Volks seashore electric railway
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 21:29While looking for info re Brighton Volks Railway (see amusement park forum http://www.joylandbooks.co.uk/forum/vie ... php?t=1815) I happened upon this info and thought it might be of interest.
http://www.urban75.org/railway/brighton ... ilway.html
Amazing!
http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r125.html
http://www.urban75.org/railway/brighton ... ilway.html
As the Pioneer travelled over the sea, UK law demanded that a trained sea captain be at the helm (or available at all times), and the tram be fitted with a lifeboat on the back and a number of lifebelts around the edges.
Amazing!
http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r125.html