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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
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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
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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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