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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.

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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)

The Aquarium picture shows a signal on a pole at the end of the platform. The system was installed in the early 1950s but only lasted a few years. I can remember seeing the drivers lift a flap and operate a switch, but was never able to work out how the system worked. Does anybody have the answer?
I have been driving on Volk's Railway for a number of years, as both staff and volunteer. I for one wouldn't have wanted to have to use the roof-mounted controllers. It must have been arm-aching.

By John Goddard (19/04/2009)