Re: anniversaries.
adyoung63141
Wednesday, June 26, 2002 4:26 PM
--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "jebounds" <jebounds@y...> wrote:
Where did Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver rate in this "largest in the
British Empire" list of the time? Were they contenders? How about
Calcutta or Johannesburg, which I believe were not quite as large but
certainly had extensive systems. Bombay too had been sizeable, except
it was on the way out by the 1940s. Until the closures of the 1930s,
Birmingham and Manchester were also way up there, at least equal in
size to Glasgow. Liverpool too was close, and didn't begin contracting
until 1948.
And one could argue that until the post-war closures began in 1950,
London with nearly 900 cars and virtually all the south-of-the-river
system still intact. other than for the Kingston/Richmond ex-LUT
routes now trolleybus, was still a co-equal with Glasgow in size.
Glasgow turned over a couple of routes to trolleybus in 1949 and a
couple more over the next few years, but didn't really markedly
contract until the mid-1950s. It still had more than half its system
and over 600 cars in service in 1958. Did Sydney? I ask because it
seems to me that when the baton passed, it must have passed directly
to Melbourne, Sydney having gone into such a quick and steep decline.
And the smallest tram system in the British Empire? Surely Leonora (is
that the correct spelling) in Wstn. Australia with 1 car--which I
understand not only has survived since the operation ceased circa
1922, but is now being preserved. Can anyone confirm? And what is to
be used for its single-truck, motor and controls and where will it
run/be displayed?
After that, I think the next smallest must have been Nelson BC in
Canada with 3 passenger cars and 1 work car/snow sweeper. That ran
until 1949-and has been revived as a summer-season heritage line (but
not on the original route) since 1992.
Ain't nit-picky pedantry wonderful?
A. D. Young
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tram historians please note,5th july 1952 marks the 50th anniversarylargest
of the closure of london trams,and 4th sept.1962 marks the 40th
anniversary of the glasgow system.both these systems were the
systems in the british empire,but when the closures started in the
late 1940s,<glasgow> and 1930s<london> the baton passed to
sydney,thence melbourne jeff
Where did Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver rate in this "largest in the
British Empire" list of the time? Were they contenders? How about
Calcutta or Johannesburg, which I believe were not quite as large but
certainly had extensive systems. Bombay too had been sizeable, except
it was on the way out by the 1940s. Until the closures of the 1930s,
Birmingham and Manchester were also way up there, at least equal in
size to Glasgow. Liverpool too was close, and didn't begin contracting
until 1948.
And one could argue that until the post-war closures began in 1950,
London with nearly 900 cars and virtually all the south-of-the-river
system still intact. other than for the Kingston/Richmond ex-LUT
routes now trolleybus, was still a co-equal with Glasgow in size.
Glasgow turned over a couple of routes to trolleybus in 1949 and a
couple more over the next few years, but didn't really markedly
contract until the mid-1950s. It still had more than half its system
and over 600 cars in service in 1958. Did Sydney? I ask because it
seems to me that when the baton passed, it must have passed directly
to Melbourne, Sydney having gone into such a quick and steep decline.
And the smallest tram system in the British Empire? Surely Leonora (is
that the correct spelling) in Wstn. Australia with 1 car--which I
understand not only has survived since the operation ceased circa
1922, but is now being preserved. Can anyone confirm? And what is to
be used for its single-truck, motor and controls and where will it
run/be displayed?
After that, I think the next smallest must have been Nelson BC in
Canada with 3 passenger cars and 1 work car/snow sweeper. That ran
until 1949-and has been revived as a summer-season heritage line (but
not on the original route) since 1992.
Ain't nit-picky pedantry wonderful?
A. D. Young
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