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The historic centre of Nice, in France, has trams without any overhead wires. The trams are powered by batteries that are kept topped up when the tram stops at a station. (πΈ Alstom)
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π No.2298 in the bay ready to depart with a passenger train for Newport, September 1962. (πΈ GW Trust) #Train #SteamTrain #TrainSpotting
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π P41MLE was the first Dennis Dart SLF, being tested by London Buses Limited before being allocated to Centrewest at Uxbridge. In October 2003 it passed to F.E. Thorpe of Wembley for further London service. It is with this latter operator it is photographed. (π· Matthew Wharmby)
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π Discover the shocking true stories of killings across Britainβs railway network, uncovered through extensive archival research
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π Preserved D49/1 246 Morayshire in LNER lined green livery. (πΈ A.C. Gilbert/MLS Collection)
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Now in PB! π Saab Celebration by Lance Cole
Saab Celebration is designed to be a memorial companion for the Saab fan. If you like Saabs, then enjoy this tribute to all things Saab π
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π The old and the new in Blackpool. The double-deck trams are nearly ninety years older than the modern single-deck tram. (πΈ Gareth Prior)
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#BookReview π Diesel and Electric Motive Power on the Southern 1980s to Present by David Goodyear β¨
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πΈ With a train of loaded coal hoppers passing St Mellons, Cardiff on 20 May 1992 is 37894 π
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π Take a sneak peek inside The Great Tramways Conspiracy by Mick Hamer (πΈ Gareth Prior & Β©TfL from the London Transport Museum collection)
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π 4420 at Cheadle with a Hull βLiverpool express, June 1939. (πΈ W. Potter/MLS Collection)
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At Stretton for NR with train 5Z97 Barrow Hill to Derby on 29 October 2008 is 97304. (πΈ Phil Sangwell)
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π This view of Waterloo Station in the early 1920s is taken from the signal box and shows a variety of locomotives from the designs of Adams, Drummond and Urie. (πΈPhotomatic)
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