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Posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 07:02:48 2017 a lot of interesting operating footage |
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Posted by Dave on Wed Dec 6 10:38:56 2017, in response to London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 07:02:48 2017. On exhibit at the London Transport Museum: |
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Posted by Alan Follett on Wed Dec 6 19:16:28 2017, in response to London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 07:02:48 2017. News to me that parts of the London tram network used slot pickup!Alan Follett Hercules, CA |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Dec 6 19:54:59 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by Alan Follett on Wed Dec 6 19:16:28 2017. Same here. |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Dec 7 18:06:36 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Dec 6 19:54:59 2017. I have a book on London’s trams that indicates that conduit was used. There were only a handful of cities that outlawed overhead wires including, NY (Manhattan only), DC Budapest and London. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Dec 7 18:37:26 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by Alan Follett on Wed Dec 6 19:16:28 2017. I saw the entrance to the tunnel in that video when I visited London, too. Still had the tracks with the conduit and all. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Dec 7 19:30:26 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by randyo on Thu Dec 7 18:06:36 2017. Aussi, Paris.
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Dec 7 20:08:56 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by Alan Follett on Wed Dec 6 19:16:28 2017. Here's a link to all you wanted to know about London's conduit operation. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Dec 7 20:47:32 2017, in response to London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 07:02:48 2017. London's tram tracks played a supporting role in the classic British film, Genevieve. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Fri Dec 8 07:05:32 2017, in response to London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by heypaul on Wed Dec 6 07:02:48 2017. Wonderful, and very sad video. Thanks for sharing this.I wonder why people thought converting from electricity to diesel was "progress"... I also notice that the sign indicated that "July 5" would be the last day. I would have expected it to say "5 July".. Don't they still operate double-deck trams in Hong Kong? |
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Posted by heypaul on Fri Dec 8 07:40:16 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by MainR3664 on Fri Dec 8 07:05:32 2017. Yes, Hong Kong still has quite a busy tram system.Shaky Nighttime Ride |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Dec 8 13:55:35 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by MainR3664 on Fri Dec 8 07:05:32 2017. I wonder why people thought converting from electricity to diesel was "progress"Because progressives told them so, and progressives also wanted total control of all street infrastructure; the progressives in government weren't getting tax money from street rails and electrification infrastructure (i.e. once they took it over from private operators), but they were getting it from gasoline and diesel fuel taxes, which they promptly absconded to spend on "social programs" (i.e. de-facto vote-buying schemes et al). |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Dec 8 13:57:24 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by heypaul on Fri Dec 8 07:40:16 2017. Predominantly four-wheel cars too. |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Dec 8 18:30:18 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Dec 7 19:30:26 2017. Thanks. I didn’t know about that one. |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Dec 8 18:37:36 2017, in response to Re: London Tram's Last Days (1952), posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Dec 7 20:08:56 2017. It’s interesting that while London’s heavy rail rapid transit is called the “Underground,” the term “subway” is used for the below ground light rail system. |
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