Je continue de contribuer au "Grenier Ferroviaire" en scannant d'anciennes brochures et publications que Patrick met à disposition du plus grand nombre via son incomparable site!

Ma dernière contribution concerne des brochures explicatives détaillant diverses stations du Métro Léger de Charleroi parues en 1979 et 1985.

Dans les autres nouveautés et pour les amateurs de trains belges : il a obtenu l'autorisation de publier les tous premiers numéros du "Journal du Chemin de fer" dont le premier numéro a paru en novembre 1986. A noter que le Journal du Chemin de fer/Spoorweg Journaal abordait également l'actualité néerlandaise et luxembourgeoise ainsi que des tramways dans le BeNeLux.

Vous pourrez aussi y trouver la revue Rail-Photo qui fut une des premières publications commerciales belges sur les chemins de fer dès 1985.

On peut y trouver aussi plusieurs indicateurs de diverses époques pour les amateurs d'horaires!

C'est un travail collaboratif qui au fil du temps et grâce au labeur des contributeurs, permet à un large public d'avoir accès à des documents qui souvent traînent dans les cartons à archives!

Pour les fiches sur le Métro Léger de Charleroi, c'est ici :

https://www.tassignon.be/trains/documentation/Vicinal.php#stic

Pour le Journal du Chemin de fer :

https://www.tassignon.be/trains/documentation/documentation.php#JCF

#trains #tramways #archives

Petite série de motrices PCC bruxelloises anno 2001.

La ligne 44, qui vient d'être remise en service, traverse un bout de la Forêt de Soignes ce qui en fait une des plus belles lignes de la STIB/MIVB.

Une double traction de PCC est un événement en soi, car inexistant en service régulier et pour cause, les PCC ne peuvent être couplées entre elles. Un attelage spécial existe cependant et il en fut fait usage lors d'un voyage spécial. Le couplage sur la boucle de retournement à "Esplanade" (près du Heysel) est montré sur cette photo. Les motrices arboraient encore une livrée jaune qui était caractéristique des tramways bruxellois d'antan.

#trams #tramways #archives

❄ Depuis 2016, @IDFmobilites équipe systématiquement ses transports de #climatisation ou #ventilation réfrigérée :
🚌 Près de 60% des #bus & cars
🚆 Les deux tiers des #trains et #RER
🚈 la moitié des #métros (100% d’ici 2035)
🚊 et 100% des #tramways en sont dotés.

C’est un investissement majeur pour un réseau adapté aux enjeux climatiques, et des trajets plus agréables ☀
On vous en dit plus ici ➡ https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/actualites/canicule-vers-des-transports-de-plus-en-plus-climatises

🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/IDFmobilites/status/1936059936997245234
🕐 20/06 15:53

Pourquoi c'est mieux des tramways?

1. Ça transporte plus de gens
2. Pas besoin d'ascenseurs ou d'escaliers qui limitent les parents avec des poussettes ou les personnes à mobilité réduite
3. Ça coûte bien moins cher que les bus (sur le long terme)
4. Ça prend moins de place que les bus
5. Plus facile à automatiser et électrifier
6. Moins bruyant

Et plein d'autres raisons!

#tramways #villesIntelligentes #transport #transportPublic #transportEnCommun #metro #autobus #bus

😁 @foxy

But what really isn't right is to decorate with #cars #cars #cars every street, rather than #bikes #pedestrians #tramways !

_The Evening Post_, 24 April 1925:
BUSES FOR THE CITY
MACHINES TO BE BOUGHT
SOME BRITISH, SOME AMERICAN
REASONS FOR THE CHOICE
It was decided by the City Council after a long discussion in committee last evening to purchase three #Daimler machines, one complete #Mack bus, and five Mack bus chassis. The Daimler is a British machine which is considered to be very suitable for hilly country such as will be met with on several of Wellington’s proposed bus runs. The Daimlers are to cost £873 [ca. $110K today] each, the Mack bus £2467 [ca. $312K], and the five Mack chassis £6485 [ca. $820K]. The Macks are American.
…
COMPETITION LIKELY.
“There is every indication that the Corporation in the immediate future will be face to face with severe competition from privately-owned machines, and it may be taken for granted that competitors will not use British machines.…
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250424.2.69

