YouTube Video Footage Of Glasgow Corporation Transport Yesteryear

[Doc Alan]

Thank you Arthur !

I remember well Glasgow trolley buses and trams. Glasgow Corporation tramways came second only to London County Council in the number of tramcars operated, electric traction beginning in 1898. The last tram ran in 1962.

In Manila, the franchise for its first electric tramway went to the lone bidder, Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company ( better known by its acronym Meralco ). The first Meralco trams rolled out in 1905. There was room for 50 passengers per tram. Tickets were 12 centavos for first class and 10 for second class ( at the rear ).

The 1920s were Meralco's " golden age ". The trams were destroyed during the 1945 Battle of Manila. With the demise of " tranvias " ( Spanish for trams ), buses and jeepneys took over. Remember that Philippine vehicles drove on the left side of the road until 1945, when President Osmena signed an executive order directing motorists to drive on the right.

" Ang rare video ng tranvia sa Escolta street na papunta sa Plaza Goiti na ngayon ay Plaza Lacson " :-

[Arthur Little]

Thank you Arthur !

I remember well Glasgow trolley buses and trams. Glasgow Corporation tramways came second only to London County Council in the number of tramcars operated, electric traction beginning in 1898. The last tram ran in 1962.

Alan ... I, in turn, appreciate your response, Amazingly, despite the fact it's approaching 65 years now since my Mum, Dad, my sole sibling Douglas and I "swapped" our fashionable red sandstone tenement flat in Glasgow's West End for rural Perthshire in January 1953, I'm still able to remember it ALL so vividly.

In Manila, the franchise for its first electric tramway went to the lone bidder, Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company ( better known by its acronym Meralco ). The first Meralco trams rolled out in 1905. There was room for 50 passengers per tram. Tickets were 12 centavos for first class and 10 for second class ( at the rear ).

The 1920s were Meralco's " golden age ". The trams were destroyed during the 1945 Battle of Manila. With the demise of " tranvias " ( Spanish for trams ), buses and jeepneys took over. Remember that Philippine vehicles drove on the left side of the road until 1945, when President Osmena signed an executive order directing motorists to drive on the right.

" Ang rare video ng tranvia sa Escolta street na papunta sa Plaza Goiti na ngayon ay Plaza Lacson " :-

GREAT find ^ Alan. Tbh ... ... I never before knew there'd been trams in the Philippines, ... electric ones especially! ... y'know, I'd not even been aware that pre~1945 Philippines' vehicles were driven on the left either.

[Michael Parnham]

Thank you Arthur !

I remember well Glasgow trolley buses and trams. Glasgow Corporation tramways came second only to London County Council in the number of tramcars operated, electric traction beginning in 1898. The last tram ran in 1962.

In Manila, the franchise for its first electric tramway went to the lone bidder, Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company ( better known by its acronym Meralco ). The first Meralco trams rolled out in 1905. There was room for 50 passengers per tram. Tickets were 12 centavos for first class and 10 for second class ( at the rear ).

The 1920s were Meralco's " golden age ". The trams were destroyed during the 1945 Battle of Manila. With the demise of " tranvias " ( Spanish for trams ), buses and jeepneys took over. Remember that Philippine vehicles drove on the left side of the road until 1945, when President Osmena signed an executive order directing motorists to drive on the right.

" Ang rare video ng tranvia sa Escolta street na papunta sa Plaza Goiti na ngayon ay Plaza Lacson " :-

Good post Alan, interesting indeed