Trams: Is There Much Tramway Interest On Here??

[dunnyrail]

I have just been on google maps, I hadn’t realised someone had moved the terminus, I am guessing they still need to cross the road to run round trailers?

Also gone seems to be the old goods shed.

I think they run round a bit nearer to where the Car Barn is, memory tells me the council wanted the MER to stop crossing the road. Superb joined up thinking by the council, lets make things more difficult for public transport. Though in truth the MER is less of a Transport but more of a Theme park line these days. Perhaps when the world has tipped past the environmental disaster point they may understand what a zero carbon method of public transport consists of.

 

[Northsider]

The tram shed has gone -you can see it in the 2010 Streetview photo, but not the one from 2022 and yes, the Goods Shed has gone also .
Given the Manx ambivalence about 'old stuff' (including tram/railways) a backwards step is not a surprise. Look at what they tried to do with the horse trams on Douglas prom. In their defence, there just aren't the passenger numbers that there were in the heyday of rail transport on the Island.

 

[Miamigo259]

Haven't been on here for quite a while but a couple of photos of trams at the Ulster Transport Museum last week might be of interest.......

 

[David1226]

This is a copy of David's Pic of the Day for 29.07.23 showing a view of a 16mm tram kit on the Timpdon Models stand at the Midlands Garden Rail Show, Fosse Way, Warwick, 11.3.2023. I have included a link to their webpage for interest.
Timpdon Models



David

 

[Paul M]

This is a copy of David's Pic of the Day for 29.07.23 showing a view of a 16mm tram kit on the Timpdon Models stand at the Midlands Garden Rail Show, Fosse Way, Warwick, 11.3.2023. I have included a link to their webpage for interest.
Timpdon Models

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David

A lovely looking model. I just wish I had the skills to do one justice. I know practice makes perfect but I still struggle with basic kits sometimes

 

[David1226]

A lovely looking model. I just wish I had the skills to do one justice. I know practice makes perfect but I still struggle with basic kits sometimes

They do sell them ready to run and painted, but at a higher price of course

David

 

[Rhinochugger]

A lovely looking model. I just wish I had the skills to do one justice. I know practice makes perfect but I still struggle with basic kits sometimes

At Peterborough, they were next to one of the other small manufacturers who had a very nice model of a small steam tram - oh so tempting to put the two together

 

[3 minutes of fame]

A lovely looking model. I just wish I had the skills to do one justice. I know practice makes perfect but I still struggle with basic kits sometimes

You might be surprised how well you can do. My skills are not stellar, but I am quite happy with my wooden kit builds. My weak point is paint preparation and final finish, but the good thing is you can always just sand the thing down and give it another go.

 

[David1226]

A B&W rendering of a pic previously rendered in colour, as David's Pic of the Day 31.7.2016. Trams waiting to depart Puerto Soller, for Soller, on the island of Mallorca, taken 25.9.2007. You can click on the link below to see the original colour post.
https://www.gscalecentral.net/threads/sunday-31st-july-2016.307594/post-453725



David