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Brill Saloon #10
21 march 2010 - Portugal, Ribeira de Sintra: Still poking around the Sintra Electrico depot, here is a photo of an enclosed Brill trailer that hasn`t featured before on TWB. Like all the other original trams on this system, it came from Philadelphia, USA in 1903. Trailers aren`t often used now on the Sintra-Atlantico line, because the condition of the track and the steep gradient make it rather a nightmare for modern Health and Safety officers.
Author: dvigar
Place: Sintra (Lisboa)
| Owner: Eléctrico de Sintra Sintra | Transport Authority: Camara Municipal de Sintra
Brill Crossbench #7
21 march 2010 - Portugal, Ribeira de Sintra: The Sintra tramway depot houses remarkable survivors. This line barely survived but, at the insistence of the local authority, was refurbished after several years of closure and now runs again from Sintra town down a steep and very tortuous track alongside the main road to the coast. Fortunately, the fleet of 1903-built, handbrake-only Brill trams has been kept intact and can still be ridden as they have been for over 100 years. Car #7, shown here, is a summer `toastrack` with open sides.
Author: dvigar
Place: Sintra (Lisboa)
| Owner: Eléctrico de Sintra Sintra | Transport Authority: Camara Municipal de Sintra
Bombardier Eurotram #MP 002
19 march 2010 - Porto, Aeroporto Francisco SA Carneiro: No expense was spared when the Porto Metro was built. Here at the city`s airport a very impressive overall roof covers the tracks and also Metro car 002, which hasn`t featured on TWB before. If there is any doubt where this picture was taken, just read the wall.
Bombardier Eurotram #MP 055
18 march 2010 - Porto, Ponte Luis: A Bombardier Eurotram crosses the amazing high bridge across the River Douro in central Porto. The modern Porto tram network was carved out from the remains of several narrow-gauge railway routes which once ran from the city centre to outlying suburbs, which were completely re-equipped with these futuristic-looking trams. Porto now has two completely separate tramways - old and new - although the Metro is more like a light railway.
Bombardier Eurotram #MP 008
18 march 2010 - Porto, Ponte Dom Luis: Metro cars cross on the iconic bridge across the River Douro which forms an attractive feature of the metro, giving it a ready-made route from central Porto to the southern suburbs of the city.
Technical Equipment #Z-1
20 march 2010 - Lisboa, Santo Amaro: There appear to be only two or three works trams remaining from the batch of ten once supplied to Lisboa. Although I`m not an expert, they seem to have Brill 21E underframes and Dick, Kerr DB1 controllers, which suggests to me that they arrived here very early in the 1900s? Anyway, they are mostly replaced by motor trucks these days. This particular one is a box van and is still seen occasionally on the network at night.
Remodelado #564
20 march 2010 - Lisboa, Santo Amaro: Three contrasting trams inside the Carris depot. #564 is a `Remodelado` of 1931, rebuilt to handle modern traffic conditions in daily service. Car #Z-13 in the centre is a works car with open sides, called a `zorra` in Lisboa - there were once ten of these, supplied in the early 1900s for various technical duties, now mainly replaced by a fleet of motor trucks. This particular one was once car #395. The red car is Tourist Tram #3 - these provide a daily service round parts of the network at a premium fare, costing a lot more than the service trams that run the same routes. American tourists seem to like them, though. This particular car was once #726 and was built in 1938.
Brill Carris #283
20 march 2010 - Lisboa, Cais do Sodre: The impressive `toastrack` tram, now the last one remaining in Lisboa, on a rare trip outside its normal home in the Carris museum. These summer trams were built by Brill of Philadelphia, USA and shipped to Portugal in 1901. This tram had a very lucky escape - withdrawn from service in the early 1950s, it spent almost the next twenty years as a plaything in a city park until rescued for preservation in 1981. It is only used on sunny days (probably not because of the risk of rain damage, but because the drivers don`t like getting wet....)
Remodelado #572
14 march 2010 - Lisboa, Calcada de Sao Francisco: This is Lisboa tram #572 - honest! One of several places on the amazing Carris network where you wonder just how the tram stays on the track, particularly on this corner, where you can watch one wheel actually leave the rails as it turns. These rebuilt, traditional four-wheeled trams actually have very powerful motors and can sail up gradients such as this with ease.
