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TomasMoravec

http://vimeo.com/86508660

Slovakian artist Tomas Moravec has adapted the standard 1200mm x 800mm Europallet to run on the 1000mm wide narrow gauge tram tracks of Bratislava (also used in Antwerp, Basel, Belgrade, Bern, Frankfurt, Geneva, Ghent, Helsinki, Zürich and elesewhere)

Sadly fortunately, it wouldn’t work here. The Luas runs on standard 1435mm gauge tracks.

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(H/T: Barry McKenna)

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A two-minute silent movie of a tram ride, from King Street to Patrick’s Bridge in Cork, from 1902.

1902.

BFI Player writes:

As well as its extensive railway network, Cork was served by an impressive tramway system, which was just four years old when this film was made. As the tram veers into Patrick Street the filmmakers capture an excellent panorama of Patrick’s Bridge, one of the city’s major landmarks, and the bustling atmosphere of the commercial centre. This kind of ‘phantom ride’ was a staple of early film.

Phwoar.

Watch here

Thanks Niall Murray