The Wantage tramway
Subtitle: A History of the First Tramway to Adopt Mechanical Traction
Publisher: Adam Gordon
Published: 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781874422365
Table of contents: title: Introduction by John Betjeman; title: Origin, Promotion & Construction; title: Inauguration of Passenger Traffic, 1875-1876; title: Steam Power Established, 1874-1879; title: The Tramway at Work, 1875-1925 – Financial Structure of the Company, Description of the Line, Traffic & Working Arrangements, 1875 et sq., Compressed Air Trial 1880, Track Renewal, Claims, Progress & Expansion, 1880-1914, The Great War & After, Staff salaries, etc., The End of Passenger Traffic. Last Years, 1925-1947; title: Rolling Stock – Introduction, Table of Engines & Cars, Tramway Engines & Locomotives, Passenger Cars; title: Tickets & Fares,; title: Appendices and Notes.