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Standing Room only

By PhilT2
Lead image is Gateshead & District Tramways Co. No. 5. Built in 1927 and operational until 1951 in Gateshead. Bought by British Railways for use on the Grimsby & Immingham line and operated until 1961.

V1 Leeds City Transport No. 602. It was one of two prototype trams that were built in 1953 at a time when serious thought was being given to the development of a new tram subway system serving Leeds city centre as a way of avoiding the severe traffic congestion that it already suffered from. If the ambitious project had been completed, it would have seen most of Leeds’s extensive fleet of ageing double-deck trams being replaced by a new fleet of 200 continental-style single-deckers like 602 at a cost of £2 million. The tram was not a success and was withdrawn from service in 1957

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RonDM Plus
7 299 United Kingdom
24 Jul 2021 11:26AM
Two great images of iconic bygone transport

Ron
brian17302 Plus
10 2 13 United Kingdom
24 Jul 2021 11:36AM
Great images from yesteryear, Phil
cats_123 Plus
18 5.1k 30 Northern Ireland
24 Jul 2021 1:16PM
What a pity they didn't take on😁
canoncarol Plus
5 United Kingdom
24 Jul 2021 1:57PM
Lovely old trams and an interesting narrative Phil.
Carol
TrevBatWCC Plus
13 13 19 England
24 Jul 2021 2:06PM
Two fine tram images, Phil, the version looking sleeker. I was brought up in Leeds, living in Hunslet. I don't really remember single deckers, but do remember double-deckers very well, using them to travel into town as they passed only about 150 yards away from our house. 😃👍
Trev 😀
dales Plus
6 13 Australia
24 Jul 2021 2:16PM
Impressive early trams & excellent narrative Phil , Very well captured
Ian
Chinga Plus
11 61 3 United Kingdom
24 Jul 2021 2:16PM
Great subjects... Beautiful images...
Isabel GrinGrinGrin
mac Plus
20 13 Scotland
24 Jul 2021 2:46PM
Edinburgh reintroduced trams a few years ago, which cost a vast amount of money, but a great success, and now being extended to other parts of the town. The trams have moved on from your one, Internet access now standard. It is still interesting to see, what we used to put up with in the past.
Ian

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