Postcard: The Embankment, London (1900)

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Date: 1900.
City: London (United Kingdom).

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Postcard: London tram line 26 with bilevel rail car 1763 on Albert Embankment (1949)An American visitor took this rare colour photo of a London E/1 type tram making its way along the Albert Embankment in 1949. Three years later, trams had ceased to run in the capital, Happily, car No. 1025 of the same type can still be seen in the London Transport Museum at Covent Garden, and No 1622 is being restored by the LCC Tramway Trust.By Henrik Boye, Mumbles Railway, W. E. Robertson - 1949.

Postcard: London tram line 68 near Greenwich Church (1949)This 1949 view was taken at Greewich Church, the terminus of route 70 from London Bridge, and route 68 from Waterloo. Both ran via Surrey Docks and the lifting-bridge at Deptfort. Over 1000 of the E and E/1 trams were built for LCC from 1906 to 1921, and London Transport 'rehabilitated' 146 of them in 1935/6, fitting upholstered seats, windscreens, ets.By Henrik Boye, Mumbles Railway, W. E. Robertson - 1949.

Postcard: London bilevel rail car 290 inside Transport Museum (1973)34 West Ham Corporation Electric Tramcar This tramcar is a typical early four-wheel (single-truck) electric vehicle used in various forms by London's municipal tramways. It was built by the United Electric Car Co. of Preston, being considerably rebuilt in 1922, but it retained its open balconies and vestibules. It passed to London Transport in July 1933 with the West Ham undertaking. It bears today the London Transport livery and fleet number 290 Capacity: 54 seats. Unladen wt. 11 tons.By Henrik Boye, London Transport, London Transport Museum - 1973.

Postcard: London tram line 46 with bilevel rail car 100 near Erith Church (1952)LTM 164 Class EH tramcar, built 1928, at Erith Church in last week of London's trams, July 1952By Henrik Boye, London Transport Museum, W. J. Wyse - July 1952.

Postcard: London bilevel rail car 1025 inside Transport Museum (1952)LTM 2 Class E1 tramcar No. 1025 entered service in 1908 and was withdrawn in January 1952, six months before London's trams ceased operating.By Henrik Boye, London Transport Museum - January 1952.

Postcard: London tram line 34 with bilevel rail car 1395 on Gresham Road, Brixton (1950)London trams picked up electric current in two different ways: from a live wire overhead, or from live rails beneath the road. Was a point at which they changed from one system to the other. No. 1395 is seen leaving on overhead, after its 'plough' - the pich-up device which ran in a slot between the rails - had been detached here.By Henrik Boye, Mumbles Railway, W. E. Robertson - 1950.

Postcard: London on Embankment (1935)By Henrik Boye.
1935.

Postcard: Thames Embankment, London (1933)By Henrik Boye, The Regent Publishing.
1933.

Postcard: London (1901)The London United Tramways Limited Type X 1901 Fleet Nos. 101-150.By Henrik Boye, Kellner-Verlag - 1901.

Model tram: London the front (1987)Model of Vesteryear Matchbox Preston type Tramcar Made in MacauBy Henrik Boye, Matchbox - 1987.

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Postcard: The Embankment, London (1900)

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