Some Lisbon trams. Portugal. 2009
Posted by razzbuffnik on January 12th, 2010
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January 12th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I love looking up the hill at that narrow one… not sure I’d like to be walking when it came by, though.
What is that rake-like gizmo on the front of the red one. It kind of looks like the “cowcatcher” on the railroads of old. Maybe it’s an urban dog- and cat-catcher?
January 12th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Under the pavement in the city here are trolly tracks. They’ve simply slapped asphalt right over it and there they sit. I can’t tell you how badly I want to see the trollies brought back. Simply beautiful machines. What city or town wouldn’t be proud to have them studiously bustling around the streets?
-TP
January 13th, 2010 at 3:35 am
Hi Razz, the real ones. Nice small trams. The one in the image with the four rails is a funicular, not a tram, but very useful in the small and steep streets of Lisbon. These old-fashioned 900 mm narrow gauge pre-war trams and funiculars are perfectly suited, broader vehicles couldn’t be used, even buses are not useful in these small streets.
Joost
January 13th, 2010 at 4:48 am
Did you go on the funicular? What fun and what a great view! Our driver was a bit grumpy though…I’ll put up my photos of the funicular ride we took in Lisbon soon.
Not really surprised that your brain needs a break after your travels around Europe. Hope you feel revived soon. The heat down there in Oz won’t be helping… That alone is enough to fry a brain!
January 13th, 2010 at 5:53 am
I love these shots. The middle one, in particular, is a dream and so perfectly suited to your lens! The gentle arc of the tracks, the tram, the building, even the crook of the man’s leg in the back ground. Perfect.
January 14th, 2010 at 9:46 am
They look so back in the day.
January 14th, 2010 at 10:42 am
They all look like trains to me, but I’m not one of those spotter people.
I wouldn’t want to be living next to that stuff though.
January 14th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Donald
There was certainly and right and wrong side of the street to stand on, that’s for sure. I’ve no idea about the red tram, but like you, I thought it was a type of cow catcher. Then again, maybe it’s a bicycle rack.
Turkish
It’s the same here in Sydney. The tram track were covered over in the early 1960s. As quaint as old trams are, I can do without the ugly overheard wires.
Joost.
Gee, you sure do seem to know lots about railways. Thanks for the heads up about the correct term for the funicular. I think you’re so right about the size of the trams and to be honest, I don’t think those modern German trams would suit Lisbon at all.
Epic
No I didn’t. As a matter of fact I didn’t go on any trams in Lisbon and we walked everywhere to get some exercise. The cobblestones made and steeps hill in Lisbon made it unpleasant to cycle there.
Pat
The whole of Lisbon was like a dream. So other worldly and so of another time.
Corve
Welcome and thanks for dropping by. Like I said in response to another previous comment, the trams really suit the city of Lisbon because the whole place seems “back in the day”; in a nice way that is.
Ross
Another term for trams or streetcars, if you will, is “light rail”. so I think you might be onto something there. Well, “train spotted”!
January 15th, 2010 at 6:19 am
To me, trams have always been the quintessential part of a(European) city. Too bad Ljubljana kicked them out in late fifties.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Oddly enough, I like the wires. Can’t say why, but I just do. Still, they could make them like the ones in Frisco! No wires and nice and quiet!
-TP
January 26th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Grasswire
Ljubljana has so much character that I don’t think trams would add anything. Anyway, It’s such a nice little city that a bike would be fine for most of the year.
Turkish
You’re just probably over living in your bucolic bliss!