Postcard Of The Month
Index of Postcards
The images in this section are of original period postcards that show trams, each accompanied by a narrative about the tramway. For further photos see our Historic Tramways pages.
LONDON
All Red Route Railway, Crystal Palace 1911
Barking Urban District Council Car 4, East Street
Bexley Urban District Council Tramways, Bexleyheath Market Place
Bexley Urban District Council Tramways, Car 1 with oil headlamp
Bexley Urban District Council Tramways, Victory & Peace 1918
Croydon Tramways Car 2, George Street (Peckham Cantilever Truck)
Croydon Tramways Car 47, Purley Terminus
Dartford & District Light Railways Car 5, Bexleyheath Market Place
East Ham Tramways Cars 21 & 32, Manor Park
East Ham Tramways Car 13, East Street, Barking
Erith Urban District Council Tramways, The First Tram
Highgate Hill Cable Tramway, Car 9
Ilford Council Tramways Car 10, Chadwell Heath Terminus
Ilford Council Tramways Car 11, "Bellamy" Top Cover
Ilford Council Tramways Car 23, Ilford Broadway
Kennington and Streatham Cable Tramway, Streatham Hill
The Kingsway Subway, Southampton Row
Lea Bridge, Leyton & Walthamstow Tramways, Lea Bridge Road 1903 Floods
Leyton Urban District Council Car 70, Epping Forest - "Rising Sun"
London County Council Car 186, Blackfriars
London County Council Car 196 at Plumstead
London County Council Car 320 on Westminster Bridge
London County Council Car 339, Old Kent Road
London County Council Car 577, Kingsway Subway
London County Council Car 608 at West Hackney Church
London County Council Car 623 at Stamford Hill
London County Council Class C Car at Rushey Green
London County Council Class C Car, Christmas Greetings
London County Council Tramways, Route 40 Comic Card
London County Council Electric Tramways - Opening
London County Council Horse Tram, The Ha'penny Bumper
London Southern Horse Trams, West Norwood
London United Tramways Cars 81 and 133 at Shepherd's Bush
London United Tramways Car 117 in High Street, Uxbridge
London United Tramways Car 129, Shepherd's Bush "Tube Terminus"
London United Tramways Car 135 at Shepherd's Bush
London United Tramways Car 320, Kingston Bridge
London United Tramways Car 321, Raynes Park
Metropolitan Electric Tramways Car 16, Wood Green
Metropolitan Electric Tramways Car 88, Willesden Green Station
Metropolitan Electric Tramways Car 138, Alexandra Palace
Metropolitan Electric Tramways Car 293, Sudbury
North Metropolitan Horse Tram, Manor Park
South Metropolitan Car 5, High Street, Penge (Lycett & Conaty Truck)
South Metropolitan Car 13, Inspection at Penge
South Metropolitan Car 49, West Croydon
South Metropolitan, Thermit Welding
Walthamstow Council Car 4, Chingford Mount
West Ham Corporation Tramways Car 1, Plaistow
West Ham Corporation Tramways, Forest Gate
West Metropolitan Tramways, Kew-Richmond
West Metropolitan Tramways, Richmond Depot
BRITISH ISLES
Accrington Steam Tram, "The Baltic Fleet"
Ashton-under-Lyne 22 at Stalybridge
Barrow-in-Furness Tramways, Car 5
Bath Electric Tramways Cars 34 & 22, Lower Borough Walls
City of Birmingham Tramways, Cable Tram
City of Birmingham Steam Tram & Trailer, Perry Barr
City of Birmingham Tramways Car 165, Bristol Road
City of Birmingham Tramways Car 242, Stirchley
Blackburn Cars 60 & 70. The Circus, Darwen
Blackpool Toastrack Tram at the Oxford Hotel, Marton
Bournemouth Corporation Car 1, Opening of Christchurch Route
Bradford Corporation Tramways Car 186, Stanningley
Brighton Corporation Tramways, Car 18
Brighton & Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad
Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company, Decorated Tramcar 39
Bristol Tramways Company, Octagonal Shelter at Fishponds
Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company Car 59, Zetland Road Junction
The Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited
Burnley Corporation Tramways, Single-deckers in Manchester Road (Burnley Truck)
Burton & Ashby Light Railways Car 13, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Camborne & Redruth Tramway, Illogan, Redruth
Camborne & Redruth Tramway Car 1, West End, Redruth
Cambridge Street Tramways
Cardiff Corporation Car 37, Roath Park
Chesterfield Corporation Tramways 4, Burlington Street
Chatham & District Car 50, Luton Road Depot
Colchester Corporation Car 3, High Street looking East
Colchester Corporation Car 6, Opening Tramway
Colne & Trawden Light Railways, Albert Road, Colne
Coventry Electric Tramways. Happy New Year Postcard
Derby Corporation Tramways Car 3, Opening Parade
Dewsbury, Ossett and Soothill Nether Tramways Car 3, Opening Tramway
Doncaster Corporation Tramways Car 6, Balby
Douglas Corporation Tramways, Horse and Cable Trams
Douglas Southern Electric Tramways, Wallberry Viaduct
Dover Corporation, Opening of the River Tramway Extension 1905
Dumbarton Burgh & County Tramways Car 14, River Levan Bridge
Edinburgh Cable Tram, decorated for King George V's 1911 visit
Exeter Corporation Tramways Car 3, Exe Bridge
Exeter Corporation Tramways, a band in 1905
Fairbourne Horse Tramway, Penrhyn Point
Falkirk & District Tramways Company, Car 12
Folkestone, Hythe & Sandgate Tramway, Horse Car 5
Galway and Salthill Car 3, Salthill Beach Terminus
Giant's Causeway Tramway Car 21, Dunluce Castle, Portrush
Glasgow Corporation Car 644, Sauchiehall Street
Gloucester Corporation Tramways. First run to Hucclecote
Gosport, The Last Car From...
Gosport & Fareham Tram 11, Fareham Post Office
Gravesend & Northfleet Demi-Car, Windmill Street
Great Crosby Tramways Cars 1 and 14, Waterloo
Great Grimsby Street Tramways Company Car 9, Cleethorpe Road
Great Yarmouth Car 13, Marine Parade
Greenock Car 14. Albert Road, Gourock
Hastings & District Cars 42 and 46, St. Leonards (Dolter Studs)
Heywood Corporation Steam Tram Engine 63
Huddersfield Car 47. Outlane tram terminus
City of Hull Tramways Car 110, Princes Avenue
Ipswich Corporation Tramways, Car 28
Ipswich Corporation Tramways car 21, Wherstead Road Tram Terminus
Isle of Thanet Car 30, Stereoscopic General View of Margate
Isle of Thanet Car 41, Madeira Walk, Ramsgate
Isle of Thanet Car 47, Plains of Waterloo, Ramsgate
Keighley Corporation. Tram decorated for the Entente Cordiale
Keighley Corporation's First Trackless Car
Kinver Light Railway, Car 51
Lanarkshire Tramways Company Car 4, Blantyre
Leeds City Tramways, Pals Battalion Recruitment Tram
Leeds 211, Horsforth Terminus
Leicester Corporation Tramways, Opening Ceremony
Leicester Corporation Tramways, "Preston" car by Dick, Kerr
Leith Corporation Tramways, Official Opening
Lincoln, Opening of the Electric Tramway (G-B Studs)
Liverpool Car 4 Decorated for the 1907 Pageant
Liverpool Car 447, Pier Head
Liverpool Illuminated Tram, Stockport Shopping Week
Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway, Rhos Promenade, Colwyn Bay
Lowestoft Corporation Tramways Car 1, Harbour Square
Lowestoft Corporation Tramways, Swing Bridge
Luton Corporation Tramways Car 3, First Tram
Lytham St. Anne's Gas Tram, Car 12
Maidstone Corporation Light Railways, Opening Ceremony
Maidstone Corporation Cars 5 & 7, A Happy Christmas
Manchester Car 114 in Washway Road, Sale
Manchester, Deansgate with Salford trams
Manchester, Illuminated Car for King Edward VII's Visit
Mansfield and District Light Railway Company Car 1, Nottingham Road
Manx Electric Railway Car 20, Laxey Electric Tram Station
Manx Electric Railway Car 7, Greetings Card from Douglas
Manx Electric Railway, Port Jack
Mexborough and Swinton Tram No. 1, Parkgate
