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Before Trams where Electrified around 1900s, some Tramways used Steam locomotives like these (Also known as Tram Engines)
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These like their Full Train counterparts, had the main Steam Engine and passenger carriages separated, making for a fascinating Visual unlike any Electric Trams you can find Nowadays. Yet today they have been all but entirely Forgotten
@Mr_Mofu Wow, fascinating indeed, but the pollution must have been on an abysmal level had the cities used these extensively. No wonder horse-pulled trams were actually more popular back in the day before electrification π
I read that we had one in BraΘov in 1891, but this was the reason it was gradually scrapped until 1960.
Just imagine standing at a Tram stop and hearing Locomotive chugging right at you. That be so cool!
@Mr_Mofu and smelling its smoke next to the exhaust of the cars, haha (jk).
But yea, indeed π
@petrescatraian but having to walk through knee deep horse shit probably wasn't great either. π
I think cities were very polluted for a long time, and the tram might not have contributed to too much of the polution.
@Mr_Mofu