A fifth look at the Journal of the Light Railway Transport League in the mid-1950s. ....
The Modern Tramway Journal of April 1954 took issue with the interpretation of a Road Research Laboratory Report by the London Transport Executive. The press release from the LTE was slanted in favour of decisions made about the closure of the tramway services in the capital ....
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/15/the...accidents/
Articulated trams are relatively normal in today's world. There was a time when this was not the case. Much of Europe, save for the Italians, preferred to create tram trains from individual units and trailers. This was seen as being a more flexible policy.
Stuttgart decided to to try out articulated vehicles in the 1950s.
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/15/the...stuttgart/
'The Modern Tramway’ – Leeds City Tramways, 1956. …
The Modern Tramway Journal in February 1957 carried an article about the tramways of Leeds. The data for the article was collated by A.K. Terry and the article was written by J.H. Price.
The Suez crisis brought a temporary halt to a number of things within the UK economy. One of these was the planned scrapping of the tram routes and tramcars in Leeds. That pause provided the opportunity for the Light Railway Transport League to compile a map, fleet list and list of services for the city. ...
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/22/the...ways-1956/
On 28th February 2022 the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre announced that, with funding provided through the “Creative Ireland” programme administered by Donegal County Council, they completed the production of a map of County Donegal showing some of the main Donegal railway heritage still to be seen across the County and into Northern Ireland.
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/06/26/the...age-trail/
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/the...in-london/
‘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/the...-goldmine/
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/the...ams-trams/