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Author: | o anderson [ Sat Apr 06, 2013 12:04 am ] |
Post subject: | Carris and Sintra railways in Lisbon. Japan interurban |
As I understand it, the main tramway system in Lisbon is the Carris railways. There is also a significant but smaller system operated by Sintra, which operates a very historic collection of equipment 40 minutes outside of Lisbon. Carris is 900mm gauge, a bit less than three foot gauge, and Sintra is 1000mm gauge. A user, Bill, at a yahoo group I created shared the links below, which I am passing along here. Enjoy... O. Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NG-Traction ![]() Carris, Lisbon, Portugal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJVr2eqTaAo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK6pAi58g1Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEOgduZmH40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6nU017RjUk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guB-EfCbz3I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AdI_MVHTgY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AdI_MVHTgY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBRKQfoGCsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yck12d_gfII ![]() Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal Bill's photo collection http://www.flickr.com/photos/65881702@N00/collections/72157627668848663/ Quote: Japan's Kinki Nippon Railway (aka Kintetsu) operates a 762mm (about 30 inches), 750v dc interurban line running 5.7 km. from Kintetsu Yokkaichi to Utsube. Kintetsu is making noises about wanting to replace the line with a busway. Traffic is light. Kintetsu is the largest private railway in Japan and operates 762mm, 1067mm and 1435mm lines. Kinki Nippon Railway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAvL5UTHbi0 Cab ride from 2003. Lots of growling gears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59YDFYrSs9Q |
Author: | wesp [ Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:20 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Carris and Sintra railways in Lisbon. Japan interurban |
I hosted a charter run on the Sintra line with a group when our cruise called at Lisbon. It is an amazing operation with extensive side of the road running using vintage Brill single truck open cars. Wesley |
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