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Brill Carris #330
14 march 2010 - Lisboa, Santo Amaro: Brill convertible tram #330 of 1906 stands at the Carris depot before leaving on a tour of the Lisboa network. These bogie trams were once widespread in the city, having been bought direct from America in kit form and put together in these workshops. The side panels are designed to roll upwards into the roof, leaving the tram open in the summertime. Nowadays, this tram is a little fragile and can only use the flatter, straighter part of the network.
Miscellaneous 2-axle tram #173
22 march 2010 - Lisboa, Praca do Imperio, Belem: The inside of the `beached` trailer car at Belem in Lisboa, now quite nicely fitted out as a rest place for passing tram crews, who can take their rest breaks here when turning at the adjacent loop.
Miscellaneous 2-axle tram #173
22 march 2010 - Lisboa, Praca do Imperio, Belem: Standing off the track under the trees at the Belem Monastery loop in Lisboa is this, the very last `soapbox` four-wheeled trailer tram of the Carris system, now used as a rest home for tramway employees, who evidently use it for meal breaks and a nice sit down. Although there is a similar tram in the Carris museum, this one is the last to escape from captivity.
Remodelado #577
22 march 2010 - Lisboa, Rua Vitor Cordon: **My 3000th TWB photo** This seemed like a good idea when I posted picture #1 in 2009! Anyway, although I don`t have much tech. nical skill, I have tried to inform with subjects I find interesting but not seen here before. This is mLisboa, of course - a tram fan`s paradise. It never ceases to amaze, how they get trams to climb these gradients safely.
Remodelado #566
22 march 2010 - Lisboa, Rua das Escolas Gerais: The Lisboa CARRIS organisation operates a discount travel scheme for younger residents. You just `turn up and go` without the need to purchase a ticket, although on some popular tram routes you probably have to book in advance.......
Tatra T2R #17
21 march 2013 - Liberec - tramway depot: This depot is an interesting place, as it houses trams on two gauges, including several historic trams, including this Tatra T2 that appears to have escaped notice before. I don`t know its detailed history, I`m afraid.
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Tatra T2 #18
21 march 2013 - Liberec, Czech Republic: The one remaining metre-gauge tram line between Liberec and Jablonec is a favourite with enthusiasts as it is a largely single track interurban route through dense forest. It also uses Tatra T2 vehicles, which are the oldest on the network and have been quite extensively refurbished to keep the line going. For many years there has been a plan to close the line and divert traffic to a parallel railway route (and some dual-gauging has taken place quite recently), but the project appears to have stalled and you can still ride these nice trams for the foreseeable future.
Tatra KT4D #309
20 march 2013 - Germany - Gorlitz: The compact tramway network in the city of Gorlitz runs mainly these Tatra KT4D trams that were bought new in the early 1990s. Line 2 runs to a place called Biesnitz, which sounds a bit like `business` in English.
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Bombardier CR4000 #2536
4 february 2009 - Gravel Hill, Croydon: We seldom have much snow during the winter where I live, but this period in 2009 was an exception, when snow lay deep on the ground for many days. Here, a Croydon Tramlink tram runs down the hill between Croydon and New Addington, close to the Gravel Hill stop. On their way down the hill, trams here run really fast between the stops.
Author: dvigar
Place: London (Greater London)
| Owner: London Trams London | Transport Authority: Transport for London
Bombardier CR4000 #2538
4 february 2009 - Croydon, Tamworth Road: The tracks of Croydon Tramlink are built in a single track loop around the central business and shopping district. Here, the appropriately-named Centrale stop is seen from above - both trams and buses stop here, at opposite sides of a central island platform. At the time of this photograph, trams were being changed from red to green colours.
Author: dvigar
Place: London (Greater London)
| Owner: London Trams London | Transport Authority: Transport for London
Bombardier CR4000 #2536
4 february 2009 - London - Coombe Lane, Addington: Back in the days when Tramlink trams were painted in traditional London red livery, #2536 storms up the hill from Lloyd Park to New Addington in deep snow.
