dublintramscollection

10 photos tagged dublintramscollection, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2010

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18 older comments, and then…
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
Looks like it can really fly.
Foxglove said:
steam power ! maybe it's an early version of " the Doc's" de Lorena time machineA lot of really nice graphical art work seems to have generated the original image
Suck Diesel said:
This is a factory photo by the makers Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd. of a steam tram made to the patented design of Edward Perrett. It was delivered on a trial basis to the Dublin and Lucan Steam Tramway which operated a narrow gauge service between Parkgate St. and Lucan between 1881 and 1897. I haven’t seen any actual photos of it in service so don’t know if it was successful or was returned. The line was electrified in 1897 and renamed as the Dublin and Lucan Electric and ran until 1925.
John Luxton said:
I don't think today's health and safety rules would like the upper deck stairs, look like an accident waiting to happen in particular if there was any sudden braking! 😄
Niall McAuley said:
Published 1891 per the catalogue, where the title is Dublin and Lucan Steam Tramway, Perrott Steam Car.

That line was electrified in 1900. The steam engine we saw previously was not one of these:

5 older comments, and then…
O Mac said:
Archiseek tells us the new DUTC club opened in June 1941.
www.archiseek.com/1941-dutc-club-earl-place-dublin/
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
O Mac Bualadh bos. General date established.
Niall McAuley said:
Streetview
Niall McAuley said:
Hey, #5, a rolling stock engineer, is named McAuley! (No relation)
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Niall McAuley Though he is very dapper!

22 older comments, and then…
Foxglove said:
wait for a bus, then two come along at the same time, plus la change !
O Mac said:
Trams that moved by themselves must have been a wonder....especially to the horse.
beachcomber australia said:
The fella with the umbrella is about to get an electric shock from the overhead wires! Is this the right corner? Streetview - goo.gl/maps/PaMsBMMSzLXgt4g99
Niall McAuley said:
beachcomber australia That corner matches the tramtracks shown on the 25" map
O Mac said:
The horse tram is on the wrong side of the road. Unless it's a rear hoof drive tram.