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Buses #Tramways #Wellington #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 4 March 1925:
CENTRE LINE POLES GOING
The #tramways department of the City Corporation is at present engaged, as one of its minor works, in the removal of the remaining centre line street #poles in Lambton quay, and will later remove these poles from Jervois quay as well. The overhead gear is to be hung from special cabling strung from poles on either side of the roadway.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250304.2.106

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Trams #PowerPoles #LambtonQuay #Wellington #NewZealand

Les bêtises des chauffeurs de taxi n'ont pas de limites. Hier, à Boulevard Jourdan (Paris 14), pour éviter le bouchon un taxi a tenté de faire un demi-tour sur les voies du tramway, bloquant ainsi la circulation, y compris les tramways et les autres automobilistes 🙄

#taxis #tramways #paris #paris14 #t3b #codeDeLaRoute

For #TokenTuesday, here is a Copenhagen Tramways token featuring a beautiful local statue. Copenhagen has a long history of trams, and I barely scratch the surface here: https://coinofnote.com/copenhagen-tramways-token/

Have you been on a tram in Denmark? Let me know about your experience!

#numismatics #token #tokens #exonumia #Denmark #tram #tramways #transit @numismatics @histodons

France 3 fait le bilan de la première année de gratuité des transports en commun à Montpellier.

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/herault/montpellier/dossier-saturation-du-reseau-satisfaction-des-etudiants-retards-un-an-apres-la-gratuite-dans-les-transports-un-premier-bilan-contraste-3079393.html

#Montpellier #Gratuité #GratuiteDesTransports #TransportsUrbains #TransportsEnCommun #Occitanie
#Tramways #Bus #MassTransit #PublicTransport #FreeTransit #FreePublicTransport

Seaton Tramway -live.

On a rainy day, or just looking around a bit, the Seaton Trams are Zen to watch.
Live on YT, replica trams from 1950' s South End on Sea are running their course in Seaton, East Devon.

https://www.youtube.com/live/wCSthPSjgxk

#tram #Seaton #tramways #England #UnitedKingdom #Devon #rail #

_The Evening Post_, 6 November 1924:
           THE KELBURN TRAMS
  A correspondent (“Long Suffering”) writes to “The Post” urging that in his opinion the time has arrived for “more comfortable means of conveyance on the #Kelburn Company’s line.” The writer states: “It is admittedly a very short length of line, but one can experience a variety of nerve storms and bone janglings while travelling on it. This is due, it seems to me, to the fact that the cars—the trailers at any rate—are sprung in a way which is apt to lead to the illusion that the wheels are square instead of round. Even for a threepenny [ca. $1.50 today] five minutes’ jaunt one is entitled to a certain degree of comfort. . . . …
  “However,” concludes the correspondent, “if the Kelburn Tramway Company cannot see its way clear to provide this improvement, then it might consider the advisability of taking a Ieaf out of the book of the City Council and reduce the cost of its concession tickets, which were raised from 2s [ca. $12.50] to 2s 6d [ca. $15.70] about the same time as the City Council put up the price of its tramway tickets. Twice since then has the City Council made reductions.”
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241106.2.94

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Trams #Tramways #Transport #Wellington #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 5 August 1924:
AT WALLACE STREET
It had been intended to have transferred the steam shovel from the Wallace street tramway extension excavation to an excavation work in Thorndon quay some days ago, but the navvy is still at it at Wallace street, a minor modification of the plans there giving it a few more days’ work. The scheme as approved had provided for a high level footpath over a portion of the eastern side of the cutting, but to meet the wishes of the residents concerned the council has agreed lo cut down deeper on this length and so provide a low level pathway. Not only is this arrangement satisfactory to the property owners but it also makes for a rather better approach from John street.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240805.2.109
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Tramways #Construction #Footpaths #Pavements #Sidewalks #Wellington #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 30 July 1924:
    CARSHEDS AND WORKSHOPS
  The new car barns at #Kilbirnie are now practically completed, and will probably be formally taken over by the corporation from the contractors at an early date. In several respects the new sheds differ from the old sheds, their chief feature being that although there is a roof span of 67 feet, by 400 feet [20 x 120 m] in length, the building is clear of pillars and supports, a special form of steel roof girder having been employed to enable this to be brought about. A fireproof reinforced concrete wall separates the new barn from the old and each is shortly to be installed with a #sprinkler system to guard further against the risk of fire. The building is so planned as to be capable of extension both on the northern and eastern aspects.
  With the barns completed, and affording shelter for a considerable increase in tramway rolling stock (in conjunction with the Newtown and Thorndon sheds) steps will presumably be taken for a commencement of the new #tramways workshops at Kilbirnie…
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240730.2.89
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Depots #Trams #Fireproofing #Wellington #NewZealand

The following list identifies the longest aerial tramways built for mines in the Western United States. These unique transportation systems were built and operated primarily from the last quarter to the 19th century up until World War II.

