Guest transit Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 NO No No it needs a thin red stripe - please ...my suggestion would be an interpretation of this style livery - as on 189 at Crich??? - just the bottom half anyway !!!.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 .... surely a public awareness / Stagecoach Supertram publicity stunt missed if they show no interest ? I would have thought they would have jumped at the chance ! - hopefully they will ! Thanks Andy. yes I suggested it would be good publicity in the email I sent so heres hoping! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 ...my suggestion would be an interpretation of this style livery - as on 189 at Crich??? - just the bottom half anyway !!!.... yes Deffinately! that livery looks great on 189 and would look good on a modern tram too, similar to 46 also at crich so it proves it would work on a single deck too Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transit Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 yes Deffinately! that livery looks great on 189 and would look good on a modern tram too, similar to 46 also at crich so it proves it would work on a single deck too Andy ...heres a pic of 189 ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transit Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 yes Deffinately! that livery looks great on 189 and would look good on a modern tram too, similar to 46 also at crich so it proves it would work on a single deck too Andy ...heres a pic of 189 ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 yes Deffinately! that livery looks great on 189 and would look good on a modern tram too, similar to 46 also at crich so it proves it would work on a single deck too Andy Can't argue with that. Realistically. If Stagecoach pass up on this idea it would be tragic BUT: It could end up looking like a Disney theme park ride. I do doubt whether they'd be prepared to do without the advertising revenue for the duration. (Can you imagine the old livery with modern adverts plastered all over it.) My guess would be that, if they do take the idea on board, and they don't trash the idea with adverts, we'd be lucky to see more than a couple painted up. That's me, Cynical as they come. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transit Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Can't argue with that. Realistically. If Stagecoach pass up on this idea it would be tragic BUT: It could end up looking like a Disney theme park ride. I do doubt whether they'd be prepared to do without the advertising revenue for the duration. (Can you imagine the old livery with modern adverts plastered all over it.) My guess would be that, if they do take the idea on board, and they don't trash the idea with adverts, we'd be lucky to see more than a couple painted up. That's me, Cynical as they come. ... to be honest - we are only thinking of ONE !!!! As regards lost revenue , i am sure this would easily be recouped - even increased if anything , with all the media interest , in newspapers and monthly magazines , enthusiast tours ect , and a resulting public awareness , maybe even interest , from younger kids wanting to ride the "Sheffield " tram !!!! ... and of course all the free publicity and a pat on the back for Stagecoach themselves......who would be on a win - win situation !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transit Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 how good would this look on the centre section !!!........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RichS Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I do doubt whether they'd be prepared to do without the advertising revenue for the duration. err the picture above has advertising on it ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 ... to be honest - we are only thinking of ONE !!!! Oh - I see. err the picture above has advertising on it ???? Yes but it's a bit more tasteful than the sort of thing we've come to expect nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 how good would this look on the centre section !!!........ Yeah i would settle for just a centre section doing too! would look good and show the new livery up for what it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Yeah i would settle for just a centre section doing too! would look good and show the new livery up for what it is! well not wishing to blow my own trumpet but they listened to what i had to say, not sure it was all down to my email either but they have done a tram in what is supposed to be "retro" livery, not too sure about the blue they used but good on Supertram for commemorating the occasion! shame Crich didnt want to play ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Another of my failings - an inability to blow my own trumpet (no musical or artistic talent - hmmmm). For whatever reason I always feel uncomfortable when advertising my own wares (perhaps this is one reason why I am out of work at the moment). Much of what is on my websites is also not historical (apart from being a record of recent times) or Sheffield related, but a bit of searching will reveal the Sheffield stuff (some of it near the bottom of the page). Right. Back to the photo editing software What about applying for this job madannie. W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 of course this is the picture we were all hoping for on Saturday... 510 looks in a sorry state now with lots of cracking varnish on the upper deck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transit Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 ....great pics once again Andy - thanks for sharing ! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 ....great pics once again Andy - thanks for sharing ! no problem, its just a shame 510 wasnt out on Saturday, out of the sheffield trams only 74 was out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Don't blink ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 brilliant bit of colour film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidneystone Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 A short tram journey through the streets of Sheffield with some then and now photo's at the end www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgIdStQQQaQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 no problem, its just a shame 510 wasnt out on Saturday, out of the sheffield trams only 74 was out Is 513 still around, and did anymore Roberts cars escape the scrap man? W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I must say how much I enjoyed reminiscing about our old, but wonderful, tram system. I especially liked one of the shots showing the queue, in the middle of the road outside C& A, protected from the traffic by a white line. What would 'elf'n safety have to say about that? A small point, the video( posted 12 Oct) refers to South Yorkshire. This is incorrect. The County was created in 1972, several years after the "last"(old)tram ran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 A small point, the video( posted 12 Oct) refers to South Yorkshire. This is incorrect. The County was created in 1972, several years after the "last"(old)tram ran. Yes its confusing lysander, but I think Sheffield has always been refered to as being in South Yorkshire. In the 50s we proudly wore South Yorkshire badges on our scout shirts. W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Is 513 still around, and did anymore Roberts cars escape the scrap man? W/E. 513 belongs to Beamish Museum, but was sent on extended loan to the East Anglian Transport Museum at Carlton Colville a few years ago. I assume it is still there. I don't think any other Roberts cars survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Yes, I remember those badges...Yorkshire was divided in three..."thridings"...which became "Ridings". With West, North and East....There was no rational possibility of a South but I accept people did talk of the South Riding. I seem to remember a novel had that title. Sheffield was a County Borough. However, the name South Yorkshire/Riding had no legal standing until Harold Wilson came along and, as well as ruining Whitsuntide and its Whit Monday parades, gave us a new County...which lasted until MHT decided it was too powerful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Only 510 and 513 escaped. They survived because they were both specially painted for the last tram procession. The story has it that the tiny figures painted as drivers, conductors and passengers in the paintings on the two trams were actually characatures of the tramway management and council leaders of the day! Incidentally both trams were painted differently. 510 carries the wording 'SHEFFIELD'S LAST TRAM' on the ends, while 513 carried 'LAST TRAM WEEK'. This is because 513 was at the head of the procession and 510 was at the back, so it was really the last tram. 510 wasn't the last tram for long though. Within a year or so horse car 15 was back for Christmas, trundling up and down on the disused tracks, making the actual last tram on the first generation tramway one that was pulled by a horse! It also returned in the early days of Supertram, making it the only Sheffield car to operate on all three horse, electric and modern systems. Horse tram 15 on The moor in 1961 Horse tram 15 in 1994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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