Gooische Stoomtram

fadedGlory · Post by **fadedGlory** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 9:04 am

For those of you who may think that Steam Trams were a sleepy, boring backwater, have a look at this:

Picture taken at Amsterdam Weesperpoort in August 1927. It shows two trams from the Gooische Stoomtram ready to depart, one to Laren and the other one to Muiderberg. The last coach on the right is one of the beautiful 'Goerlitzers', the one on the left is a Beijnes coach as I have tried to model them. You can also spot three of the very large open coaches built by Alan in Rotterdam.

Still so much to do...

fG

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 11:24 am

Keep going .... you'll convert us all eventually with the sheer volume.

Genuine .... no sarcasm intended.

Out of interest what gage is the track?

fadedGlory · Post by **fadedGlory** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 12:00 pm

johndibben wrote:Keep going .... you'll convert us all eventually with the sheer volume.

Ha! Not a chance, you guys have already retreated into your impregnable 'British Trams' Forum where I can't post!

Genuine .... no sarcasm intended.

it's OK

Out of interest what gage is the track?

UK standard, 1435 mm (in continental terms

)

fG

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 6:31 pm

Interesting .... it looks wider .... but the trams are narrow.

fadedGlory · Post by **fadedGlory** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 7:38 pm

It really is standard gauge, it connected to the main Dutch railway system at several places (in fact, one of those places was immediately behind the goods shed you see in the background of the photograph).

There was some exchange of goods vehicles between the two systems, and two of the steam engines as well as a number of sand wagons were equipped with railway buffers and three-link couplings in addition to the tram buffers and couplings.

You are right, the trams are narrow. So were some of the streets it had to squeeze through!

fG