Middlesbrough Corporation Tramways, Illuminated Car
Middlesbrough, Stockton & Thornaby Car 32, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees
National Rifle Association, Steam Tram "Wharncliffe"
Nelson Corporation Tramways, Car 2
Northampton Corporation Tramways Car 16, Abington Park
Norwich Car 35, Prince of Wales Road
Nottingham Corporation Tramways Car 38, Colwick Road
Nottingham Illuminated Car, Coronation of King George V
Oxford Horse Tramway
Oldham Corporation Tramways Car 16, Hollinwood Terminus
Perth Corporation Tramways Car 1, Perth Road, New Scone
Peterborough Electric Traction Car 11, Long Causeway
Plymouth Corporation Tramways Cars 10 & 12, George Street
Portsmouth Corporation Tramways Cars 47 & 16, Southsea Common
Portsmouth Car 80, Illuminated for opening of New South Parade Pier
Potteries Electric Traction Car 28, Stafford Street, Longton
Potteries Electric Traction Car 76, Trent Vale terminus, Stoke-on-Trent
Preston's First Tram, Car 24
Pwllheli & Llanbedrog Tramway, Horse Car 4
Reading Cars 9 & 13, Kings Road
Rossendale Steam Tram and Trailer
Rothesay, Argyle and Victoria Streets
Ryde - Isle of Wight, The Pier Tramway
Scarborough Tramways, Decorated car for Submarine Week
Scarborough Tramways Company. Car 10 "Special"
Sheerness-on-Sea Car 1, High Street
Sheffield Corporation Car 170, Nether Green
Snaefell Mountain Railway Car 5, Snaefell Summit
Southend-on-Sea Corporation Car 20, Leigh-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea Corporation, Fleet Review decorated car
Stirling & Bridge of Allan Toastrack Horse Tram 8, Bridge of Allan
Swansea, Constitution Hill Cable Tramway
Swindon Corporation Tramways Car 3, Regent Street
Taunton Electric Traction Car 2, Fore Street
Torquay Electric Tramways Car 14, Torre Station
Torquay Tramways, Track Laying in Union Street
Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Company, Car 20
Wakefield & District Light Railways Company, First Tram 1904
Wantage Tramway Loco 6 and Trailer 5, Wantage Station
Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Tramway Car 10, Rostrevor Terminus
Wisbech & Upwell Tramway, Steam Trams and Canal
Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways, Queen Square (Lorain Studs)
Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway, Wolverton Station
York Horse Tramway
FRANCE
Arras, Exposition du Nord de la France
Bayonne - Lycée - Biarritz Steam Tram 5, Biarritz
Boulogne-sur-Mer Trams, Wimereux
Caen, Le Boulevard Saint-Pierre
Calais Car 12, Boulevard Jacquard
Cassel, Town Hall & Old Conciergerie
Charleville, The Square and Railway Station
Cherbourg Steam Tram, The Naval Barracks
Clermont-Ferrand, Place Delille
Dunkerque Horse Tram, Quai de Leughenaer
Dunkerque Electric Trams, Avenue des Bains de Mer
Gérardmer to Remiremont, Lac de Gérardmer
Gérardmer to Retournemer, Gérardmer station
Le Havre Car 111, Boulevard Maritime
Limoges Car 13, Place Denis-Dussoubs & Avenue du Champ de Juillet
Lorient, Cars 58 & 73 (Diatto Studs)
Le Mans, Avenue de Pontlieue
Marseille Cars 625 & 523, Rue Cannebière
Menton-Sospel (T.N.L.), Caramel Viaduct
Monaco Car 8 outside the Casino at Monte-Carlo (Thomson Studs)
Munster to La Schlucht, Münsterschluchtbahn
Nice-Menton (T.N.L.) Car 3, Baie d'Eze
Paris Accumulator Tram, École Militaire
Paris, Tramway Funiculaire de Belleville
Paris Compressed Air Trams, Passy Tramway Station
Paris, Est-Parisien Electric Tram 528
Paris, Compagnie Général Parisienne de Tramways Electric Tram 390
Paris Floods of January 1910, Quai de Passy
Paris, Compagnie Générale des Omnibus Horse Tram
Paris Lamm & Francq Fireless Steam Tram 20, Étoile
Paris, Chemins de Fer Nogentais double-deckers
Paris, Chemins de Fer Nogentais, Funeral Tram
