{"id":32464,"date":"2021-12-12T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32464"},"modified":"2021-12-11T22:39:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T03:39:29","slug":"new-trams-april-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-trams-april-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"New Trams: April 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although Dublin’s new LUAS tram system would not commence operations for another two years, in April 2002 the first batches of Alstom Citadis trams had already arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was invited on a tour of the Red Cow depot as a member of the Irish Railway Record Society, and made this view of tram 3013, which at the time was a ‘short’ three-section tram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently I scanned this negative along with numerous other images exposed on the same roll of film. It’s amazing how much has changed over the last twenty years in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LUAS Red Cow Depot, Contax G2 photo, April 2002.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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