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Old 3rd August 2014, 11:39
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Originally Posted by pbowler View Post
I'd like to see it run all the way from Nottingham to Ripley which was the longest tram run in the country in the early 20th centuary, once they get to Kimberley they're half way there!
The Ripley Rattler eh?

D H Lawrence wrote about it; "There is in the North a single-line system of tramcars which boldly leaves the county town and plunges off into the black, industrial countryside . . . . . This, the most dangerous tram-service in England, as the authorities themselves declare, with pride, is entirely conducted by girls, and driven by rash young men, or else by invalids who creep forward in terror."

As for reaching Derby - too damn slow. Tramtrain perhaps along the old GNR alignment?
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