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More accurately, No. 1392 is the last double deck tram to be built in the UK. It is a Cunarder, a post war development of the larger fleet of Coronation trams then running in Glasgow.
This shot was taken in 2009 in the Museum of Transport, then sited in the Kelvin Hall, but the tram has now been relocated to the new Riverside Museum of Transport.
My thank to all who commented on Beauty in the Beechwood.
Ronnie.
| Camera: | Nikon D700  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | Nikon 24-120mm. |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Focal Length: | 28mm. |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/3.7 |
| Aperture: | f/4.5 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/60sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -0.33 |
| ISO: | 2000 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture |
| Metering Mode: | Pattern |
| Flash: | No |
| White Balance: | Auto. |
| Title: | "The Last Tram?" |
| Username: | 
RonnieAG |
| Uploaded: | 19 Oct 2012 - 12:06 AM |
| Tags: | Cunarder, Digitally manipulated., Double decker, Glasgow, Kelvin hall, Museum of Transport, Tram, Transport |
| Votes: | Voting Disabled |
Comments
You got some surprises in your archives! Many years ince I have last seen a double deck tram.. As kids we were up there like shot, it was a bit difficult for 'elderly' adults to get up there and have an eye on us.
Excellent work, it must have been tricky to expos, the light was certainly not ideal. you manipulation makes it pop.
Trams that ply in Kolkata are more vintage looking. These are in great shape.
This tram has so much style, and nice pastel colours. With the background in mono, it stands out well.
looks wonderful the way you have processed it
use to love the trams ..... yes ... we even had them in Australia
good bit of colour popping it works well with the other trams/buses in mono and I like the diagonal
Superb image Ronnie, the selective colouring really works well, very well done
Hugh
Love it Ronnie. My wife's grandfather used to work in the tram depot, and Ann as a nipper actually got to "drive" some trams in there. On my first foreign
holiday as an eight year old I went from my native Belfast to Scotland on the Glasgow boat and I was thrilled to get to ride on a tram. That was 1960, the year they were withdrawn.
Alan
Wonderful light giving great reflections, stunning detail Ronnie, selective colour works o so well here a job very well done I say.
John
I hate to admit it but I remember when we had trolley buses, I think they need to bring them back into service, less noise, less pollution etc..............
Love the colour scheme of this tram..........
Good shot, I used to enjoy visits to Kelvin Hall very much, Ian
this was definately a light side Tram Ronnie...well played with does the job in grand style
Graham
Good stuff Ronnie, hope all is well...
Looks in immaculate condition, Ronnie, and the selective colouring works so well.
Dave
I guess they must have looked like this when they popped out of the fog which used to dog Glasgow and Edinburgh. I'm not sure that I recall the trams in Glasgow I think it might have been the Trolley Buses that had taken over when I came to Glasgow. The Edinburgh trams I do recall maroon & white like all the council trams and buses in Edinburgh, The seats were wooden and flipped over at the terminus when the trams changed direction. There used to be an honesty box on the platform for people who jumped on for a couple of stops and then jumped off again.
There are a million "Clippy" stories from the days of the trams and many of them a bit ribald to tell even here.
Dougie
When I was a lad, our house looked across part of Hunslet Moor in Leeds towards the old Middleton Railway (as shown by Barbarahirst on here) and alongside ran the tram-track (now part of the M621 motorway 
). We could see the trams coming long before they got to the stop, so could time it perfectly to catch one into town! They were much more reliable for timekeeping than the buses. Ours were maroon in colour, not as colourful as this fine specimen - your capture and presentation of it here against a mono background is brilliant, Ronnie
Trev
Ronnie, great pop, works very well. Gives great detail to the shot........nice processing.
Paul.
I really like this image Ronnie, very nicely taken and worked.
John
Your selective colouring really makes the tram stand out Ronnie. The tram has had a great renovation job done and the colours are excellent. As an apprentice in the 50's I used to travel to night school on a trolley bus, the trams had all disappeared from our area by then, the nearest ones were at Liverpool.
Ray
You are a master of colour popping and photoshopping Ronnie, even our Pill Popping Pal from Pill the Big O thinks so!
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