Author: dvigar
Place: London (Greater London)
| Owner: London Trams London | Transport Authority: Transport for London
PCC 7900 #7921
26 march 2012 - Bruxelles/Brussel - De Wand: Articulated PCC #7921 can be seen here, if you look closely! STIB once had a huge fleet of these and of the smaller Type 7500 model, but has been busy clearing them out and replacing them with new Bombardier trams, so only a relative small number now remain.
Author: dvigar
Place: Bruxelles (Région de Bruxelles Capitale)
| Owner: STIB / MIVB Bruxelles | Transport Authority: STIB/MIVB Bruxelles
AEC Regent III / Park Royal #RT2083
13 april 2014 - United Kingdom, Byfleet: This impressive line-up of over twenty ex-London RT-type buses was arranged at one of the annual rallies of the London Bus Museum. The location is the finishing straight of the famous Brooklands motor racing circuit of the 1920s and 1930s. A debut appearance for the bus nearest the camera - RT2083.
Miscellaneous vehicles #260
23 april 2015 - Debrecen, tramway depot: Tucked away in one of the tramway sheds at the time of my visit was this Schlick Type L tram of 1913, which has an interesting past. It was originally #2944 and #2964 in the fleet of BKV Budapest and was then sold to a museum group in Amsterdam, Holland. In 2005 it was established that this group had no further use for it, so a group of local Hungarian enthusiasts were able to bring it back to Debrecen, when it has taken the number 260 and serves as a second museum tram.
FVV 2500 #1984
23 april 2015 - Debrecen, tramway depot: This permanenty-connected pair of Schlick Type F cars date back to 1904 and were in Budapest until 1984, when they were brought here for the tramway centenary and have remained ever since, being used to offer rides to visiting groups.
Ganz UV3 #205
23 april 2015 - Debrecen, tramway depot: #205 of 1960 in the Debrecen works fleet is one of the famous UV cars that were extensively used to run in multiple in Budapest until a few years ago.
Ganz-Hunslet KCSV6-S1 #505
23 april 2015 - Debrecen, tramway depot: One of the 1997-built series production of Ganz-Hunslet articulated trams which run in Debrecen. I have noticed several small detail differences between the appearance of these and the 1993 prototype, #500. Both Ganz (once the most important Hungarian tramway builder) and Hunslet (who built, amongst other things, the subway cars for the City of Glasgow) have now closed down.
Ganz-Hunslet KCSV6-S1 #500
23 april 2015 - Debrecen, tramway depot: The city of Debrecen has largely copied Budapest by purchasing various home-grown Ganz trams over the years, including a small batch of the modern Ganz-Hunslet KCSV6 model which was offered from the early 1990s. The company soon went out of business, however, leaving these trams as unique as the very last Ganz trams to be built. It must be hoped that the city has a good spare parts contract, if it is to keep them in service for many more years. #500 shown here was the first to be supplied, followed by others a few years later.
Tatra T5C5 #4209
24 april 2015 - Budapest, Hungaria: This Tatra T5 is shown just emerging from a major overhaul - everything is in tip-top condition, hopefully for many months to come.
FVV CSM-4 #492
24 april 2015 - Budapest, Bartok Bela ut: This 1964 FVV Bengali spent its middle years working for the Debrecen tramways with other similar trams but was brought back to Budapest in 2013 to join their historic fleet, where it is now a regular performer.
Siemens foldalatti subway car #11
23 april 2015 - Budapest, Varosliget: Several people commented on the amazing Budapest `fodalatti` subway car of the pioneer line of 1896, so here is another photo. It looks rather like the insect called a preying mantis, doesn`t it? Note the huge iron chassis bars, just like railway wagons built to carry huge loads in the centre of the vehicle, and the primitive Siemens bow current collector. Inside, it is built almost entirely of varnished wood.
