engine works

[BLAKEY]

sundowner wrote: [Also the new single decker trams Leeds bought i think there were two i know one was purple they ran on Hunslet Road.I dont think they lasted long i think the tram service was closed down within months if not weeks of them comeing into service. There were three single deckers Sundowner. One was the ex Sunderland car, massively rebuilt by Leeds and in red livery. The two purple Coronation cars, bodies by Roe, differed considerably in electrical and other equipment and were new of course in 1953. All three finished their days largely, as you rightly say, on the short 25 service from City to Hunslet. You will be amazed to hear (how deceiving is the passage of time) that this route was not withdrawn until April18th 1959, being replaced by the number 7 bus route from Hunslet to North Lane.

[liits]

Brunel wrote: This is the Tommy Green building on North St.It is a listed building and has a blue plaque. The building was also at one time a hotel; The Smithfield Hotel. Leodis states "15th April 1897. Smithfield Hotel numbered 94 North Street, landlord William Fawcett. The named derived from the fact that it was opposite the Smithfield meat market, the site of which became Lovell Park. The hotel closed in the early 1900s. Behind the hotel was the Smithfield iron works run by Thomas Green, they were established in the area in 1835, making a variety of machinery. They became famous for their mowing machines, vehicles for road making and street cleaning. When the hotel closed, Greens expanded into the site. Greens closed in the early 1970s. The facade of this building has been cleaned and restored"Although thet say it closed in the early 1900's, it appears in various trade directories up until 1925.

[Trojan]

sundowner wrote: There is nothing wrong with nostalgia Except that it isn't what it used to be

[sundowner]

Trojan wrote: sundowner wrote: There is nothing wrong with nostalgia Except that it isn't what it used to be [You could say its all in the mind    

[sundowner]

BLAKEY wrote: sundowner wrote: [Also the new single decker trams Leeds bought i think there were two i know one was purple they ran on Hunslet Road.I dont think they lasted long i think the tram service was closed down within months if not weeks of them comeing into service. There were three single deckers Sundowner. One was the ex Sunderland car, massively rebuilt by Leeds and in red livery. The two purple Coronation cars, bodies by Roe, differed considerably in electrical and other equipment and were new of course in 1953. All three finished their days largely, as you rightly say, on the short 25 service from City to Hunslet. You will be amazed to hear (how deceiving is the passage of time) that this route was not withdrawn until April18th 1959, being replaced by the number 7 bus route from Hunslet to North Lane. Well BLAKEY that does amaze me they were used for six years you are so right time dulls the mind.I think i must have been thinking of the time they were used on the Hunslet run i know they were more stable than the old type trams. If you got on the top deck of the trams i remember on the Middleton run it was like riding the big dipper at Blackpool.

[BIG N]

To be perfectly honest I had never heard of Mclaren Steam engines until earlier this year when I came across this fine example, in Swindon Wilts - This little beauty was built as number 757 in 1904 and registered as AI 3029