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Tatra T3SU #5-2315
30 may 2006 - Riga, Latvia/Latvija – Krisjana Barona Iela. The Riga tramway system displays many signs of its Russian heritage – broad gauge, trolley poles, one-ride paper tickets issued by a conductor on each tram and a numbering system where the first digit represents the ‘owning’ depot (in this case Depot V). To confuse matters, this tram was numbered 4-2315 when previously operated by Depot IV. Most Riga trams run as coupled pairs. I think this nice building is the National Theatre (but may be quite wrong!).
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Gotha G4-61 #T-31
27 may 2006 - Tallinn, Eesti/Estonia – Zajezdnia Kopli. This view of the cab inside the Tallinn Gotha G4 shows the steering wheel – very useful for passing slower trams and avoiding traffic congestion.
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Gotha G4-61 #T-31
27 may 2006 - Tallinn, Eesti/Estonia – Kopli. This is the last survivor of 50 Gotha G4 trams supplied to Tallinn in 1965, now used as a party and museum tram. The paint job isn’t to everyone’s taste, though……
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Ikarus 55.14 #149 AAP
28 may 2006 - Jarva Jaani, Eesti/Estonia - Autode Muuseum/Open Air Transport Museum. The distinctive Ikarus 55 rear end. This bus is unlikely to run again unless a (rich) sponsor is found, but would be fantastic if restored to working order. At the present time, it seems that only fire engines and military vehicles in the collection stand a real chance of being restored – more money and more volunteers are badly needed.
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Ikarus 55.14 #149 AAP
28 may 2006 - Jarva-Jaani, Eesti/Estonia - Autode Muuseum/Open Air Transport Museum. For the Ikarus fans. This very stylish bus was operated by Tallinna Autobussipargist and came to the museum site in 2004, where there is a large and extremely varied collection of vehicles, including several buses and a Tallinn Tatra T4 tram. Open-air storage in the harsh Estonian climate is a big problem, though.
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Saloon Tram #7
21 september 1987 - Douglas, Isle of Man – Derby Castle. Inside a Manx electric ‘Tunnel’ car – very cosy! Would you prefer one of these for your journey to work? See http://www.phototrans.eu/14,246345,0.html for a view of the outside of this car. Remember - these are a proper means of transport, and not just museum trams.
English Electric Roofed Toastrack #40
17 september 1986 - Douglas, Isle of Man – Port Jack. Taken immediately after http://www.phototrans.eu/14,239248,0.html, this photo will scare any Health and Safety Inspector! The conductor is working in traditional Manx Electric fashion - he has just stepped out of the motor car to collect fares and issue tickets on the trailer, moving along the footboards and holding on with his free hand, whilst the trams are moving at up to 40km/hour. Scary, when the trams are lurching and swaying in different directions – note how close the buildings are to the track! Small boys often search along the track for dropped coins (and pieces of conductor?).
Konstal 5N #92096
26 march 2008 - Lodz, Dabrowskiego street - track and electrical works depot. First photo on TWB (although I suspect this tram has been renumbered from another works car?).
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Konstal 2N2 #101
23 april 2002 - Lodz, depot Brus. First photo on TWB. I assume this was previously an MPK Lodz vehicle? It has now vanished from TP.
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Konstal 2N1 #3084
24 april 2002 - Lodz, Dabrowskiego – Track and Electrical Depot (tram not pictured before on TWB).
Konstal 2N2 #92006
24 april 2002 - Lodz, Dabrowskiego – Track and Electrical Depot (tram not pictured before on TWB).
Tatra T5B6 #273
3 october 2006 - Most-Litvinov interurban – at the aptly-named Chemopetrol tram station. Tram #273 is one of only two Tatra T5B6 trams ever built and is now the only survivor. These two spent some years in Prague and then came to Most in the early 1990s, where #273 is a museum tram, although, until the recent arrival of new Skoda equipment, it was also the newest tram in the fleet!
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Tatra K2 #1101
1 may 2002 - Brno, Husova. Line 13
SGP GVB 200 #252
9 may 2007 - Graz, Remise Steyrergasse. One of a pair of locally-built, two-axle trams now retained as works cars (and kept in beautiful condition, as are all Austrian trams).
