Tramway Review No. 269 March 2022

INSIDE THE MARCH 2022 EDITION:

The Pilchers in Aberdeen
Mike Mitchell begins a series tracking the fortunes of these former Manchester cars.

The charm of Gmunden
Robert Harley reflects on his first visit to this Austrian tramway town in 1971.

A student’s holidays
Eric Smith recalls his summers as a student tram conductor in 1950s Leeds.

‘In a split second of electric blue’: Some trams in English fiction
The subject of the tram’s coverage in fiction is introduced by Geoffrey Skelsey.

Faraday rail
David Holt highlights how a new line in Manchester revealed some early tram rail.

Reviews
New candidates for your Spring bookcase.

Letters
Comments on our European issue, Edinburgh, Priestley (J. B.), and the personnel in our last cover photograph are revealed.

The Edinburgh conundrum
Our Edinburgh mystery of the last issue is solved.