Since many mines were located at much higher elevations that the mills, smelters, and shipping points, aerial tramways were a more cost effective alternative compared to extending railways further up into the mountains or using mule and burro teams to move the ore. Ranging anywhere from 400 feet long to an astonishing 16 miles, aerial tramways were handy for carrying raw ore the across vast stretches that included rugged terrain, steep slopes, snowy summits, deep gulches/canyons, and over roaring waters.

Sadly, as the minerals were depleted, the mines closed, or demand ceased, these amazing inventions were left to decay from the elements and time. Despite this, portions of some tramways still remain standing here and there, though none are now operational. Today, one can only imagine the sight and sound of such systems operating in the Old West. What an impressive and awesome experience that would have been. Peace!

Notes:

• Mine and tramway names changed over the years at many locations. Whenever possible, the most commonly used name is used.
• When lengths of tramways varied, the length shown is based on the quality of the data resource.
• When alignments are listed those are multiple tramways operating near one another a mine.
• Extensions of tramways are added on to the length unless the extension is given another name.
• Numbered tramways with a 1 are the original tramway at that location and subsequent numbers are its replacements.
• Dates of when the tramway opened/closed or removed are given when known.

_______

1. Grand Encampment Mine Tramway (1904-1910): Encampment, Wyoming = 84,500 feet (16 miles)

2. Saline Valley Mine Tramway (1913-1936): Death Valley, California = 71,280 feet (13.5 miles)

3. American Metal Mine Tramway (1927-?): Pecos, New Mexico = 63,360 feet (12 miles)

4. Afterthought Mine Tramway (1925-1927): Ingot, California = 44,880 feet (8.5 miles)

5. Rawley Mine Tramway (early 1923-1930): Shirley, Colorado = 38,280 feet (7.25 miles)

6. Cerro Gordo Mine Tramway (1908-1929): Cerro Gordo, California = 29,100 feet

7. Four Metals Mine (1909-1914): Keeler, California = 29,040 feet (5.5 miles)

8. Finch Quarry Tramway (1918-1923): Stevens County, Washington = 26,400 feet (5 miles)

9. Continental Mines Tramway (1907-?): Alta, Utah = 24,288 feet (4.6 miles)

10. Highland Boy Mine Tramway #2 (1910-?): Bingham Canyon, Utah = 20,975 feet

11. Blue Bell Mine Tramway (1905-1926): Mayer, Arizona = 17,424 feet (3.3 miles)

12. Balaklala Mine Tramway (?-1920): Coram, California = 16,500 feet

13. Eureka Mine Tramway (1918-1942): Eureka, Colorado = 16,000 feet

14-16. Blue Bell Mine Tramway (1905-1927): Mayer, Arizona; Mackay Mine Tramway (1918-?): Mackay, Idaho; and Utah Rock Quarry Tramway (1929-1947): Sunnyside, Utah = 15,840 feet (3 miles)

17. Sidney Mine Tramway (1928-?): Idaho = 15,650 feet

18. Mammoth-Collins Mine Tramway (1897-?): San Manuel, Arizona = 14,530 feet (2.75 miles)

19. Eureka Slate Mine Tramway: Slatington, California = 13,300 feet

20. Iron Mountain Mine Tramway (1922-1927): Matheson, California = 13,200 feet (2.5 miles)

21. Hilltop Mine Tramway (1897-1899): Leavik, Colorado = 13,000 feet

22. Highland Boy Mine Tramway #1 (1898-1910): Bingham Canyon, Utah = 12,700 feet

23. Gold Prince Mine Tramway (1906-1917): Animas Forks, Colorado = 12,514 feet (2.37 miles)

24. Homet Mine Tramway (1921-?): Matheson, California = 12,500 feet

25. Contention Mine Tramway: Silverton, Colorado = 12,144 feet (2.3 miles)

26. Nowell Mine Tramway: Juneau, Alaska = 11,600 feet

27. Telegraph Mine Tramway (1903-?): Bingham Canyon, Utah = 11,450 feet

28. Treasure Hill Mine Tramway: White Pine, Nevada (1871) = 11,000 feet

29-31. Copper King Mine Tramway (1891-1893): Clifton Arizona; Pine Creek Mine Tramway (1937-1970): Bishop, California; and Mammoth Mine Tramway (?-1920s): Kennett, California = 10,560 feet

