[PRCo] Fwd: Streetcar / Trams - Calcutta / Kolkata, India

[Fred Schneider]

Two items ... All Kolkata (Calcutta), India.    The first dozen are youTube video links.   The tenth one in plain text or in red in rich text format is probably the absolute best because it shows just how bad street congestion can be in India and it will only get worse as their middle class becomes greater and more of them are in automobiles.   
The second three links are to still pictures taken by Lars Richter on a trip he and Dan Joseph orchestrated in February.   I would have loved to have joined them if it had not been for a cardiac appointment.   On of the members of the Pittsburgh list where this is also going, Dwight Long, was on that trip.


From: "Peter Folger" <transitman at maine.rr.com>
Subject: Streetcar / Trams - Calcutta / Kolkata, India

Streetcar / Trams - Calcutta / Kolkata, India
(just like Egypt - many angry car drivers beeping their horns!

& passengers riding absolutely anywhere they darn well feel like.)

CALCUTTA TRAM ARCHIVE.

(now known as Kolkata)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkUNQmjOvH8

Kolkata tram network...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K74Rcy0zdU8&feature=related

tram of kolkata.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPG3QPYJz2U&feature=related

Kolkata (Calcutta) Trams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb3ySuL1_xE&feature=related

New Trams Of Kolkata (january 2010).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJZasK3zKL8&feature=related

Trams Kolkata Calcutta West Bengal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25fSQ2dHQYk&feature=related

Tram Ride - Kolkata Style!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuxU1AS-Rtg&feature=related

Trams, Kolkata, West Bengal - India.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTIracKDiaA&feature=related

Documentary - Trams of Kolkata.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psiHKJ8m5lw&feature=related

Calcutta's Trams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZH-aIKtyWo&feature=related

Calcutta Trams - Part 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCxQCLZwSdo&feature=related

Calcutta Trams - Part 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJdxaHZ1TKU&feature=related

> From: "Lars F. Richter" 
> Subject: Kolkata - Calcutta
> 
> yes, they only have one 2-axle tourist tram, not really anything authentic
> 
> some more CTC pics here:
> 
> http://www.drehscheibe-foren.de/foren/read.php?5,5275921
> http://www.drehscheibe-foren.de/foren/read.php?5,5276027
> http://www.drehscheibe-foren.de/foren/read.php?5,5276057
> 
> 
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards
> Lars F Richter
> 
> new eMail: tramway at pobox.com 
> iPhone: + 49 (0) 151 196 874 37
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