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agave in venta lanuza
Venta Lanuza, Spain, September 2011.
villena
villena, spain, september 2011.
arrangement with agave
22nd June 2008
dallas
9th may 2008, mckinney avenue trolley (this car is ex-melbourne and dates to 1925)
dallas
9th may 2008, mckinney avenue trolley (this is a dallas car of 1913)
freiburg holzmarkt
23rd august 2008, holzmarkt stop. the stop is located in the center of the street in a depressed section to permit level boarding. cars have to stop to permit tram passengers to board.
tram zürich west opening
10th december 2011. the new tramway at technopark. the track is set in gravel of different grades creating patterns along the line.
tram zürich west opening
16th may 2006. flashback to 2006. this was the same location as this 2011 view:
the swissmill is still served by rail but the tracks have been relocated to the other side of the viaduct.
tram zürich west construction
16th may 2011. with the reserve mirage fleet now being disbanded, it wil have to be a preserved mirage if ever a tram of this type is to run to altstetten. in the meantime, advertising 1626 is providing a good semblance.
see also this news item .
tram zürich west construction
16th may 2011. for motorists, pfingstweidstrasse is the classical entry into the city of zürich, and various details such as the migros skyscraper and bridges have gained iconic status. in future, this entry will also be shared by trams.
see also this news item .
laubiweg
2nd october 2009.
as an interesting aside emark, this tram carries a headboard for the zürich film festival which was going on at the time. news of this event went around the world, not so much because of any good films but because the film director, roman polanski, was arrested while travelling there to recieve an award.
tram zürich west construction
18th june 2009. view of the swissmill industrial siding from the west side. this will be diverted to pass under the bridge further south, so eliminating the need for two additional rail/tram crossings when the new tram line is built. the fumes of the diesel locomotives that work this siding have left their marks on the bridge. disused tracks of other industries are seen to the left.
gtz trolleybus number 1
1995, mercedes/abb o405 gtz trolleybus number 1 (former prototype) of 1986 approaches kirche fluntern on route 33. this was the only gtz to have three doors rather than four. it was also the only gtz to gave carried this livery variation with more generous use of blue. the livery lasted until 1999. the bus was unpopular with staff as the missing rear door supposedly lead to longer loading times and made time keeping difficult. it was hence frequently used for driver training. this became official in 2007 when the bus could be declared surplus to the requirements of the regular fleet and was renumbered 4122 in the training fleet. this status was short lived however, as the bus suffered a transmission failure later that year and was scrapped for spares .
rollout of glattal livery
20th october 2008, on the day of its official rollout, 3062 — the first of the glattal liveried cobras is about to leave bahnhof oerlikon ost on a special run to the airport.
rollout of glatall livery
20th october 2008, on th day of its official rollout, 3062 — the first of the glattal liveried cobras is about to leave bahnhof oerlikon ost on a special run to the airport.
rollout of glattal livery
20th october 2008, on the day of its official rollout, 3062 — the first of the glattal liveried cobras is about to leave bahnhof oerlikon ost on a special run to the airport.
rollout of glattal livery
20th october 2008, on the day of its official rollout, 3062 — the first of the glattal liveried cobras is about to leave bahnhof oerlikon ost on a special run to the airport. here it meets a glattal-liveried citaro bus.
rollout of glattal livery
20th october 2008, on the day of its official rollout, 3062 — the first of the glattal liveried cobras leaves the airport on its return run to oerlikon.
escher-wyss-platz
20th august 2008, mirage + b4 tram sets basking in the evening sunlight outside hard depot. trams of this type have practically vanished from route 4. these two sets are spare.
tram 2038 zürich 5th august 2008
5th august 2008, 2038 as the rear unit of a coupled set at bucheggplatz. 2038 is a unique unit, being the only tram 2000 in zürich to have a headlamp n the rear end. note that the red tail light is also moved from its usual position above the window to inside it. this lam's normal position is occupied by a stub to which windscreen wipers can be fixed. this tram was thus equipped to work a shuttle service between kunsthaus and bellevue during building work in the 1980s.
zürich 29th july 2008
29th july 2008, einsatztram 1675 approaching leutschenbach. mirages are a rare sight on this new section of line. the einsatztram is deployed flexibly over the entire network to fill in for late running trams. this tram is displaying the wrong destination, as to turn at mess/halenstadion as the blind implies, it has already travelled too far.
glattalbahn phase 2 on 5th february 2008
5th february 2008. railway bridge over hagenholzstr. the new tram tracks are visible in the foreground. to permit these to pass under the bridge, the roadway must be widened at the expense of the pavement. this is being replaced by a pedestrian tunnel to be excavated to the left behind the digger.
glattalbahn phase 2 on 5th february 2008
5th february 2008. railway bridge over hagenholzstr. to permit tram tracks to pass under the bridge, the roadway must be widened at the expense of the pavement. this is being replaced by a pedestrian tunnel to be excavated to the right.
