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100 YEARS OF BRITISH ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS

by E. Jackson-Stevens

Published by David & Charles. Circa. 1985

Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos.

Wrapper spine is faded.

ISBN: 0715387227
Stock no. 2123251

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1 The Background of the Street Tramway
  • 2 Electric Tramways, History and Development
  • 3 Bureaucratic Difficulties
  • 4 The Edwardian Era
  • 5 Basic Principles of a British Electric Tramcar
  • 6 Early Types of British Electric Tramcars
  • 7 Social Amenities and Cheap Fares
  • 8 Typical Leasing Problems in Early Days
  • 9 London's Tramways
  • 10 Some Urban Systems
  • 11 Tramways of the 'Black Country'
  • 12 The Tramcar Supreme - Reserved Track Expansions
  • 13 The upsurge of the Rival Buses
  • 14 The Second World War Scene
  • 15 Unfair Competition and Decline
  • 16 Fighting for its Life - the Incursion of the Private Car
  • 17 What Might Have been
  • 18 The National Tramway Museum
  • 19 Renascence and Future Prospects
  • British Electric Tramway Undertakings: Opening and Closing Dates
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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