Daily Archives: Tuesday 17 October 2017

In Pictures: Volks Electric Railway returns

Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

As we reported at the weekend the Volks Electric Railway resumed services on Saturday 14th October after over a year of inaction as a result of the “Saving Volk’s” refurbishment project. Although works are not sufficiently advanced to allow trains … Continue reading →

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Ophelia does her worst causing Luas and MER suspensions

Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

Services on both Luas and the Manx Electric Railway were hit by ex-Hurricane Ophelia at the start of the week with no trams able to run for large periods of time, firstly due to safety fears and then because of … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: 255 and 269 make it 15 and 16 C R Smith trams

Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

Two further trams can now be seen in C R Smith vinyls on Edinburgh Trams with both 255 and 269 in service with their new look. For 269 the vinyls include an image of an Edinburgh Tram although whether it … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Glasgow 1017

Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2017 by Gareth Prior

Continuing with the Glasgow theme of last week’s Picture in Time today we feature a tram from that system which has remained north of the border – Glasgow 1017.

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