glattalbahn phase 2 on 5th february 2008
5th february 2008. bahnhof glattbrugg. entrance of the future tram subway. the railway passes under the ridge to the right. tram tracks have already been laid in the foreground.
glattalbahn phase 2 on 5th february 2008
5th february 2008. the balsberg to airport viaduct of glattalbahn. the buildings to the left are within the perimeter fence, and obviously security forces must have been worried about the proximity of the viaduct as a high security fence runs along one side of this. i wonder how many hijackers will try to enter the airport by jumping from a tram?
aps tram to züspa
22nd september 2007 every year, at the household fair züspa, the tram enthusiast society, aktion pro sächsitram , operates a public service between hauptbahnhof and the fair, which is held in oerlikon. here museum cars 1009 and 679 are seen at the start of their journey on bahnhofquai.
these vehicles are from the late 1920s and the type remained in service until the early 1970s. a grand total of four motor cars and five trailers have survived in preservation in zürich (september 2007).
aps tram to züspa
22nd september 2007 1392 and 732 waiting to depart from bahnhofquai on an oerlikon-bound working. these vehicles have been restored to their original condition with passenger flow past a seated conductor by the rear door.
forch hell
14th december 2006, the red signs "forch hell" travel further north than ever before. this was possibly the first day since the opening of the auzelg extension (on 10th december) that these signs were displayed on route 11, so making them visible in places where they were hitherto unseen.
the use of such signs goes back a long way and is still an important and sympathetic way of encouraging people to leave the overcast winter down and ride by tram to an area which is basking in the sun — not fuertaventura or the phillipines, but the forch area just aside zürich.
similar signs (uetlibgerg hell) are carried on routes 13 and 14 when similar weather treats zürich's uetliberg mountain.
this view shows the stop messe/hallenstadion, until recently the terminus of route 11. part of the old turning circle can be seen on the left. this feature is being retained to serve major events in the messe (exhibition centre) and hallenstadion (the indoor stadium, the building in the background).
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glattalbahn opening
10th december 2006, 2044+2029, the first tram to have worked in passengers service from central zurich to the new auzelg terminus has just arrived.
zw altstetten
2nd december 2006, kurbeli 1408 and an accident-damaged mirage between mirage bogies outside altstetten workshops. the mirage will probably be scrapped soon, wheras the fate of the kurbeli remains uncertain. aps have attempted to secure it for preservation but finding adequate storage space still presents a hurdle.
zürich as it might have been: lindenplatz u-bahn stop
In the early 1970s, Zürich was planning an underground ( U-Bahn ). The plans were rejected in a referendum in 1973. This artist's impression shows how Lindenplatz stop might have looked. Some sections on which work had already commenced were put to other uses, including a tram subway. For more information on this, visit this page: From U-Bahn to tram tunnel .
The illustrated stop would have been built by cut-and-cover. Compare this to the deep-level-bore station that was planned at Schaffhauserplatz ..
zürich as it might have been: schaffhauserplatz u-bahn stop
In the early 1970s, Zürich was planning an underground ( U-Bahn ). The plans were rejected in a referendum in 1973. This artist's impression shows how Schaffhauserplatz stop might have looked. This station would have been built in a single deep-level bore with platforms on two different levels.
Compare this to the cut-and-cover station that was planned at Lindenplatz .
tierspital subway stop: zürich
tierspital stop on the milchbuck to schwamendingerplatz subway. this tunnel was built for zürich's planned u-bahn . this project was, however, discarded in a referendum in 1973. the subway finally found a new use when a tram line was opened through it in 1986. to compare this picture to how the u-bahn could have looked, visit this page: from u-bahn to tram tunnel .
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limmattal strassenbahn (lsb) nr. 2
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zürich.
this june 2001 view shows painting in progress. the windows have been fitted.
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zürich
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zürich.
15th december 2001. zürich certainly has no shortage of complex junctions, yet no other is in such an almost woodland setting, and no other is so lavishly laid out as to allow trams to be photographed at different levels. the location is milchbuck, a busy tram, trolleybus and bus interchange adjoining irchel park.
to the left a mirage set on route 7 emerges from the schwamendingen tram subway, while the tram 2000 set on the right is heading for the same subway. due to the central platforms in the tunnel, trams have to run on the left, and the lines are crossed over at this junction, explaining the need for the outbound line to rise over the inbound line before the former can enter the tunnel. the tram 2000 set in the background is waiting to leave the turning circle on a short working of route 9. the tracks used by routes 10 and 14 to oerlikon continue to it's left.
the snow had fallen two days earlier and was to last well into the new year.
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zürich
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zürich.
the p16s normally operate in sets of one motor unit and a trailer. they are actually capable of multiple unit operation, although this cannot be used in everyday sevice for lack of a connector provision. for trial purposes only, a set with two motor cars and a trailer once operated. but four p16s in one train? what is going on here?
normally trams have no difficulty with the snow, but the particular moist snow on in january 1995 was just too much for the leading p16 on route 5, which had to pushed up gloriastr. towards kirche fluntern by the following p16 on route 6.
