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Volks Electric Railway

A nostalgic view

Volk's Railway and the Aquarium, late 1951

From the private collection of Peter Bailey

Volk's Railway and Black Rock, late 1951

From the private collection of Peter Bailey

Added to the site on 14-10-04

This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

In these photographs you can just see the driver's arm up in the air - the speed controller was located on the roof at the front of the cars until the early 1960s, when a more conventional tramcar-like controller became standard, and drivers could then relax their arms a bit!

By Martin Nimmo (22/12/2004)