Carris and Sintra railways in Lisbon. Japan interurban

o anderson · **Posted:** Sat Apr 06, 2013 12:04 am

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/

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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

wesp · **Posted:** Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:20 am

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

Carris and Sintra railways in Lisbon. Japan interurban

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