Miscellaneous 2-axle tram #2
19 april 2015 - Budapest, Varosmajor: Although purists might argue that this has no place on TWB, the Budapest Cogwheel Railway is Line #60 of the tramway company and shares drivers with the other, more conventional routes in the city. It runs for about 3 miles into the hills of Buda along a track too steep for normal trams and has been in existence since 1874, when the vehicle pictured here was built by the Nikolaus Riggenbach company who first equipped the line. I think it might be the oldest vehicle ever seen on TWB? The brake-man does not have a very pleasant job. Note also the traverser, still in use here to join several tracks.
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BHÉV MIV #40
22 april 2015 - Miskolc, tramway depot: Unlikely to run again, but with an interesting history, is the 5-window tram built circa 1910 for passenger service on the HEV interurban lines which still run to several parts of the city of Budapest. These distinctive green trains used to reach further into the city along street tracks, hence the need for conventional tramcars. The tram shown here later came to Miskolc and ran in normal service for many years with the fleet number 78, eventually becoming a works car #M40.
Škoda 26THU3 #612
22 april 2015 - Miskolc, Varoshaza ter: One of the new Skoda ForCity trams runs along the main thoroughfare in Miskolc city centre.
Author: dvigar
Place: Miskolc (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén)
| Owner: MVK Miskolc | Transport Authority: MVK Miskolc | Route: 2
FVV CSM-2 #100
22 april 2015 - Miskolc, tramway depot: This FVV Bengali #100 has been kept as a `pet` by MVK for special occasions and is seen here in the depot yard, in front of one of several SGP cars from Wien, together with its matching Lohner trailer. These E1-series trams have popped up all over the place as second-hand acquisitions, as Wiener Linien has cleared out hundreds of then to re-equip with a vast fleet of new ULF cars (and continues to do so).
Škoda 26THU3 #601
22 april 2015 - Miskolc, tramway depot: The shock of the new - the first of the Skoda ForCity trams bought by MVK is shown in the depot. These impressive new trams are a big step forward from the Bengali cars that used to run all the services in the city and seem to have been well received. Although a few cities in other countries have bought new Skodas, the company hasn`t achieved quite as many sales as they would like, Pesa winning much of the new tramcar business in the region.
FVV CSM-4 #151
22 april 2015 - Miskolc, Varoshaza ter: The city of Miskolc bought a number of articulated trams in the 1960s and 1970s, some of which spent several years working in Budapest before coming here. By 2015, only a few remained in service and they were normally found on just one of the two remaining tram routes, new low-floor Skoda cars having taken over most of the city`s tramway operations.
Author: dvigar
Place: Miskolc (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén)
| Owner: MVK Miskolc | Transport Authority: MVK Miskolc | Route: 2
Schlick G #611
20 april 2015 - Budapest, Konyves Kalman korut: Just a few minutes later, the happy day turns into a nightmare as #611 `splits the points` at the entrance to Ferencvaros depot and lays down, right in the middle of a very busy road. Here, the concerned BKV staff discuss what needs to be done to move it, whilst all the traffic piles up behind.
Schlick G #611
21 april 2015 - Budapest, Kossuth Lajos ter: Here is #611 again, this time directly in front of the iconic buildings of the Hungarian Parliament, which are situated directly on the banks of the Danube River and always feature in tourist programmes. The other tram in the background is #436.
Schlick G #611
21 april 2015 - Budapest, Kossuth Lajos ter: This is a favourite spot on the Budapest tramway network for photographs, where the line runs along the Pest bank of the River Danube. Here is #611, one of several trams operated by an active enthusiast group in the city. It was built by the Schlick company in 1908 and survived in normal service until the 1960s.
Siemens foldalatti subway car #11
24 april 2015 - Varosliget, Pest, Hungary: When Budapest opened its first subway line in 1897, it was only the third underground electric railway in the world. This is one of the original Siemens & Halske cars built for the opening - as you can see, it will never win any prizes for good looks! However, the line was a great success and these cars ran for many years. Even now, Line 1 needs special vehicles built to the very restricted size of tunnels. By the way - sorry if I have placed this photo in the wrong TWB section, but I couldn`t find where it should go :-)
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Pesa 102Nb Szeged #101
20 april 2015 - Szeged, Kalvaria sugarut: A Pesa car runs along one of the principal streets in this pleasant city, passing under an extensive set of wires put there to service the trams and also the Szeged trolleybuses, which cross here.
