The Blackpool Streamlined Trams

by Peter Waller

In the early 1930s the tramcar in Blackpool was at a crossroads; the system needed investment in both new track and new trams while there was a serious threat that the 'town' routes - as elsewhere in Britain as operators faced the same challenges - might have been converted to bus operation.

The appointment of Walter Luff as the new general manager was, however, to prove a turning point. Working closely with English Electric, based in nearby...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152670904X
• ISBN13: 9781526709042
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.1"