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Before Trams where Electrified around 1900s, some Tramways used Steam locomotives like these (Also known as Tram Engines) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 9 months ago by Mr_Mofu to c/trams_trolleys_streetcars
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These like their Full Train counterparts, had the main Steam Engine and passenger carriages separated, making for a fascinating Visual unlike any Electric Trams you can find Nowadays. Yet today they have been all but entirely Forgotten

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[-] petrescatraian@libranet.de 2 points 9 months ago

@Mr_Mofu Wow, fascinating indeed, but the pollution must have been on an abysmal level had the cities used these extensively. No wonder horse-pulled trams were actually more popular back in the day before electrification 😁

I read that we had one in BraΘ™ov in 1891, but this was the reason it was gradually scrapped until 1960.

[-] Mr_Mofu 2 points 9 months ago

Just imagine standing at a Tram stop and hearing Locomotive chugging right at you. That be so cool!

[-] petrescatraian@libranet.de 2 points 9 months ago

@Mr_Mofu and smelling its smoke next to the exhaust of the cars, haha (jk).

But yea, indeed 😁

[-] utzer@social.yl.ms 2 points 9 months ago

@petrescatraian but having to walk through knee deep horse shit probably wasn't great either. 😜

I think cities were very polluted for a long time, and the tram might not have contributed to too much of the polution.

@Mr_Mofu

[-] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 9 months ago

@utzer@social.yl.ms wrote:

but having to walk through knee deep horse shit probably wasn't great either. 😜

Yeah, I know horse manure crisis could have been a thing in more developed cities. But these steam powered trams were also more noisy than a regular horse-pulled one.

Anyway, in the end it's great that we have electric transit instead.

@Mr_Mofu

[-] TheAlbatross 1 points 9 months ago

This is really cool! Do you know more about the vehicle pictured? It looks like it's a museum train brought out for some event. I wonder where they stored the coal...

[-] Mr_Mofu 2 points 9 months ago

Not sure about this ones origines. But yeah most likely a Museum Tram out for a ride! Not sure about where the coal might be stored. Couldn't find anything on that

[-] MsFlammkuchen 1 points 8 months ago

It's the Dampftram in Bern Switzerland. https://Dampftram.ch

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