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TRAM: British and Australian (American usually streetcar also trolley) noun [C]
An electric vehicle that transports people, usually in cities, and goes along metal tracks in the road. (Taken from the Cambridge English Dictionary)

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GALLERY 116: Launch of Manchester Horse Tramcar L53
 This page was added on Sunday 6th April 2008

Photographs in this Gallery were taken by Andrew Hazlehurst, Steve Kemp & Tony Waddington.

There are 26 photos on 8 pages in this gallery.

1 (3 photos) | 2 (3) | 3 (3) | 4 (3) | 5 (3) | 6 (3) | 7 (3) | 8 (2)

Launch of Manchester Horse Tramcar L53
A comprehensive gallery of photos from the official public launch of Manchester Eades Reversible Horse Tramcar L53 on Sunday 30th March 2008. Also included is a selection of images from the Manchester Museum of Transport. Three photographers have supplied photos for this gallery - Andrew Hazlehurst, Steve Kemp and Tony Waddington - huge thanks to all three. As usual you can access the different pages of the gallery through links at both the top and bottom of the page. Enjoy!

Another view across the grass of L53.
Photo: Steve Kemp
Moving on to the Manchester Museum of Transport now and Manchester 173 is being superbly restored by the Manchester Transport Museum Society, with the intention of it running on their tramway at Heaton Park at some point in the future.
Photo: Tony Waddington
South Lancashire 65 - or at least, what is left of it! It is hard to tell by looking at this photograph, but this wreck was once a magnificent double deck, open balcony tramcar. Photo: Tony Waddington