The Modern Tramway Journal in the mid-20th century ...

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The Modern Tramway, May 1957 – Rotterdam’s Trams in the 1950s

This short article could be entitled, ‘The Modern Tramway takes on the Manchester Guardian‘. In. Its May 1957 journal the Light Railway Transport League asks whether its readers had read the Manchester Guardian on 22nd January. The featured image shows trams in Rotterdam in May 1957.

In an article entitled ‘A Twisted Tale’, The Modern Tramway Journal was surprised to see the Manchester Guardian being taken in by the spirit of the current age which was decidedly anti-tram!

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/01...terdams-trams/

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A short retrospective look back at London tramways at the end of the 1940s. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/07...949-in-london/

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In the 1950s, a tram Glasgow purchased some years before, a 'one-off', unidirectional double decker car which it numbered 1005 and which was sometimes known as the 'Blue Devil' for its unconventional three tone blue colour scheme, was put forward by the LIght Railway Transport League as an option for trails that the League hoped might happen in London.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/08...amcar-no-1005/

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The 'Modern Tramway' reported in January & February 1963 on a relatively short-lived experiment on Blackpool's trams. The Marton route was an inland route through Blackpool which complemented the promenade route.

The two articles were written by F.K. Pearson who suggested that his articles could perhaps have been entitled, 'The Experiment That Didn't Quite ...'

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/07/29...on-experiment/