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European Railroad Discussion > Lisbon Carris museumDate: 11/01/22 13:49 Lisbon Carris museum Author: 3rdboxcar Carris provides the tram bus and funicular service in Lisbon, the only remaining tram barn is also home to the museum.
   Date: 11/01/22 13:50 Re: Lisbon Carris museum Author: 3rdboxcar Could not resist postinga couple of British busses.
And a view of the working barn.    Date: 11/01/22 13:57 Re: Lisbon Carris museum Author: 3rdboxcar The Ponte 25 de Abril bridge passes directly over the museum' traverser. The bottom deck is rail and the upper deck is road.
Veiw of the bridge from the top of Cristo Rei MTS operate the trams on the oposite side of the Tagus river.    Date: 11/01/22 14:02 Re: Lisbon Carris museum Author: 3rdboxcar Transtejo operate some of the ferries [rust buckets] that are the alternative to the road /rail bridge.
There are also funiculars in Lisbon, a couple of shots of the Gloria funicular.    Date: 11/02/22 12:17 Re: Lisbon Carris museum Author: MP190 Nice pics, thanks for sharing!
Date: 11/06/22 05:01 Re: Lisbon Carris museum Author: march_hare In those first pics, didn't some of those cars end up in tourist service here in the US?
Date: 11/06/22 14:41 Re: Lisbon Carris museum Author: grahamline Yakima Valley Transit had/has a pair of cars that originated in Lisbon and were sent to Yakima in time for US Bicentennial celebrations.
Date: 11/08/22 18:37 Re: Lisbon Carris museum Author: schaffner grahamline Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Yakima Valley Transit had/has a pair of cars that > originated in Lisbon and were sent to Yakima in > time for US Bicentennial celebrations. The Yakima cars came from Oporto. Oporto cars are standard gauge, Lisbon cars are 900 mm gauge. We also have one of the Oporto cars here in San Jose at History Park. Jim Maurer |