On 12/01/18 06:24,mcloughlin.dj@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
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> Remember Trampower? It was an obscure organisation (given public

> support in Light Rail Transit Association literature) which  built a

> lightweight "tram" that was trialled at Wirral and then Blackpool

> (where it caught fire) a decade ago. It even tendered its vehicle for

> the new Toronto fleet!

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> Well, it has turned up again, and proposes to run that very same tram

> (!) on a line in Preston UK, presumably as either the 11 or the 86.

They never went away - the company has been humming along quietky in
Preston UK for some time. Trampower is a bit like the Parry People Mover
and just won't die.
I don't know how the guy manages to get operating funds given they don't
appear to have sold anything.

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> Is Trampower just some person's fantasy?  The website doesn't even say

> who is behind it. If this hadn't been floating about for 20 years, I'd

> say it was a scam, but I tend to the fantasy given the longevity.

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Some UK academic, who's name I can't find at this point.

> https://www.globalrailnews.com/2018/01/11/contractor-appointed-to-build-prestons-pilot-tram-line/

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> http://www.trampower.co.uk/index.html

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> Pardon my skepticism but I do not think it unwarranted here.

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Well they did put in their first planning application to build a pilot
line in Preston back in 2012.... Every couple of years they resubmit it
with slight changes.

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> david mcloughlin, Wellington no more

> "Holy writ requires unholy scrutiny."

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