Re: 80th anniversary of suburban electrification

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

David McLoughlin wrote:
> 
> John Wayman wrote:

> > British rail also operated at leat one rail line with cars that were
> > effectively trams, I can't remember which one. I have seen movies of them
> > and they were rather amazing,
 
> The Swansea and Mumbles line operated double-decker trams, but unlike
> the St Kilda to Brighton line, which ran on the roads, they operated on
> a railway-like line.

The line that BR ran was built at Immingham by the Great Central and ran
to
Grimsby. It was not however, a street tramway as it ran over railway
tracks
for the whole distance AFAIK.

John McCallum