The Modern Tramway Journal in the mid-20th century ...

[glencairn]

Leeds City Tramways.

That took me back. Being on the tram from Gipton to the City Centre. A tram then to Meanwood. The journey must have been as uncomfortable as hell, but as a young lad of three or four such thoughts did not arise. I never saw Swinegate Tram Depot in use.

We moved to Seacroft before the trams stopped running to Gipton. Family at Meanwood moved to Earlsheaton near Dewsbury. Therefore journies were made by bus. The bus to Dewsbury was from Sovereign Street, next door to the old tram depot. Unfortunately, (although I could see in) the trams had gone.

rogerfarnworth - Thanks for posting.

Glencairn

[rogerfarnworth]

The Modern Tramway – Part 9 – More About Accidents (in London)

‘The Modern Tramway’ in March 1957 (Volume 20, No. 231) carried a follow-up article [1] to that carried by the Journal in April 1954. The original article is covered earlier in this thread.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/24/th ... in-london/

[rogerfarnworth]

‘The Modern Tramway’ – April 1957 – “Down the ‘Goldmine'”

The Modern Tramway Journal of April 1957 included a nostalgic look at one of the Glasgow tram network’s successes. An ‘out-boundary’ route, No. 28, which at one time was part of the longest tram route in the UK, almost 23 miles in length. End to end it was a 2 hour tram journey. At that time, the early 1930s, the route from Renfrew Ferry to Milngavie was numbered 14. “In 1934 it was cut at Spiersbridge and renumbered 28, and on 3rd April 1949, the Glenfield – Cross Stobs section was closed.” The truncated line (No. 28) ran from Renfrew Ferry to Glenfield – a distance of 5.24 miles.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/29/th ... -goldmine/

[rogerfarnworth]

The Modern Tramway, May 1957 – Rotterdam’s Trams in the 1950s

This short article could be entitled, ‘The Modern Tramway takes on the Manchester Guardian‘. In its May 1957 journal the Light Railway Transport League asks whether its readers had read the Manchester Guardian on 22nd January. The featured image shows trams in Rotterdam in May 1957.

In an article entitled ‘A Twisted Tale’, The Modern Tramway Journal was surprised to see the Manchester Guardian being taken in by the spirit of the current age which was decidedly anti-tram!

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/01/th ... ams-trams/

[rogerfarnworth]

A short retrospective look back at London tramways at the end of the 1940s. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/07/th ... in-london/

[rogerfarnworth]

In the 1950s, a tram Glasgow purchased some years before, a 'one-off', unidirectional double decker car which it numbered 1005 and which was sometimes known as the 'Blue Devil' for its unconventional three tone blue colour scheme, was put forward by the Light Railway Transport League as an option for trails that the League hoped might happen in London.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/08/gl ... r-no-1005/

[rogerfarnworth]

The final three years of the historic tram network in London ... and Operation Tramaway. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/17/lo ... -and-1952/

[rogerfarnworth]

The 'Modern Tramway' reported in January & February 1963 on a relatively short-lived experiment on Blackpool's trams. The Marton route was an inland route through Blackpool which complemented the promenade route.

The two articles were written by F.K. Pearson who suggested that his articles could perhaps have been entitled, 'The Experiment That Didn't Quite ...'

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/29/mo ... xperiment/