32. Aspen Public Tramway: Aspen, Colorado (1889-?) = 10,500 feet

33. Silver Consolidated Mine Tramway (1916-1924): Park City, Utah = 10,200 feet

34. Shenandoah Dives (Mayflower) Tramway (1930-1953): Silverton, Colorado = 10,100 feet

35-37. Nellie Mine Tramway (1897-?): Telluride, Colorado; Limestone Quarry Tramway (1970-late 1970s): Morenci, Arizona; and Bat Cave Mine Tramway (1958-1959): Grand Canyon, Arizona = 10,000 feet

38. Black Jack Mine Tramway: Santa Catalina, California = 9,900 feet

39. Nephi Gypsum Mine Tramway (1920s): Nephi, Utah = 9,500 feet

40. Iowa-Tiger Mine Tramway Alignment C (1895-?): Silverton, Colorado = 9,400 feet

41. Gold Dust Mine Tramway to Fisher Creek (1919-?): Gardiner, Montana = 9,200 feet

42. Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mine Tramway Alignment A (1891-1902) : Wardner, Idaho = 9,000 feet

43. Granite Mine Tramway: Deer Lodge County, Montana = 8,900 feet

44. Silver Lake Mine Upper Terminal Tramway (1895-?): Silverton, Colorado = 8,640 feet

45. Sunnyside Mine Tramway (1897-?): Silverton, Colorado = 8,600 feet

46. Camp Bird Mine Tramway (1896-?): Ouray, Colorado = 8,550 feet

47. Buffalo Boy Mine Tramway (1930-?): Howardsville, Colorado = 8,500 feet

48. Amethyst Mine Tramway (1892-?): Creede, Colorado = 8,250 feet

49. Grand Central Mine Tramway (1907-?): Tintic, Utah = 7,920 feet

50. Aldridge Tramway (?-1910): Gardiner, Montana = 7,800 feet

51. Keeler-Holcomb Mine Tramway: Kelly Switch, New Mexico = 7,500 feet

52-53. Saddle Mountain Mine Tramway 2 (1916-1920s) Christmas, Arizona and Christmas Mine Tramway (1916-?): Gila County, Arizona = 7,300 feet

54-55. Silver King Mine Tramway (1901-?): Park City, Utah and Foster Mine Tramway (?-1910): Gardiner, Montana = 7,200 feet

56. Eureka Mine Tramway (1899-1918): Eureka, Colorado = 7,100 feet

57. UCC Mystery Hill Mine Tramway: Monte Cristo, Washington = 6,600 feet

58. Pendant Mine Tramway: Gladstone, Colorado = 6,562 feet

59. Silver Age Mine Tramway (1890-?): Idaho Springs, Colorado = 6,240 feet

60. Silver Lake Mill Tramway (1898-?): Silverton, Colorado = 6,200 feet

61-62. Iowa-Tiger Mine Tramway Alignment A (1900-?): Silverton, Colorado and North Star Mine Tramway (1931-?): Grass Valley, California = 6,000 feet

63. Mountain Ledge Mine Tramway: Sierra City, California = 5,800 feet

64. Gold King Mine Tramway (1897-1922?): Gladstone, Colorado = 5,600 feet

65-66. Last Chance Mine Tramway: Cornucopia, Oregon and Richmond Mine Tramway Extension (1953-late 1970s): Shasta County, California = 5,500 feet

67-68. Wild Flower Tramway (1917-?): Crown King, Arizona and Keane Wonder Mine Tramway (1907-1942): Death Valley, California = 5,280 feet+/-

69. Mary Murphy Mine Tramway (ca 1891-?): Romley, Colorado = 4,996 feet

70. Park-Utah Consolidated Mine (1926-?): Park City, Utah = 4,700 feet

71. Bingham-New Haven Mine Tramway (1905-1912): Bingham Canyon, Utah = 4,600 feet

72. American Nettie Mine Tramway (1901-?): Ouray, Colorado = 4,200 feet

73. Newton Mine Tramway (1905-1908): Gardiner, Montana = 4,100 feet

74. Old Jordan Mine Tramway: Bingham Canyon, Utah = 4,025 feet

75. Unity Mine Tramway: Silverton, Colorado = 4,000 feet

76. DeSoto Mine Tramway (1904-1930): Middleton, Arizona = 3,960 feet

77. Radcliffe Mine Tramway: Ballarat, California = 3,800 feet – added 9/12/24

78-79. Consolidated Mine Tramway: Summitville, Colorado and Renton Mine Tramway: Santa Catalina Island, California = 3,700 feet

