Kilted Holiday in North West England

**David Dalglish** · 14th October 07, 12:50 AM

Nice photo's Alex-I have never been to Liverpool--Must go some day.

**andyfg** · 14th October 07, 09:02 AM

Nice tour Alex. Thanks.

**cessna152towser** · 16th October 07, 09:20 AM

I was interested in the tram - Mum and I went to the Wirral a couple of months ago and ended up in New Brighton but we basically followed signs through Birkenhead and didn't see it.

The tramway runs for about a mile or two from the ferry terminal to the transport museum. Normally it is operated by trams which were built by Hong Kong Tramways in heritage style but are actually only about fifteen years old. Because it was a special vintage transport day they had four historic trams running. I've created a new album set about the Birkenhead Tramway on my website with pics of all the trams which were running while we were there.

**Hamish** · 16th October 07, 06:28 PM

Excellent pics, Alex. Like David, I have never been to Liverpool nor, I regret, to anywhere very close to it! There are so many parts of these islands I've not yet seen - I really must do something about it, and soon!!!

**walkerk** · 16th October 07, 09:11 PM

Thanks for the pictures, Alex. Both here and on your Flickr pages. The double decker trams are certainly unusual. How do they prevent passengers from electrocuting themselves on the one with the open top?

San Franciscans have the opportunity to ride trolleys daily. The favorite is from Blackpool and is brought out on sunny days. Its blaring air whistle gets everyone's attention!

http://www.streetcar.org/mim/streetc...228/index.html

**cessna152towser** · 17th October 07, 02:48 AM

The double decker trams are certainly unusual. How do they prevent passengers from electrocuting themselves on the one with the open top?

The overhead line is sufficiently high that there is no risk of arcing electricity.

Thanks for the link about the Blackpool boat tram, WalkerK. I remember riding on the boat trams in Blackpool when I was younger, but nowadays when I visit Blackpool all the trams which I see are enclosed single or double deckers.