Britain's Preserved Trams by Peter Waller
It is almost 100 years since the first tram was preserved in Britain, in the century since then a great variety of trams have been saved from tramway systems small and large. Some trams were purchased directly out of service and others were acquired after many years alternative usage, some being summer houses or homes, while others were used on farms or allotments where they served as sheds and out buildings, before being lovingly restored over many years. The story of tram preservation is not wholly positive, in the early days many trams suffered from being stored in the open at unsafe sites, where the historic vehicles were often subjected to acts of vandalism and suffered badly from the weather. This changed to a large extent in 1959, with the acquisition of the site of the future National Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire,, where a comprehensive collection of trams from all over Britain and also foreign tram networks has been assembled, to secure a collection of tramcars for future generations. There is also today fine collections of trams in other museums in Britain and Ireland, which cover much of the rich history of this once common form of public transport. This book looks at almost 200 of these trams when they were in service, through historic photographs, prior to their withdrawal and eventual preservation.
Brought up in Bradford, Peter Waller grew up as the city's trolleybus network gradually declined. In 1986 he commenced a career in publishing, working for a number of years for Ian Allan Ltd publishing books, where he oversaw the commissioning and publication of a wide range of books. The first book he wrote was British and Irish Tramway systems since 1945, in 1992. Since then he has written a number of transport books covering numerous subjects, moving to Shropshire where he is a director and secretary of the Online Transport Archive, a director of Shrewsbury Dial a Ride, chairman of the West Shropshire Talking Newspaper, a committee member of the National Railway Heritage Awards and a past president of Rotary Club of Shrewsbury.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781526739018 |
| ISBN 10 | 1526739011 |
| Title | Britain's Preserved Trams |
| Author | Peter Waller |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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