Trams: Is There Much Tramway Interest On Here??

What, you mean the world WASN'T in black and white until the middle of the last Century???
Next you'll be telling me that people and horses didn't move faster in those days than they do now.....

:D :D :D

Jon.
 
Rhinochugger said:
Ever since I saw the iconic photo of the line over the river, on the front of my brother's Mechano Magazine as a nipper, I have been fascinated by this line - but I have never traveled to Germany; dunno why :wondering::wondering:
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If you get or even we ever get the chance to travel to Germany again. 3 things to do all get at able by Train, Wuppertal, Bad Doberan (puffers through the Street) and the Harz Mountains.
 
dunnyrail said:
If you get or even we ever get the chance to travel to Germany again. 3 things to do all get at able by Train, Wuppertal, Bad Doberan (puffers through the Street) and the Harz Mountains.
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What about Zittau, Oschatz/Mugeln and Radebuel all easily accessible by train?
 
MTheStrong said:
What about Zittau, Oschatz/Mugeln and Radebuel all easily accessible by train?
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Ah but the ones I mentioned are the creme, Z,O and R are very nice but little Street running (as in Bad Doberan) and nothing IMHO compares to the Harz lines.
 
idlemarvel said:
I can't see how colourisation does anything but enhance the experience. I am lucky enough to have travelled on the Schwebe Bahn and I still think it is a technological marvel. It is remarkable how peaceful things seem to be in Wuppertal as the train glides overhead.
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Sorry, I hope it isn't thought I was anything but praising the film. It is a definition the Things To Do list. We passed it a couple of years ago and I said to my wife we're coming back at some point!
 
Personally, I don't consider Aerial Cableways, Monorails, Maglev, and other funny systems of similar elk, to be 'real railways'.
 
Gavin Sowry said:
Personally, I don't consider Aerial Cableways, Monorails, Maglev, and other funny systems of similar elk, to be 'real railways'.
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I think the definition may be somewhat blurred. IMHO if they run on Rails that is certainly a link and the SB is suspended on wheels that run on a Single Rail or Railway. I doubt anyone from Ireland or indeed France would thank you for not thinking of the Lartigue Monorail as anything but of the Railway type. Though certainly Cable Ways and Maglev are a grey area.
 
dunnyrail said:
the Lartigue Monorail
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Quaint, in its own sort of way. Even worth a look, but not a 'real' railway, as we know it.
Of course, there is the Pateala State Monorail Tramway in India..... somewhat more akin to a Traction Engine, wouldn't you say.
 
Gavin Sowry said:
Personally, I don't consider Aerial Cableways, Monorails, Maglev, and other funny systems of similar elk, to be 'real railways'.
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Nobbut - you can't help but be fascinated by the Wuppertal system :nerd::nerd:

I think it was the brainchild of a certain Mr Hugh Neek, who was also the motivating force behind the Lartigue monorail in Ireland
 
Gavin Sowry said:
Quaint, in its own sort of way. Even worth a look, but not a 'real' railway, as we know it.
Of course, there is the Pateala State Monorail Tramway in India..... somewhat more akin to a Traction Engine, wouldn't you say.
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Indeed and the PSRT used a Rail as well. Seen it at the Delhi Museum but sadly was not running on the day we visited. In the pic below you can see why it was not running. For those that have never seen it there is a central rail and the big wheel on the outside (viewed in the pictures) runs on pretty well any surface. At the museum there is a Concrete Pad for theat big wheel to give a nice rids but what it must have been like on rough countryside Indian rights of way is best left to the imagination.
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Just found this old great movie on YT of colorized New York in 1911. lots of Trams most showing the Conduit system then in operation. Towards the end is a great Paddle Boat with visible Beam Engine, amazing.
 
60 fps and 4K (how 4k from 1911?) :giggle:

Unfortunately, on an old laptop, and Winders 7, t'will not run in a meaningful way. :(
 
PhilP said:
60 fps and 4K (how 4k from 1911?) :giggle:

Unfortunately, on an old laptop, and Winders 7, t'will not run in a meaningful way. :(
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Oh sorry about that Phil, we are both in the dark ages. You with an old PC me not trusting LiPo batteries!
 
Very nice. I do like those old films, so see our museum pieces actually being used as they're meant to be, gives almost a sense of loss. I wonder if people will look at our films in 100 years time and have the same feelings?
 
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