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Schlick F1A #1520
20 april 2015 - Szeged, tramway depot: This tram has an amazing history. First built in 1897 (yes, 1897!) it served as Budapest #207 until 1938, when it was rebuilt as the prototype for Type F1A and renumbered #1506. In 1972 it was given an entirely new body and served as a works car until 1984, when it came to Szeged. Although it is obviously immortal, it doesn`t look as though it will ever run again.
FVV 2500 #314
20 april 2015 - Szeged, Kalvaria sugarut: This pair of trams is available for private hire in Szeged. They were once Budapest #2569 and #2573, built in 1907, and were rebuilt for use in Szeged in 1961.
MWG #12
20 april 2015 - Szeged, tramway depot: This old-timer tram confused me completely when I first saw it a few years ago. Despite its appearance, it was only built in 2008 to commemorate the centenary of Szeged tramways and is a replica of one of the very first trams from that year.
MWG
20 april 2015 - Szeged, tramway depot: Not content with a Tatra KT4D to chop up and play with, the workshop staff here now have an old Bengali to play with. Presumably the plan is to turn this shell into a modern, low floor version of the old Bengali, which is now just a museum piece. When you look at how much progress has been made in building their low-floor Tatra (see my earlier photo today) you wonder if anything will ever come of the plan.
SzKT KT8A3-M-LF #952
20 april 2015 - Szeged, tramway depot: I took a photo of this monster in March 2011 when it was standing in the Szeged trolleybus depot. Here it is again, but now in the tram depot shed. Close examination will show that NO further work whatsoever has taken place in the intervening four years (which makes you wonder why the company had kept it and not just sent it for scrap. Perhaps they are waiting for the Tatra Fairy to wave her magic wand and turn it into something useful?
FVV CSM-4 #813
20 april 2015 - Kelemen Laszlo utca, Szeged: I make no apology for showing the `pet` Szeged Bengali tram once more, as it has been pictured many times before. It`s a nice thing and well kept for enthusiasts` visits, though, even though Tatras and Pesas now run all the normal services.
Pesa 120Nb #106
20 april 2015 - Szeged, Europa Liget, Hungary: One of the (then) new Pesa cars at the turning circle at the end of Route 2, a new line opened just a few years ago. These modern,low-floor Pesa trams were bought to replace the last few "Bengali" trams that ran here for many years and to allow for system expansion.
Dennis Lancet III / Reading #ASV 900
4 may 1987 - Station Way, Crawley, UK: The road between London and Brighton (about 50miles/70km) is popular for various vehicle rallies, including the one for old commercial vehicles, run each May. At Crawley, around half distance, is a rest stop and many vehicles turn in here for refreshments. This rare Dennis Lancet was owned from new by the same family coaching concern, but more recently was bought by preservationists.
Author: dvigar
Place: Crawley (South East England)
| Owner: Safeway Coaches Batley | Transport Authority: Private owner
Leyland LB5 / Dodson #XU 7498
4 may 1989 - Brighton Road, Crawley, UK: The annual London to Brighton rally for commercial vehicles always produces a few buses often not seen before, like this 1924 Leyland of the Chocolate Express company, one of over 200 "pirate" bus operators that ran alongside the main London General company in the 1920s. These companies were closed down by new laws in 1934 and this bus disappeared, only to be found derelict on a farm in Norfolk in 1984, rescued and fully restored. It always amuses me to see an historic vehicle broken down - a large crowd of people instantly forms and just gets in the way, none of whom have the faintest idea what the problem is, but all with an opinion.
Commer Shooting Brake #EC 634
7 may 1989 - Station Way, Crawley, UK: Something for the weekend? Just the thing to keep at home for bus spotting trips, perhaps, is this Commer estate bus dating from 1909 (so almost 110 years ago, or nearly as old as me). It was originally the property of the 5th Lord Lonsdale and used at his extensive estate in Cumbria, then found use as a hotel bus in Buckinghamshire. It was found in a country barn in 1955 and extensively restored, as can be seen here. Apart from the solid tyres (which make the ride a bit bumpy) it`s a lovely thing. Note the chain drive.....
