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)
Gallery 14: Trams in the Workshops/Unrestored Trams This gallery was last updated Sunday 10 October 2004
Blackpool Twin Car Trailer 681 is seen in the Fitting Shop at Blackpool's Rigby Road Depot in 1998. The tram was here following severe collision damage which had to involve a rebuild of the cab end.
Photo: Gareth Prior
The subject of the feature article is this tram believed to be a Dearne District one. The tram has been found on the edge of the Pennines at Penistone and this view shows the side of the tram which is in use as a summer house. The date is 27 September 2003.
Photo: John Murray
Here we have the Dearne District tram again at the same location and again taken on 27 September 2003. This view shows the end of the tram where the shape can clearly be seen.
Photo: John Murray
South Lancashire 65 is in an unrestored state at the Manchester Museum of Transport. The tram is a double-deck open topper and the plan is for it to be eventually restored to its original state. 65 is the only South Lancashire Tramways Company tram to survive. The photo was taken on 8 September 2002 and you can see Manchester 173 in the background.
Photo: Gareth Prior
