
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel, Rue de la Brasserie: One of the T2000-series of trams built by Bombardier and now being replaced by newer models. Thse trams caused great problems when they were first introduced, as they kept falling off the track because their non-standard `maximum traction` bogies used very small wheels on their leading axles. They eventually had to be confined to certain routes without any sharp bends, after which time they became a little more reliable. They weren`t much liked. however.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
STIB 4000 Series #4032
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Avenue Victor Jacobs: Car #4032 again on a journey from Montgomery to the city centre on the day that Line 81 was celebrated with the special operation of historic trams. This vehicle was part of a small series built in the STIB workshops in the 1960s, using the frames of two old 1930s trams and new bodywork. They weren`t very successful, being slow and noisy, so were withdrawn in the early 1970s.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
La Dyle / ACEC #5008
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Rue du Bailli: More pictures from the 2014 celebration of Line 81 of the Brussels tramway. These particular cars were actually bought specifically to work this line and did so from 1935 until they were replaced by PCC cars in 1971. They were very powerful and comfortable for the time.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
Nivelles 2-axle tram #1428
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Place Saint Pierre: Here is tram #1428 again with its open trailer - just the thing for a nice, warm day but a bit unpleasant for riding in more typical Belgian weather. Note the trolley pole for current connection - large parts of the Brussels tramway overhead wire network doesn`t seem to mind whether a tram has trolley pole, bow collector or pantograph. This point is a long way from the museum, where trolley poles are more common.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
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Van Hool 420 HAU St.9 #8441
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Avenue de la Chasse: Not just trams, but historic buses too were running when tram Line 81 was celebrated in May 2014. Here we see Van Hool bus #8441 being overtaken by tram #1428 of 1922, which is drawing an open "baladeuse" or crossbench trailer. Tram #1428 has just been taken out of museum service for a full restoration and should re-appear later this year.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
BN PCC 7000 #7171
1 may 2014 - Bruxelles/Brussel - Tram Museum, Woluwe: On the day of its centenary, the huge tram museum in Brussels took over Line 81 completely to operate it with historic trams. Here are just some of the vehicles that took part. The city tramway company, STIB/MIVB, has almost limitless resources and quite often stages very impressive events at the museum and on the tracks of nearby routes. Only the central area subways seem to limit the operation of historic trams (and even some of these can be seen in the tunnels from time to time).
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles | Route: 81
Ganz CS #37
24 april 2015 - Budapest, Mexikoi ut: The unusual metro cars of Budapest Line 1 can be seen in daylight only here beyond the underground section. This metro line opened in 1896 and has always needed special vehicles, because the tunnels are very small and close to the surface, hence these Ganz MFAV cars built as three-car sets in the 1970s.
Brill Saloon #104
19 march 2010 - Porto, Museu do Carro Electrico/Tramway Museum: Now this tram is seriously old - built by the Starbuck company of Birkenhead, England in the 1860s (yes, 1860s!). It was designed to be drawn by horses or, in the case of Porto, by mules and was motorised in the early 1900s when the network was converted to electricity. It was rebuilt for the museum in 1997 and now occupies pride of place.
Brill Saloon #277
19 march 2010 - Porto, Museu do Carro Electrico/Tramway Museum: Another `bogie Americano` from the operational fleet of the museum. Work is in hand to make these trams safe to run up the hill into the old city around Carmo,which will involve fitting track brakes and easing one or two sharp curves in the track.
Brill Saloon #274
19 march 2010 - Porto, Museu do Carro Electrico/Tramway Museum: Several of these 4-axle trams, known locally as `bogie Americano` have survived, as they were not built until the 1930s and remained in passenger service well into the 1990s, only being withdrawn as most of the once-extensive network colsed down. Note the `Providence` lifeguard which was often a feature of American-built trams. #274 is now a member of the museum fleet.
CCFP Brill-23 #191
19 march 2010 - Porto, Carmo: One of the small operating fleet of STCP runs round the Carmo loop on a tourist trip. The remaining tram routes in Porto are concentrated in the old historic city centre and are mostly run for visiting tourists. In former times, this was a large network with up to 400 trams, so is now just a shadow, with only around ten trams fit for service. This car is an original American tram built by Brill in Philadelphia around 1912.
Brill Saloon #275
19 march 2010 - Porto, Gas, Rua do Ouro: One of the last remaining Porto 4-axle trams on a rare excursion from the museum. These cars can`t run safely up the hill to the old city centre, so are confined to the riverside track past the tram depot, which means that they don`t get very much use. This particular car was known as a `semi-convertible` as the side panels roll up into the roof to make it an open car in summer.
Brill Crossbench #100
19 march 2018 - Porto, Museu da STCP/Tramway Museum: This excellent museum holds various historic vehicles, not just trams, and is a focal point for the remaining tram routes which operate through the old city centre. Porto trams were nearly all replaced by buses and trolleybuses and were lucky to survive. This lovely crossbench car of 1910 was severely damaged in a fire and fully rebuilt in 1995 - it is an original Brill (USA) tram, like many that were shipped to Porto to run on a network which once numbered over 400 vehicles. These historic trams are in great demand by museums everywhere.
Maley & Taunton #100
21 march 2010 - Portugal, Ribeira de Sintra: In recent years, the Sintra-Atlantico tramway has identified the need for more trams, as their 1903 Brill cars are rather small, low-powered and a bit scary to drive down the steeply-graded track, as they have only hand brakes. The solution has been to obtain some redundant Lisboa trams from Carris and re-gauge them to match the Sintra track - this is #100 of 1935, formerly Carris #709.
Author: dvigar
Place: Sintra (Lisboa)
| Owner: Eléctrico de Sintra Sintra | Transport Authority: Camara Municipal de Sintra