Tag: Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa
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400-474 Pequenos fechados – Small closed trams – São Luís
The bodies of these tramcars were ordered from the St Louis Car Company in November 1899, and had full-drop windows. The trucks were ordered in September 1900 from Brill. They arrived in May and June 1901 and entered service the same year. These trams were indicated as “pequenos fechados” (small closed) but also known as…
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283-322 Grandes abertos – Large open trams
These large open cars were built by Brill. Like usual they were sent “knocked down” to save on the shipping costs, and had to be assembled by the Carris workshops in Lisboa. The first batch of ten cars arrived early January 1902 and the first of these cars was tested on the 27th of that…
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203-282 Pequenos abertos – Small open trams
In September 1899 Carris ordered these 2-axle open cross-bench cars from the J. G. Brill Co of Philadelphia. The trams were sent “knocked-down” to save on transport costs. The motors and other electric equipment were ordered separately from General Electric. They arrived between January and June 1901 in Lisboa. After assembling, they entered service on…
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The electric trams of Lisboa
From 1900 to 1914 the tram company Carris de Ferro de Lisboa imported trams from America in dismantled form and assembled them locally in the workshops. Since 1925 Carris built cars to its own design, using trucks and equipment purchased in Britain and reconditioned trucks and equipment of older cars. From 1947 to 1963 the…