The Development of the Modern Tram

Brian Patton, hardbacked, 208pp, profusely illustrated in colour, £40

CONTENTS:

FOREWORD

Chapter 1
THE PIONEERS
    Pay as you Enter Cars
    Nearside Cars
    The Peter Witt Car
    The Low Floor Car
    One Person Operation – the Birney Safety Car
    Summary

Chapter 2
BOGIE CARS 1927-1940
    Italy
    Netherlands
    Denmark
    Belgium
    Germany
    USSR and Eastern Europe
    Norway and Sweden
    France
    Australia
    North America
    Great Britain

Chapter 3
CENTRAL ENTRANCE TRAMS
    French Designs
    City Cars in Europe 1920-1960
    British Single Deck Cars
    Designs in Various Countries for Suburban Operation
    The Australian Drop-Centre Car
    Double-Deckers

Chapter 4
THE PCC BOGIE CAR
    North America
        Cars with PCC Characteristics
    Europe
    Great Britain
    Australia
    Japan

Chapter 5
STANDARDISED TWO-AXLE CARS
    Predecessors
    The Proposed German Standard Tram (ESW)
    The KSW
    The Aufbau and Verbandstyp Trams
    The Werdau Cars in the DDR
    Gotha Cars
    The Reko trams of the DDR
    Other German Designs
    Polish N Class Cars
    Austrian Designs
    Romania
    USSR
    Rebuildings in Other Countries
    New Designs in Other Countries

Chapter 6
THREE-AXLE CARS

Chapter 7
GERMAN BOGIE GROSSRAUMWAGEN

Chapter 8
BOGIE CARS FROM 1940
    Scandinavia
        Sweden
            Göteborg
            Stockholm
            Malmö
            Norrköping
        Norway
            Trondheim City System
            Trondheim Gråkalbanen
            Oslo
            Bergen
        Finland
            Helsinki
            Turku
        Denmark
            Copenhagen
        Summary
            Derived Design
        Switzerland
            The “Standard” Bogie Trams
            Standard Trailers
            Bogie Cars of Tram 2000 Design
            Other designs
            Exports
                Rotterdam
                Toronto
    Italy
    France
    Belgium
        Tatra Bogie Trams
            Types T1 and T2
            Types T3 and T4
            Types T5, T6 and T7
    Other Bogie Cars in Eastern Europe
        Bulgaria
        Romania
        Kroatia and Serbia
        USSR and Successor States
        Hungary
        Poland
    Argentina
    Great Britain
        Single-deckers
        Double-deckers
    China and Vietnam
    Spain and Portugal
    Japan
        Home Models
        Exports
            Philadelphia
            Egypt
            Single-deckers
            Double-deckers
    Australia

Chapter 9
ARTICULATED CARS
    Six-Axle Designs
        Prototypes
        Post-war German Six-axle Trams
            Single-ended designs
            Double-ended designs
        Designs in Other Countries
            Italy
            Switzerland
            Belgium
            France
            Sweden
            Austria
            Tatra Trams of Class K2
            Other Designs in Eastern Europe
            USSR and Successor States
            PCC Ccars (including eight-axle)
            Canada
            Japan (including eight-axle cars)
            Australia
            China
    Eight- and Ten-axle Cars
        The First Steps
        German Multi-section Designs
            Single-ended Designs
            Double-ended Designs
        Designs in Other Countries
            Tatra KT8
            Italy
            Netherlands
            Romania
            Kroatia
            Bulgaria
            Hungary
            USSR and Successor States
            Switzerland
    Four-axle Cars with Suspended Articulation
        GT4 Cars of the Maschienenfabriek Esselinghn
        Hansa Cars
        Tatra KT4D cars
        Bremen Stadtbahn Cars
    Four-axle Cars with Suspended Centre Sections
        Sweden, The Netherlands, Italy
        Hungary
        Poland
        Soviet Union
        Switzerland
        Spain
        Germany
        France
        Austria, Wien
        Belgium
    Six-axle Trams with Suspended Centre Section
    Eight-axle Trams with Suspended Centre Section
    Three-section Trailers
    Three-section, Six-axle Trams
    Nachlaufer Trams
        Germany
        Austria
        Italy
        Netherlands
        Russia
    Three- and Five-axle Trams
   
Chapter 10
STADTBAHN CARS
    Pioneers
    Frankfurt (M) Stadtbahn Cars
        Prototypes
        U2/3/4 Classes
        Export Models
            Canada
            USA
            Mexico
            Salzburg
        Frankfurt (M) Class P8
    Düwag Stadtbahn B and M/N Designs and
    Derived Designs
        Stadtbahn B
        Stadtbahn M and N
        Duisburg Class GT8NC
        Designs for Karlsruhe
        Tyne and Wear Metrocars
        Tunis
        Bursa
        Stadtbahn T
    Hannover Cars
        Prototypes
        GT8 Cars
        2000 Class
        The Docklands Light Railway Cars
    Other German Designs
        Würzburg
        The CitySprinter
        Bombardier Cars
        The Dresden Cargo Trams
    Stuttgart DT8
        Prototypes
        Production cars classes S-DT8.4 – S-DT8.9
        Class S-DT8.10/11
        Rack Tramway Bogie Cars
    Sweden
        Istanbul Stadtbahn
        Baltimore
        Philadelphia
    Norwegian Designs
        Oslo
    Switzerland
        SIG designs
        Vevey designs
    Italian Cars
        Cleveland
        Torino
        Greater Manchester Metrolink
        Genova and Rome
        San Francisco
        Los Angeles
    Japanese Designs
        Home systems
    Exports
        Boston
        Los Angeles
        Buffalo
        Tuen Mun
        Dallas
        Phoenix
    Belgian Designs
        Manila
        Amsterdam Sneltram Cars
        Portland (OR)
        Proposed Métro Léger for Brussels
    Australian Cars for Tuen Mun
    Designs in North and South America
        Boeing Vertol cars
        UTDC Cars
        Tatra Cars
    China
    CAF Spain

Chapter 11
LOW FLOOR CARS
    The Pioneers
        Switzerland
        Italy
        France
        Germany
        Belgium
        Netherlands – Amsterdam
    Products of Various Manufacturers
        Bombardier
            AEG Design GT4/6/8M/N Trams
            Eurotram
            Variobahn
            Cobra
            Incentro
            GT8N Trams, second series
            Brussels Cars
            Köln K4000 design – Flexity Swift
            Cityrunner – Flexity Outlook
            Other designs for German systems –
            Flexity Classic
            Dresden Designs
        Düwag and Siemens
            Düwag Low Floor Trams
            Leipzig Cars
            Combino
            Leoliner
            Wien ULF Trams
            Sheffield Cars
            Trams for De Lijn, Flanders
            Iberian Designs
            Avanto Stadtbahn cars
    LHB (latterly in conjunction with Alstom)
    GEC Alsthom/Alstom Transport
        French Standard Tram TSF2
        Citadis
    Alstom Ferrorroviaria (formerly Fiat)
        Torino
        Rome
    Socimi
    ANSALDO/BREDA (including vehicles supplied by Firema)
        Lille
        West Midlands
        Boston
        Oslo
        Sirio Trams
    Vevey
    Japanese Designs
        Home Market
        Exports
    CAF
    Tatra, Skoda and Other Designs in Eastern Europe
    Stadler
    Trailer Cars
        LHB Design – Darmstadt Class SB9
        Trailers for Rostock and Leipzig
        Czech Republic