by philipmartin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy3ciVafyQk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Railroad Forums
Moderators: Komachi, David Benton
johnthefireman wrote:Chances are I've said this before somewhere or other, but I used to ride on the Blackpool trams between Blackpool and Fleetwood when I was a young'un. I had a great aunt who lived at Knott-End-on-Sea, a little village just across the estuary from Fleetwood, and we would visit her maybe once a year. From her house we would get a small ferry across the river to Fleetwood, then get the tram into Blackpool.I rode on the tram to Fleetwood and back, while preparing a speech for the Labour Party Conference.
johnthefireman wrote:Wikipedia says that it is Standard Gauge. That was always my impression of it, although this is the first time I have ever thought to check.Thanks--I never seem to think of Wikipedia. And now that George mentions transfers of equipment, there was never any mention of the two boat trams for San Francisco having to be regauged.
philipmartin wrote:Boat trams in "Frisco.". http://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/228 ... l-england/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;That bus is a Wilts and Dorset bus that runs between Bournemouth-Poole and Swanage. I often ride on it to visit Swanage. There is a roof which is fixed on it at this time of year until after Easter next year, but open during the summer. It's almost certainly resting beside the road between Swanage and the ferry. I recognise the vegetation. That area is dangerous for double deckers because the road is narrow and not all that level. I would think the driver may have swerved to avoid on-coming traffic and hit the edge of a ditch. Probably there would not have been serious damage.
Boat tram in San Francisco. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c79tKfagrOY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nbqgxxTc1U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Open air trams are a lovely idea. We had open top double decker buses on Fifth Avenue in New York when I was a kid. I miss them. I suppose you could find them all over the world. Here's a photo of a modern English one on its side.
My employer, NJ Transit, sold eleven PCC cars to San Francisco in 2001 when it went to the new vehicles. Transit's PCCs originally came from St. Paul-Mineapolis, Minnesota.
San Francisco has its collection of PCCs painted in the colors of various traction companies.
philipmartin wrote:What a coincidence that you should know the area, George. "driver may have swerved to avoid on-coming traffic." That's exactly what happened. A black Porsche was out of control, heading for him in this 2009 accident. Telegraph writeup: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -side.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;London tram accident - yesterday.