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zürich
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zürich.
on the 8th february 1999 heavy snowfall hit zürich. road transport practically ceased to exist, and even the trams had to struggle. here 2086 + 2315 have just unloaded passengers at bahnhofstrasse during the evening peak. the stop had been temporarily relocated to here from it's normal position due to track renewal work. these trams carry a special livery advertising the opening of route 11's extension to messe the previous september.
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alicante, electric tram
electric tram on the paseo in alicante in 1950. these rounded-looking cars were rebodied in he 1940s from earlier vehicles. the building in the background still stands today, the palm trees have grown a little taller and this part of the paseo is now an elegant pedestrianised promenade. wouldn't it be wonderful to see today's tram line extended to once again run along the full length of central alicante's beautiful waterfront? (photographer unknown)
la teulada
5th june 2008. 2300 series unit leaves la teulada.
alicante
six of the 2300 series diesel railcars have recently been re-bodied (la marina, march 2006).
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lyon tram at porte des alpes
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a tram on t2 leaves porte des alpes terminus on 03.09.01.
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lyon tram at jean mace
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lyon.
a tram on t2 leaves jean mace tram stop on 03.09.01. in the background is the railway to perrache station.
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mulhouse tram
04.07.2006. mulhouse's new tram on attractive green reservation at the coteaux terminus. this is a high-rise area which appears to have been recently refurbished.
stuttgart, gt4, route 15 and metre gauge tram farewell
9th december 2007, the farewell cavalcade marking the closure of the stammheim line passes wimpfenerstrasse. the gt4 set closest to the camera was the last in the cavalcade and probably the last ever to traverse these tracks.
winterthur
14th august 2008, winterthur a solaris trollino in front of the oskar reinhart art museum on stadthausstr. these trolleybuses have an unusual rear-end design.
winterthur
14th august 2008, winterthur a gtz trolleybus on stadthausstr. this combination of very old houses and the tree-lined avenue make this part of winterthur so special.
foxton
foxton, next door to the museum. doesn't everyone have one of these in their back garden?!
photo by chris williams.
ae6/6 locomotive
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten the sad state of affairs with the nameplates removed from this once proud ae6/6 locomotive. the move was apparently justified by the wish to save these prizes from souvenir hunters. it was said that they would be replaced once a means had been found to make them theft-proof. alas that was the last we saw of them.
ae6/6 locomotive and freight train
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten an ae6/6 locomotive with a freight train leaves the station while a pair of re4/4 ii double-head an express in the background.
industrial railway tracks in zürich oerlikon
16 september 2013, roadworks on elias-canetti-strasse in zürich oerlikon revealed these narrow gauge tracks. i don't know anything about the history of these tracks. the rail is of extremely light grade and so possibly used for hand-pushed trolleys. this area was part of the mfo factory site, which was until not very long ago criss-crossed by a veritable labyrinth of industrial sidings, the remnants of one of which is still visible in this same street. these tracks are definitely too light to be standard gauge however, so must have been part of a different system.
this picture is part of a series of four .
covid protection on renfe
6 december 2020, covid protection on renfe on board an international ave train.
alicante terminal
5th september 2019. the sunset iluminates an ave train at alicante terminal.
portbou
27th december 2013. a peek through these doors reveals the former customs hall through which, at one time, all international travelers would have had to pass. border customs restrictions between spain and france were progressively simplified over the years until finally eliminated under schengen.
schiphol airport
18th august 2020, hondekop trains may now have vanished from service, but long may they survive in signage!
vbz päcklibus
10th december 2014. vbz's parcel bus has become a regular feature of the christmas shopping scene on bahnhofstrasse, providing a place where shoppers can leave items and even get help with packaging. rumour has it, the days of this bus are numbered. this is saurer guk nr 540, built 1967, withdrawn 1994, set aside as a heritage vehicle and now renumbered in the four digit series as a non-revenue vehicle.
motor coach number 5 of wynentalbahn
motor coach number 5 of wynentalbahn. wynentalbahn (aarau - menziken) is now part of wsb/aar and operated with modern rolling stock. most of the street running sections have been re-aligned. the brown boveri review , november 1924.
2cv graveyard
29st March 2014. Near Coveta Fuma
2cv graveyard
29st March 2014. Near Coveta Fuma
san francisco
november 2011.
john cleese once asked whether they have palm trees in california.
so we went there to find out.
as you can see, they do.
san francisco
november 2011.
different levels of activity in san francisco.
the milano ventotos have found a new home.
muni trams today run both on the city's streets and under them.
the bay bridge that overlooks this scene once also carried a light railway on its lower deck.
zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. szu stabling tracks at hauptbahnhof. this area was created for the aborted u-bahn project. the u-bahn tunnel would have continued through the wall in the background. note the two different overhead systems, with the sihltal ac tracks to the right, the uetliberg dc track to the left and dual electrification on the centre line.
houston
30th april 2008, houston. something for an inhabitant of zürich to feel at home. they have a binz street in houston, but as far as i could find out, the szu doesn't go there.
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