Aberdeen doesn't have any trams at all anymore, since the Aberdeen Corporation Tramways closed in 1958. I wonder if the difficult process with the new trams system in Edinburgh will serve as a deterrent to other Scottish cities who might have considered reintroducing trams.
Here's some beautiful old footage of buses and double-deck trams in Aberdeen.
Note: In case you're interested, I added several pictures to the Streetcar Sunday post for Montreal from several weeks ago.
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The music really adds a lot. It makes the trams look choreographed.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely video. The shot of the driver on the control lever brought back memeories for me.
ReplyDeleteAlso like the music in the movie.
The trams in Bombay (Mumbai) closed soemwhere in the early sixties.
I did write a post about it earlier:
http://joezachs.blogspot.com/2009/10/trams-of-bombay.html
I like the 'Please Cross Here' sign, an early suggestion that crossing at corners might be more wise for pedestrians than jaywalking?
ReplyDeleteI've spent years working in Aberdeen so know these street scenes well - years after the tram had gone. It's well named as the granite city.
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