SGP E2 #4072
5 may 2007 - Wien/Vienna, Urban-Loritz-Platz. #4072 and trailer #1472 call at the distinctive tram station.
Konstal 102Na #200
26 april 2002 - Katowice - Zajezdnia Zawodzie.
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Konstal 105Na #588
25 april 2002 - Zabrze - Dworzec PKP. #588 + #589, Line 5. Probably the most useful piece of track in Silesia, removed soon afterwards - crazy decision!
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Ringhoffer 2-axle tram #78
29 september 2006 - Liberec-Jablonec interurban - Vratislavice nad Nisou, kostel. #78 (ex-Usti nad Labem #88)
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Tatra T3R.PLF #47
29 september 2006 - Liberec – Horni Hanychov, ul. Stara Jesztedska. Tatra T3 #47 + #24.
MAN 14.220 / MCV Evolution #AE06 XRM
4 june 2008 - Redhill, Surrey - bus station/dworzec autobusowy. Another debut for TWB. The owning company, Flights Hallmark, runs a large fleet of airport buses and coaches as well as some grant-supported bus services under the name Surrey Connect. Flights Hallmark recently sold its bus operations to Tellings Golden Miller, which was then bought by Arriva – so this is really an Arriva bus! Complicated, isn’t it? A sad reflection of the huge mess that deregulation of British bus services has caused.
Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Myllennium Vyking #106
4 june 2008 - Redhill, Surrey – bus station/dworzec autobusowy. First day of operation of the new Redhill bus station. The only Volvo in the Southdown PSV fleet, this bus normally operates Route 410 to Oxted and Westerham
Konstal 105Na #788
10 may 2008 - Ruda Slaska - Chebzie petla. Remont Modertrans Poznan. Line 1
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Konstal 105Na #779
23 march 2008 - Bytom - ul. Tarnogorska. Remont MPK Lodz. Line 19
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DAF SB220 / Optare Delta #160
5 june 2008 - Crawley, West Sussex – Friary Way bus station. An older bus, unique in the Southdown PSV fleet, is this Optare Delta bought second-hand in 2006.
Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 II 10,7m #102
5 june 2008 - Crawley, West Sussex – Friary Way bus station. A TWB debut for this operator, formed in 2002 to run school and rail replacement contracts and now also providing country bus services in East Surrey and Sussex. Fourteen double and single deck buses are operated, including this Dart Enviro 200, one of a pair bought new in 2007 and branded for Route 526.
Scania CN94UB #549
5 june 2008 - Crawley, West Sussex – Southgate Avenue. Busways in this street run in both directions. Buses approach the concrete guide channels at normal speed and have priority through traffic junctions, making the service fast and reliable. Where there are no guided sections, conventional painted bus lanes are provided. Bus stops have raised pavements and electronic information displays. Tramways on the cheap? Maybe – certainly a very effective way to knock down more pedestrians :-)
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Scania CN94UB #550
5 june 2008 - Crawley, West Sussex – London Road. I mentioned guided busway yesterday, but didn’t know there were no pictures on TWB (or that there isn’t really a Polish term for it). So, here is a section of busway on the Crawley Fastway network, in the centre of a dual carriageway road. The buses that operate here are specially fitted Scanias with horizontal guide wheels that steer the front wheels (so conventional buses can’t use the guideway). You can just see a guide wheel behind the front door.
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Dennis Dart SLF / Caetano Nimbus #376
4 june 2008 - Redhill, Surrey, G.B. The brand new bus station on opening day, with a Metrobus Dennis Dart waiting to leave on local Line 430 – a route that has hardly changed in at least 75 years. Metrobus (part of the Go-Ahead bus group) is now the major operator in the Redhill district and operates a large fleet of similar vehicles. Buses from at least five other operators also call at the new station.
