{"product_id":"british-trams-in-camera-9780711008014","title":"British Trams in Camera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe early postwar years saw the gradual and apparently final decline of the tram, a machine whose name had been synonymous with urban transport for generations. To presentday city dwellers who use bus and tube, the only experience of commerical trams in the British Isles can be gained from the reduced Blackpool network. (Tyne and Wear, however, promises better things.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBritish Trams in Camera presents a broad cross-section of the electric tramway under-takings that survived World War II and con-tinued functioning into the 1950s. Certainly of nostalgic interest to all those who remember the heyday of the tram, it also contains an element of topicality in the light of recent serious considerations to reintroduce the tramway system to Britain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSketching, as it does in some detail. different facets of the workings of the urban transport systems of some 17 different areas in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the Isle of Man, British Trams in Camera provides a splendid survey of the postwar tram era before it was eclipsed by the motor bus. It does so with over 200 photographs, many of which have never been published before, and a lengthy glossary of tram terms that could assist those confused by the mysteries of 'Conduit Point Tongues' and 'Rocker Panels British Trams in Camera has something for the tramway expert, the amateur enthusiast and modeller alike in its re-creation of a bygone age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 18x24cm, 128 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Allan","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (246)","offer_id":58429873357183,"sku":"9780711008014","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780711008014.jpg?v=1789406508","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/british-trams-in-camera-9780711008014","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}