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Just found out that the Hovertrain at Peterborough has collapsed onto its section of concrete track. As no crane is available to lift it in one piece, it may be disassembled to lower it in two or more sections so that it can be saved. Railworld is not eligible for any grants, so need money &...

While I haven't "played with model trains" since a kid, I'm thinking of starting a small tram layout (3 trams). The price has put me off somewhat so I will be buying dummy kits (Dapol BR rail-motor) etc. I really like the Blackpool trams, especially the Dreadnaught so will maybe get one of...

If your'e into Trams there's Bendigo & Ballarat in Victoria and Brisbane & Rockhampton in Qld, Aust. You probably won't get to Tasmania but there are a few tourist rail journeys down here (no regular passenger rail)- Don River Railway & West Coast Wilderness Railway have steamers. I conduct on...

thanks cav, seems the ones I rode on in London were the Wickham type. Every Saturday to the ABC cinema :D

Used to ride these back in 1964/5 - are many preserved as I would like to ride one again just for nostalgia. What is the right name for these ? Can't find any photos of these early ones on the net, only the later versions.

I approve ! Is that an (open) bar at the back ?, maybe not in Riyadh but I'd put one there in my country. I'm not surprised they built that berm in Slivenec, both people & dogs cringe when my tram screeches around a certain curve.:{

Just found this from a tram game. Game has 3 trams a basic modern one, a PCC & this. Game blurb says trams can't go backwards - all my museum's trams are double-ended. Presume they give you a turntable or you have to loop. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2546690/Tram_Simulator_Urban_Transit/

Most trams seem to conform to a fairly "standard" style, either vintage or modern (very square or rounded). What exotic styles have there been ? Found these ... first is the Russian BAT tram prototype, but I do like the art-deco NewYork Stepless which ran in Brisbane, Australia.

"Are there any ‘Easy Win’ electrification projects that are worth looking at?" The short answer is NO! Our Museum (in Oz) is looking at electrifying our tram (currently has a diesel gen.set on a towed trolley)-- £25,000 per tram for batteries, onboard wiring & will need to modify our c.1910...

Broadcast TV is has been obsolete for a few years. I only watch live tv as my set can't access streaming etc. In my country (not UK or EU) most TV programs are American or have copied American styles - therefore mindless crap for the uneducated. I download some programs from YouTube on my...

Cash is certainly declining - I & friends only carry a few coins for parking meters & most of those are slated for conversion to paying via your smartphone.

We had the same problem with our trams in the 1930s & 40s - one man broke his leg getting off which required amputation & an 8yr old girl died after slipping off the running board before the tram had stopped. We still have problems with young boys thinking its fun to touch the moving tram as it...

It was so long ago :frown:, I forgot that I'd been on the the Lynton & Lynmouth water-powered Funicular Railway, also the "tram" inside the Jungfrau in Switzerland.

Not many tramways where I've been, except Europe. Did ride the big Dreadnaught type in Brisbane, Australia in 1965 when they were in service & again in 2003 at the tram museum when I lived there. I currently ride a bogie-tram at our local museum in Tasmania, Australia twice a week as...

thanks for those links. I assume it was the Piccadilly Line as the train was the "4.19½, p.m. train from Ealing to Mansion House, due at Earls Court Station at 4.37 p.m. in No.2 road" (from the guard's testimony at the Inquest). Carriages were, I was led to believe, slam-door types on this...