Today's historic photo of the day: Restored Melbourne #trams - W1 class no 431 and W2 class no 510 in a cavalcade of historic trams from Hawthorn Depot bound for Wattle Park to mark handover of Wattle Park from the Tramways to the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works, run west along Swan Street, Burnley, Vic, November 24 1991.
, and Vienna's public transport network, and especially its trams, are simply wonderful!People who don't love grassy tram tracks...
What is wrong with you!?
A wonderful and comprehensive "love letter" to #trams
from @notjustbikes
#Urbanism #Melbourne
https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-the-absolute-best-transportation-for-cities
Waving to #trams from #motorcycles is recommended, waving to two trams is mandatory
Love this re-use of this old tram rosette on a tenement on Victoria Road in Glasgow. Originally these would have been used to support the mechanism from which the electricity lines hung that powered the city's trams before the network was shut down in the early 1960s.
Boston MTA PCC Car No 3295 - Mary Jayne's Postcard
https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/boston-mta-pcc-car-no-3295-mary-jayne-s-postcard-221804325.htm
When it comes to visiting cities, my primary criteria is that a city without excellent public transit will always be near the bottom of my list, no matter how interesting it is otherwise, while cities that have a lot of attractions I don't care about, but fantastic transit, like Vienna, for example, are right near the top, because I love riding trams. When I travel, the last thing I want to do is drive a damn car.
AOs checking Myki cards on the 59 tram. That's twice in recent weeks, after many months with no inspections before that (and I catch trams all over the place). #tramcops #melbourne #tram #trams
I should add that Z-class trams are not particularly amazing vehicles by modern standards, BUT they were significant because their construction signalled the moment you could be sure that Melbourne's tram network was going to survive the post-war abandonment of trams in Australia, UK, USA etc. Phew. Thanks, Z-class.
Just discovered from online research that the first Z-class tram - the successors to Melbourne's classic timber-framed W-class trams - ran on 4 May 1975. That'll be 50 years ago in a couple of weeks; I wonder if the anniversary is being marked in any way?
@KarlHeinzHasliP @denki Personally, I think that standardized #batteries that get swapped would've been the solution to the charging speed problem.
#BEV|s are a problem and the #EnergyDensity and #Charging problems are hard walls that can only be circumvented (i.e. swapping fluids at a #RedoxFlow-#Battery) or ignored (i.e. #Methanol #FuelCell)...
Solving the #EnergyProblem isn't a technological issue, but a political one (see #DESERTEC)...
Can't wait for the new rail line under Melbourne's CBD to open, it's much needed. I keep boarding Elizabeth Street trams headed for the hospital precinct & Melbourne Uni which are absolutely packed, even in the middle of the day (I'm on one now). The new line should take away some of that traffic.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two trams arrived together at Alexandra Parade, and I—
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
I like this parade of palm trees along the 59 tram route in Essendon. Very picturesque. #tram #trams #Melbourne
Today's historic photo of the day: Y1 class tram no 613 running in a cavalcade of historic #trams to celebrate the handover of Wattle Park from the tramways to the MMBW, approaches the Alamein Line train/tram level crossing as the cantilevered booms lower for an Alamein line train near Riversdale station in Riversdale Road, Camberwell, Vic, November 24 1991.
#NAFO 