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Scania CN230UB 4x2 EB #626
4 june 2008 - Redhill, Surrey, G.B. A new bus, a new bus station and a new bus line. Metrobus ‘Fastway’ Line 100 has been extended to link Crawley and Gatwick Airport with the new Redhill bus station which opened for the first time on Wednesday 4 June. A fleet of new Scania low floor buses in special Fastway colours operates the route. In Crawley, similar buses run on concrete guideways, although this is the non-guided version. #626 loads at Redhill with #627 just arriving behind.
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Beijnes 3G #805
1 july 2007 - Poznan, ul. Malopolska.
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Duewag GT8 #688
1 july 2007 - Poznan, ul. Kornicka. Not a normal manoevre!
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Siemens Combino #507
2 july 2007 - Poznan, ul. Roosevelta - rondo Kaponiera. For straphan, who helps me a great deal with translations and encouragement on TWB ;-)
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Konstal 2N1 #3088
24 april 2002 - Łódź, Dąbrowskiego - Zakład Torów i Sieci. I haven't seen this car lately - perhaps it was scrapped? Several of the work trams that were in the yard a few years ago are now hidden away in a shed - perhaps it's in there?
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Konstal ND #115
21 april 2002 - Poznan - Zajezdnia Glogowska. Type ND trailer #115 has now vanished (presumably scrapped?) although motor car #737 remains there, hopefully waiting for the day when it can be restored.
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Konstal 105Na #2350
28 june 2007 - Wroclaw - Przyjazni.
Konstal 102Na #2040
28 june 2007 - Wroclaw - Oporow petla.
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Autorail - Usines Haine-St-Pierre #AR 168
16 august 1999 - Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium/Belgie. Autorail#168 parked near the terminal loop. This tram was formerly used in the Bruxelles region.
Autorail - SNCV Destelbergen #AR 266
16 august 1999 - Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium/Belgie. Autorail #266 and trailers preparing to return to the depot after the last journey of the day.
English Electric Boat #605
29 april 2006 - Blackpool, Lancashire - Pleasure Beach loop/petla. 'Boat' car #205 runs in the livery worn by Blackpool trams in World War II. Note the very small size of these vehicles.
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English Electric Boat #600
29 april 2006 - Blackpool, Lancashire - South Shore. The prototype open 'Boat' tram, now restored to its original 1934 livery.
SGP GT8 #4116
7 may 2007 - Guntramsdorf, Austria/Osterreich - Feldgasse.
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SGP GT8 #4113
7 may 2007 - Guntramsdorf, Austria/Osterreich - Feldgasse. The perfect interurban? Certainly my favourite.
Milnes Winter Saloon #22
21 september 1987 - Douglas, Isle of Man – Derby Castle. ‘Winter’ saloon tram #22 of 1899 and open ‘toastrack’ trailer wait to form a service along the 27.5 km interurban line to Laxey and Ramsey. Tickets can either be bought from the office on the right, or from the conductor on the tram (who will sometimes jump from car to car and walk along the side of the open tram whilst it is moving).
Saloon Tram #7
21 september 1987 - Douglas, Isle of Man – Derby Castle. The Manx Electric railway terminus and horse tram depot just alongside. The track gauge is the same, but there is no connection between the two systems, there was once talk of this. MER #7 and #5 (in the distance) are both ‘Tunnel’ cars of 1894 - so called because they had seats along each side, under the windows (just visible through the open door).
English Electric Baloon #718
30 april 2006 - Fleetwood, Lancashire - Ferry Terminal. Two `Balloon` trams at the northern terminal loop of the Blackpool interurban tramway. Tram #718 has been modernised (ruined?) but the other is still as built in the 1930s. Many Blackpool trams carry garish, all-over advertising liveries.
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Overhead Line Car #754
29 april 2006 - Blackpool - South Shore. A double-deck works car is almost unique! Blackpool's overhead line car runs on both electric and diesel power.
Konstal 102Na #209
25 april 2002 - Chorzow Batory - Zajezdnia.
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Konstal 102Na #192
25 april 2002 - Chorzow Batory - Zajezdnia.
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ЛАЗ-695НГ #134
30 may 2006 - Daugavpils, Latvia/Latvija - bus station/dworzec autobusowy.
