{"product_id":"british-electric-tramways-9780715351055","title":"British Electric Tramways","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe electric tramcar is easily forgotten in these days of carbon monoxide and traffic jams. From the late 1890s Brit-ish towns and cities were served by a reliable, clean, fast and remarkably cheap form of transport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book records the development of the electric tramways of Britain from the first trolley-line at Leeds in 1892 to the closures of the 1960s. The author has selected photographs which show a wide cross-section of tramways, and illustrate the development of tramcar design from the early days to the lat-est streamlined models, the electric supply systems, wartime restrictions, and urban services. There is also a list of opening and closing dates, and gauges, of all British electric tram-ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow that the tramways have gone, there is a growing interest in how they were designed and built, how they worked, and who used them. This book is a balanced and comprehensive survey of a vanished era of British transport history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 18x24cm, 112 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good, past owner's details IFC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David \u0026 Charles","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (282)","offer_id":57780661617023,"sku":"9780715351055","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780715351055.png?v=1781784953","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/british-electric-tramways-9780715351055","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}