[PRCo] Fwd: Glasgow - The Last Tram

[Schneider Fred]

I'm just forwarding this item from Peter Folger for all of you to  
enjoy.   I'm sure, if no one else, John Swindler will enjoy the trams  
of Glasgow.   No, I do not know who pirated them and put them on You  
Tube.
Glasgow was the last major system in the British Isles.   It was  
their Pittsburgh ... a dirty industrial city that made steam ships  
and had seen better times when I got there in 1960.   But still, what  
a pleasure it was to ride down Argyle Street on the top deck of a  
tram.   The city was still hiding under a pall of smoke in 1960, most  
of it produced by British Railways commuter trains but the wires were  
being strung as I watched for the new electric commuter trains.  Two  
years after I left, the trams were stilled.

But some of the memories were priceless.  I recall asking a carbarn  
foreman if it might be possible to remove the only single-deck car to  
the alley so I could a picture.  He asssigned a worker to it and sent  
us out.   Well, that worker didn't stop when we got the alley.  He  
said the sun was no good there.   In typical Glaswegian hospitality,  
he insisted the sun and backdrop would be much better down at the  
University of Glasgow ... a free private fantrip.   And off we  
rocketed through the streets.   For everything else you need MasterCard.

Please enjoy.  Now I need to dash off to run trams at the Baltimore  
Streetcar Museum.  Hope there are a few passengers today.



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Peter Folger" <transitman at maine.rr.com>
> Date: February 1, 2009 1:59:26 AM EST
> To: "Peter Folger*" <transitman at maine.rr.com>
> Subject: Glasgow - The Last Tram
>
> Glasgow - The Last Tram.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO2DmTnXlDA
>
> GLASGOW TRAMS AND TROLLEYBUSES.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVO2jZQj6VE&feature=related
>
> Glasgow Trams - West & North.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch? 
> v=7yDSy0oMu9g&feature=PlayList&p=876A0E2029AFAFC6&index=34
>
> Glasgow Trams - South & East.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf7aItTPDbg
>
> Glasgow Trams - City Centre.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuIVabDdbWU&feature=related
>
> And to end this off subject: Yes trolley snow sweepers still exist  
> and are still in use!!!!
>
> Bucharest, Romania
>
> RATB #01 in actiune 2008-01-03.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch? 
> v=bcrAZg56YtY&feature=PlayList&p=815E20F3E5E67E27&index=5
>
> RATB #01 in actiune 2008-01-03.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWzzDHdKm2o
>
> With thanks to Mathew Mummert for the first one and inspiration for  
> the balance.
>
> Peter Folger
> P. O. Box 1741
> Biddeford, ME 04005-1741
> (207) 590-8340
> transitman at maine.rr.com
> CongressStreet at hotmail.com