AEC Regent Tower Wagon #CWJ 410
26 august 1997 - A vehicle that has eluded TWB until now is this ex-Sheffield Corporation AEC Regent of 1937 which was converted into a tower wagon at some point in the 1950s or 1960s. Conversion of old buses to various types of service vehicle was frequently undertaken by bus and tram operators - this one was a highbridge bus with Weymann body until converted. Now it performs useful duties maintaining the overhead wires at the National Tramway Museum in Derbyshire.
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Bombardier M5000 #3039
10 april 2014 - Union Street, Oldham, UK: Oldham is a large town part way between Manchester and Rochdale, served since 2013 by the fast-expanding Manchester Metrolink tramway system. The trams took over a heavy rail line which passed round Oldham but didn`t really serve the centre of town, so the tramway leaves the old railway alignment and passes directly along some of the principal streets, as seen here.
Author: dvigar
Place: Oldham (North West England)
| Owner: Metrolink Manchester | Transport Authority: Transport for Greater Manchester
Bombardier M5000 #3059
10 april 2014 - Drake Street, Rochdale, UK: One of the (then) new Bombardier trams leads a two-car train down the (also new) tramway street in Rochdale at the point the track becomes single on the approach to Rochdale town centre. The adjacent shop for accident claims appears to have shut down, so if the tram hits you it`s just unfortunate and you won`t get any money.
Author: dvigar
Place: Rochdale (North West England)
| Owner: Metrolink Manchester | Transport Authority: Transport for Greater Manchester
Ansaldo T68A #2003
10 april 2014 - Abraham Moss, Manchester, UK: The last few weeks of Ansaldo T68 operation on Manchester Metrolink saw #2003 here on a Bury service. As the system greatly expanded in 2014 with new lines to Rochdale and the airport, Transport for Greater Manchester decided to replace all these 1999 trams with Bombardier cars, even though they were still in extremely good condition and (in tramway terms) only just middle-aged (indeed, I clearly remember my first visit to see them, just a few weeks after the system first opened). I`m not sure if a buyer was ever found for them, as the high floor layout means only a limited second-hand market.
Author: dvigar
Place: Manchester (North West England)
| Owner: Metrolink Manchester | Transport Authority: Transport for Greater Manchester
Duewag GT6 #617
11 september 2014 - Beograd, Serbia: One of those moments when you hope that both tram drivers are paying close attention to the road and that their brakes work OK.
Duewag GT6 #619
11 september 2014 - depou Centrala/Tram Depot, Beograd: Two of the many ex-Basel artics that came here in 2003. These look unlikely to ever run again, particularly as the depot shed behind is condemned and entry is forbidden - it has probably since been knocked down.
Gräf & Stift SL172HO M12 #31
10 september 2014 - Sarajevo, Trolejbuska anex/Depot: This 1986 bus was once #31 in the Solingen trolleybus fleet and came to Sarajevo in 2004. It now looks as though it requires a lick of fresh paint to make it fit for further service.
Author: dvigar
Place: Sarajevo (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine)
| Owner: GRAS Sarajevo | Transport Authority: GRAS Sarajevo
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Gräf & Stift SL172HO M12 #4419
10 september 2014 - Sarajevo, Trolejbuska anex/Depot: This 1986 Graf und Stift six-wheeler was once #26 in the fleet of Solingen, Germany. It came to Sarajevo in 2004 and is now in an advanced state of being dismantled. The trolleybus depot looks more like a scrapyard than an operating base and many broken buses are strewn about the yard.
Author: dvigar
Place: Sarajevo (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine)
| Owner: GRAS Sarajevo | Transport Authority: GRAS Sarajevo
Comments: 1
Škoda 21Tr #4302
10 september 2014 - Sarajevo, Trolejbuska anex/Depot: The other Skoda 21Tr bought new by GRAS was #4302, also seen here at the depot in 2014 and looking extremely unlikely to ever run again.
Author: dvigar
Place: Sarajevo (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine)
| Owner: GRAS Sarajevo | Transport Authority: GRAS Sarajevo