B10M #5087
29 may 2006 - Liepaja, Latvia/Latvija - Liela iela. Line 6
Milnes Winter Saloon #19
21 september 1987 - Laxey, Isle of Man – Dumbells Terrace. MER saloon #19 at speed, crossing the main Laxey to Ramsey road. The third track in the foreground belongs to the Snaefell Mountain Railway, which runs alongside the MER into Laxey station, a short distance behind the photographer. The gauge of the SMR track is actually six inches wider.
Milnes Winter Saloon #19
21 september 1987 - Laxey, Isle of Man. The Manx Electric interurban meets the Snaefell Mountain Railway, another line with tramway characteristics, here at Laxey station. The SMR uses a slightly wider track gauge of 3 feet 6 inches, however, so through running isn’t possible. Note the original Hopkinson bow collectors still used by the SMR for current collection (unlike the MER, which changed to trolley poles soon after opening). Time has stood still here – like nearly all the cars in the SMR fleet, #1 dates from the opening of the line in 1895, whereas MER #19 is a relative youngster (1899).
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Milnes Sunshade #32
22 september 1987 - Douglas, Isle of Man - Derby Castle. Horse tram #32 at the depot and northern terminus, with similar car #34 peeping out of the shed. This is also the terminus of the Manx Electric Railway. If you look closely, you will see an engine change has taken place since the previous photo! You can also see the conductor collecting fares and issuing tickets, which he does whilst the tram is moving along the street. Trams are shunted here by hand – try doing that with a Konstal or Tatra…….
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Milnes Sunshade #32
22 september 1987 - Douglas, Isle of Man – Loch Promenade. Several ‘firsts’ for TWB? The Douglas Horse Tramway has run continually since 1876 along its 2 km route along the sea shore, although it now operates only from April to September. Although historic, it isn’t a museum, but a real transport system - around 40 trams are available for service, but many are not used regularly as they are old and fragile. Most are ‘toastrack’ style, like #32 of 1896 (one of their newer trams) shown here. The engine size is 1 horsepower :-)
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Graz Haller #2
14 may 2007 - Innsbruck, Austria/Osterreich. Historic tram #2 (ex-Stubiatalbahn) and trailers #111 and #104 (ex-Mittelgebirgsbahn) in the beautiful pine woods, near Tantegert on Line 6 from Igls. A charter trip operated on behalf of IVB by Tiroler Museumsbahnen volunteers. Tough work, but someone has to do it!
Graz GM #5
12 may 2007 - Gmunden, Austria/Osterreich. Historic tram #5 climbing to Tennisplatz on this very short, very steep tramway line.
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Siemens Combino Duo #203
23 august 2004 - Nordhausen, Germany. Inside a Combino Duo as it travels under diesel power, showing the engine enclosure. At Nordhausen Bahnhofsplatz, the engine will be turned off and the pantograph raised, so the tram can continue through the city streets - a procedure taking just a few seconds.
Siemens Combino Duo #203
23 august 2004 - Ilfeld, Germany – Bahnhof. A Siemens Combino Duo of Nordhausen tramways operating on the Harzquerbahn, nearly 10km from the nearest overhead wires. This ‘Nordhausener S-Bahn’ shows what can be achieved with dual-mode equipment, sharing railway infrastructure with conventional trains. Here, of course, the trains are both diesel and steam hauled.
Siemens Combino Duo #202
27 september 2006 - Nordhausen, Germany – Harzquerbahnhof. Combino Duo #202 picks its way carefully through the Harzquerbahn railway yards, running on diesel power under railway operating rules – even needing to obey the semaphore signals. The daily steam train from Nordhausen to Brocken, drawn by #99-7236-5, will soon depart and use the same single track as far as Ifeld.
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Siemens Combino Duo #202
23 august 2004 - Nordhausen, Germany – Oskar-Kohn-Strasse. Since 2004, three dual mode (diesel/600v electric) Siemens Combinos have operated along an 11km stretch of the metre gauge Harzquerbahn from Nordhausen town centre to the village of Ilfeld. Combino Duo #202 is here seen leaving Nordhausen Bahnhofsplatz, running on diesel power along the non-electrified street track connection from the town tramways. First appearance of these dual mode trams on TWB.
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