80. Saddle Mountain Mine Tramway (1907-1916): Christmas, Arizona = 3,600 feet

81. Spring Canyon Mine Tramway (1913-1918): Helper, Utah = 3,200 feet

82. Smuggler-Union Mine Tramway Alignment A: Creede, Colorado = 3,150 feet

83-84. Spring Canyon Mine Tramway: Storrs Utah *May be the same as #75 and Mayflower-Iowa Tramway (1929-?): Silverton, Colorado = 3,000 feet

85-86. Sunnyside Load Tramway (1891-?): Animas Forks, Colorado and Compromise Mine Tramway (1889-?): Aspen, Colorado = 2,640 feet

87-88. Morning Star Mine Tramway (1871-?): Freiburg Mining District, Nevada and Consolidated Smelting Tramway: El Paso, Texas = 2,500 feet

89. Vallejo Mine Tramway (1872-1874): Alta City, Utah = 2,400 feet

90. Sunnyside Extension Mine Tramway (1891-?): Animas Forks, Colorado = 2,279 feet

91-92. Holy Moses Mine Tramway: Creede, Colorado and Big Giant Mine Tramway: Colorado = 2,000 feet

93. Black Diamond Mine Tramway: Ouray, Colorado = 1,900 feet

94-96. Orphan Mine Tramway (1956-early 1960s): Grand Canyon, Arizona; Amy Tunnel to Silver Lake Mill Tramway (1907-?): Silverton, Colorado; and Old Hundred Mine Tramway Alignment A: Howardsville, Colorado = 1,800 feet

97. Paris Mine Tramway: Buckskin/Alma, Colorado = 1,750 feet

98. U.S. Mining Galena Branch Tramway: Bingham Canyon, Utah = 1,700 feet

99. Old Hundred Mine Tramway Alignment C: Howardsville, Colorado = 1,610 feet

100. California Chrome Mine Tramway (1915-1919): Sacramento River Canyon California = 1,600 feet

101. Golden Reef Mine Tramway: Cave Creek, Arizona = 1,500 feet

102. Ross Mine Tramway: Silverton, Colorado = 1,400 feet

103. Wagon Wheel Gap Mine Tramway Alignment A (circa 1918-1940s): Creede, Colorado= 1,350 feet

104. Old Dominion Copper Mine Tramway: Globe, Arizona (1892) = 1,224 feet

105. Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mine Tramway Alignment B: Wardner, Idaho = 1,200 feet

106. Wagon Wheel Gap Mine Tramway Alignment B (1918-1940s): Creede, Colorado = 1,105 feet

107. Little Giant Mine Tramway (1873-?): Silverton, Colorado = 1,000 feet – first in the area

108. Bachelor-Commodore Mine Tramway (pre-1930-?): Creede, Colorado = 850 feet

109. Old Hundred Mine Tramway Alignment B: Howardsville, Colorado = 760 feet

110. Homestake Mine Tramway to Gold Dust: Gardiner, Montana = 700 feet

111. Silver Queen Tramway: Crown King, Arizona = 400 to 500 feet

112. Smuggler-Union Mine Alignment B: Creede, Colorado = 400 feet

More Information Needed:

• Chicago Mine Tramway, Utah
• Harley Mine Tramway: Kernville, California
• Standard Gold Mine Tramway: Bodie, California
• Blue Jacket Mine Tramway: Elko, Nevada
• Amson Mine Tramway (1883-?): Gladstone, Colorado
• Pay Rock Mine Tramway (1897-?): Silver Plume, Colorado
• Black Hawk Mine Tramway (1892-?): Rico, Colorado
• Suffolk Mine Tramway: Ophir, Colorado
• ? Mine Tramway (1891-?): San Bernardo, Colorado
• Portland Gypsum Mine Tramway (1913-1921): Mound House, Nevada
• Yellow Mountain Mine Tramway: Colorado
• Bull Hill Mine Tramway (1906-?):
• Aspen Mine Tramway (1887-?): Aspen, Colorado
• Hercules Mine Tramway: Burke, Idaho
• Baker Mine Tramway: Oregon
• Bald Mountain Mine Tramway: Lead, South Dakota
• Bingham Canyon Mine Tramway: Utah
• Grand View Mine Tramway: Colorado
• Columbia Mine Tramway: Colorado
• Liberal Bell Mine Tramway: Colorado
• Iowa-Tiger Mine Tramway Alignment B (1897-?): Silverton, Colorado
• Mogul Mine Tramway: Gladstone, Colorado
• Henrietta Mine Tramway: Gladstone, Colorado
• Green Mountain Mine Tramway: Howardsville, Colorado
• Kentucky Belle Mine Tramway: Creede, Colorado
• Yampa Mine Tramway (1907-1910): Bingham Canyon, Utah
• Midget and Moon Anchor Mine Tramway (1912-?): Cripple Creek, Colorado
• Basalt Rock Mine Tramway Alignment A (1925-?): Napa, California
• Basalt Rock Mine Tramway Alignment B (1925-?): Napa, California
• Virginia Chief Tramway (ca 1901): Cabezas, Arizona
• Texas Mine Tramway: Shasta County, California
• Iron Chest Mine Tramway: Romley, Colorado
• Charter Oak Mine Tramway: Elliston, Powell County, Montana
• North London Mine Tramway: Alma, Colorado – first tramway in Colorado
• Sunrise Peak Tramway (1907-1917): Colorado

SOURCES:

• Trennert, Robert A. Riding the High Wire: Aerial Mine Tramways In The West. University Press of Colorado, 2001.
• Clark, Lew and Virginia. The Great Bonanza Daze. Western Trails Publications, 2010.
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• https://www.nps.gov/places/ore-tramway-wayside.htm
• https://upcolorado.com/university-press-of-colorado/item/1708-riding-the-high-wire
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• https://www.historycolorado.org/mining-industry-colorado
• https://westernmininghistory.com/gallery-image/5896/
• https://tucson.com/news/local/trams-ore-hauling-heyday-over/article_f1c46bf8-582f-5382-8111-d383afe6adf0.html
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We had the chance to spend much of July 7th wandering amidst one of the country’s best cared for, loved, and preserved ghost towns – St. Elmo, Colorado. Located at roughly 10,000 feet elevation in the heart of the Colorado Rockies, this charming ghost town exudes western mining heritage, historical intrigue, and the spirit Old West. The dusty streets, wood plank sidewalks, and aging wooden structures, quickly take visitors back to the late 19th century when St. Elmo was a mining boomtown. While we were there, several of the historic buildings were open to walk into and the general store contained all sorts of interesting artifacts, antiques, and souvenir

The impressive preservation and restoration efforts undertaken by area residents, the State of Colorado, and Historic St. Elmo & Chalk Creek Canyon, Inc. is very commendable. The town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A short side trip up to see the ongoing restoration of the Mary Murphy Mine Tram Building was also fascinating. This structure along with the remains of two towers were a part of the mine’s aerial ore tramway system developed to carry ore down from the mine.

Below is a montage of this amazing ghost town (and nearby mine) that are totally worth the beautiful drive up into the mountains from U.S. 285 near Nathrop, Colorado. Peace!

If you also find ghost towns as fascinating, here are two books available through Amazon.com. *A link has been provided for each book to Amazon.com. A small commission is earned from purchases that are made using the links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.*

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VARSOVIE 🇵🇱 : Le ballet incessant des #tramways sur le carrefour central… #TransportsPublics #Pologne #Polska #Varsovie #Warsaw

_The Evening Post_, 5 May 1924:
LOCAL AND GENERAL
…
The #Auckland municipal #tramways are meeting with a certain amount of competition from the owners of motor omnibuses, and this has led the Mayor to make a statement for the benefit of ratepayers who may be inclined to patronise the buses to the detriment of their own municipally-owned and controlled tramway service. The Mayor … said that the growth of this promiscuous omnibus traffic in the city was from the citizens’ standpoint, and particularly from that of the ratepayers, not a satisfactory one.… competition on tram routes, even to a small degree, threatened an impairment of the efficiency of the tram service… division of patronage between trams and private buses could only react on the ratepayers themselves.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240505.2.37
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Trams #Buses #PublicTransport #NewZealand