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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2004 10:51:53 GMT
1. Which was Britain's most isolated tramway, when systems were at their peak?
2. Which was Britain's most northerly tramway?
3. What type of electric car did Sheffield (1st generation) never have?
4. Why were some sections of the London system fitted with 2 overhead tram wires?
5. Which city, whose tramway system had already closed, was still served by trams of another system?
6. Why was Glasgow's system less than standard gauge?
7. What type of London bus was not permitted to operate beside its tramcars?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2004 9:49:13 GMT
1) Isle of Man?
2) Edinburgh?
3) Felthams?
4) Dual routed with trolleybuses
5) Leeds?
6) saved on rail replacements? Got tramcars cheap from Spain?
7) RTW's
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2004 9:22:44 GMT
1 No
2 No way
3 No
4 No
5 No
6 No
7 correct!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2004 19:02:13 GMT
Mr Box
You better give me some clues cos it looks like I'm the only one who is going to attempt this and I have no knowledge (or books) whatsoever about trams outside London, I thought that you might have a stab at the LT Leylands quiz, its not that hard!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2004 12:59:42 GMT
OK will have a go at your quiz. Seems I missed it. Remote tramway was in England. Furthest north a private line in north of Scotland. More follows.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2004 23:29:39 GMT
Sorry old mate but I have googled for hours and without asking Dewi Williams I cannot find the answers to your questions, except that there is no mention of Glasgow having a narrow gauge, in fact I found references to Glasgow trams going to and being used at Blackpool, sure you don't mean the tube which is narrow gauge?
The only double tram wires in London I could find reference to, were those where trams and trolleys used the same wires, the tram using the outer wire of the two.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2004 8:55:45 GMT
Okedoky, here we go:
1. It was Carlisle
2. Cruden Bay (short electric line served an hotel, north of Aberdeen, which city, incidentally, had 2 systems: Aberdeen Suburban and city)
3. Bogie cars (all were 4-wheelers, even horse cars)
4. It was to prevent stray earth returns interfering with astronomical instruments in Greenwich observatory (I specified tramwires because as you rightly said, some parts shared trolleybus wires (i.e. Abbey Wood area)
5. Newcastle (rail station was served by Gateshead system for a short time after Newcastle had closed).
6. To permit rail wagons to use tramtracks (dockyard lines), which continued after system had closed. Gauge was 4ft 7.75in I believe.
7. Yes, RTWs.
Now I'll try your quiz. By the way did you originally mean to be "Highwayman"?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2004 21:15:01 GMT
No High Bay man is because I used to work in the High Bay at Aldenham Works, otherwise known as the body overhaul shop. Did the gauge in Glasgow allow the trams to be used elswhere, because some went to Blackpool, are there any at Crich?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2004 14:46:17 GMT
Yes, Glasgow cars used elsewhere would have have been re-gauged (by 3/4 inch.) The odd gauge allowed railwagons to use the tracks by running on their flanges.
There are several preserved at Crich.
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