Paris Purrey Steam Tram 723, Boulevard Saint-Germain
Paris Serpollet Steam Tram 437, La Gare de l'Est
Retournemer to La Schlucht and Hohneck, Inauguration
Rouen-Bonsecours cars 2 and 4, Grâce de Dieu
Rouen Transporter Bridge
St. Malo Steam Tram, Cancale
St. Malo Rolling Bridge
St. Malo - St. Servan Trolleybus (Electrobus)
Le Tréport to Eu
Toulon Tramways Car 41, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage from Étaples-sur-Mer
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Local Tramways
Turckheim to Trois Épis, Car 1 at Trois Épis (Drei Aehren)
Valenciennes Steam Tram, Bonsecours
Also see: French Tramway Postcard Album
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OVERSEAS
Brussels Vicinal, German Occupation 1915
Alexandria, Ramleh Casino at San Stephano
Amsterdam 'Union' Car 170, Julianafeesten
Arnhem Car 1, Stationstraat
Badener Tramway, Helenental Terminus
Bad Münster am Stein
Bridgetown Horse Tram 'Jubilee', Barbados
Buenos Aires, Tranvias de La Capital
Cairo Car 75, Place Ancienne, Saptieh
Cherrelyn Streetcar, Englewood Colorado
Cologne Car 491, Wallraf-Platz
Cologne, Hauptbahnhof with British Soldiers
Colombo Electric Tramway and Lighting Co., Cross-bench tram
Coronado Car 41, The Tent City
Davos Rösslitram, The Promenade
Durban Municipal Tramways Car 26, Durban Beach Terminus
ENET Tram 37 at Aerdenhout, near Haarlem
Frankfurt am Main, Tram No. 116
Frankfurt am Main, Post Tram No. 504
Freiburg Water Car 201. Schwabentorstraße
Geneva Electric and Steam Trams, Rue du Mont Blanc
Gland-Begnins Car 1 at Begnins
The Hague, Decorated Cars of 1908
Hamburg cars 701 and 677, Messberg
Heliopolis Trams, San Stefano Street (Baron Empain)
Hobart Electric Tramways, Macquarie Street
Hong Kong Electric Combination Car, 1904
Hong Kong Electric Cross-bench Car, 1904
Hong Kong Double Deck Electric Cars, c.1925
Hong Kong Peak Tramway, Cable Car
Honolulu Car 23, Wilder Avenue
Innsbruck, Steam tram in Maria-Theresienstrasse
Jamestown - Celeron "Columbia", Chautauqua Lake
Johannesburg, The Kensington Car
Johannesburg, Plague of Locusts
Jungfraubahn, Eismeer station
Karlsruhe im Breisgau, Cars 61 and 68
Kimberley & Alexandersfontein Electric Railway
Königsberg, Steindammer Thor
Kyiv car 14, Krestschatik
Libau Car 8, Kurhaus Park
Luxembourg Tram No.1, Opening Day
Madras Car 73, Mount Road
Malta Tramways Car 13, Piazza St. Anna, Floriana
Melbourne Cable Trams
Mexico City, Funeral tram and trailer
Mount Hood Aerial Skiway, Oregon
Mürrenbahn, Loco 3 & Car 1
New York Railways Company, Double Deck Car 6000
New York Railways Company, Hobble Skirt Cars on Broadway
New York, Valentine's Day Postcard
Osaka Double-Deck Tram 3, Harbour Terminus
Osaka Decorated Cars of 1928
Palm Beach Mule Tram - Florida East Coast Railroad
Penang, George Town Municipal Tramways Car 8
Pittsburgh Railway Company, Double Deck Car 6000
Pöstlingbergbahn Summer Car I
Quebec Snowbroom 5 in a winter scene
Rangoon Electric Tramways Car 19
Riga, Peterdenkmal
Rockhampton Purrey Steam Trams, East Street
Rotterdam (R.E.T.M.) Car 15, Honingerdijk
St. John's Water Car 50, Water Street
Strassenbahn St. Moritz
St. Petersburg Ice Tramway on the River Neva
Schynige Platte-Bahn, Summit Station.
Shanghai Car 28, Nanking Road
Singapore Electric Tramways Limited
Stockholm's New Electric Tram
Tokyo Toden, Decorated Cars of 1924
Tokyo Toden, Decorated Cars of 1930
Thüringerwaldbahn, Tram 52
Compaña de Tranvias Eléctricos de Valparaiso, Car 510
Mount Vesuvius Monorail Funicular
Tramway Vevey-Montreux-Chillon, Car 5
"Walcheren" Steam Tram No.3, Middelburg terminus
"Warsaw Tram 52, Novelty Postcard
Wellngton Car 19, Cuba Street
Wengernalpbahn with Jungfrau
Wuppertal, Kaiser's visit to the Schwebebahn
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