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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 5h

Visited Berlin last week, the world’s 3rd biggest tram network. Mostly in the east, it kept running as services in the west, like most of Europe, ended. With the fall of the Wall and the 90s resurgence of light rail, the network was extended into the west, reaching Hauptbahnhof by 2014. #TramTuesday

A Flexity Berlin tram in yellow livery at the buffers beyond the terminus at S + U Warschauer Straße.

Two Flexity Berlin trams in yellow livery at the stop next to Alexanderplatz station.

A Flexity Berlin tram in yellow livery crossing Alexanderplatz with the Fernsehturm in the background.

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 2d

good afternoon

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 4d

Things are never quite the way they seem.

Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 6d

Ah, that sounds cool. If I’d have known I’d have checked it out! I rode into town from Rehbrücke. 🚋

Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 7d

I’m actually in Berlin atm, but today we popped to nearby Potsdam and checked out the trams there. Each vehicle is unidirectional, with doors only on the right-hand side and turning loops at each terminus. The system has run continuously since 1907. #TramTuesday

A Tatra KT4 tram and a Variotram, both in the green and white livery of the Potsdam tramway, waiting on the turning loop of the terminus at Rehbrücke.

An orange liveried track maintenance vehicle, near the Alter Markt stop of the Potsdam Tramway.

A green and white Variotram of the Potsdam tramway passing through the Nauener gate.

Two green and white Tatta KT4 trams of the Potsdam Tramway passing each other near the Nauener gate.

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 7d

Rani and the Master have tied the knot!
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Anjli Mohindra Wore A Custom Lehenga And Pre-Loved Jimmy Choos To Marry Fellow Actor Sacha Dhawan In Tuscany

The couple held a Hindu and a Western ceremony on the same day at their Tuscan wedding celebrations.

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 13d

Best series of Peacemaker.

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 14d

Once, Belgium was criss-crossed with a tram network - the Vicinal - that connected its towns and cities. Eventually, only the lines within the cities themselves remained. The Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin commemorates its history with examples of steam, diesel and electric trams. #TramTuesday

Eugies type electric tram in cream livery at the Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin, Belgium. Nearby is a post from the old Thuin Ouest station, which previously stood on the location of the museum.

Diesel tram ART 300 in cream livery, pulling a passenger trailer at the Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin, Belgium.

Gorgeous PCC tram 10409 in cream and red livery at the Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin, Belgium.

SE Type electric tram 9974 in cream livery at the Musée du Tram Vicinal in Thuin, Belgium.

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 14d

Knob Breath

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 14d

Knob Undead

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S P A R K S @sparksofficial.bsky.social · 17d

Hey San Francisco! See you tonight at Golden Gate Theatre!

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 22d

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · 24d

Multi box wobble toy.

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Caitlin Yarrrrrsky @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social · Sep 14

Kiki’s Delivery Service commission from a few years ago 🐈‍⬛ #ghibli #commission #miyazaki

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hi James. Has this post been sent out? The TV Comic posts seem to be the most recent I've received.

Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge is based at the site of the Summerlee Victorian Iron Works, also formerly the Hydrocon Crane factory. Among displays of Lanarkshire’s industrial history there is a short working tram line and a selection of vintage vehicles. #TramTuesday

Düsseldorf tram 392 in cream livery at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge.

Double decker open top Lanarkshire tram no 53 in green and cream livery in the shed at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge.

Cream, yellow and maroon liveried Glasgow tram no 1017 outside the shed at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge.

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · Sep 8

Los Espookys!

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trams returned to the streets of Edinburgh in 2014, running from the city centre to the airport. In 2023, the line was extended in the opposite direction toward Leith. There are proposals for further lines, with a public consultation recently begun, but it’ll be a while yet. #TramTuesday

Two CAF Urbos trams in white and maroon livery passing each other at St Andrew Square station in Edinburgh.

A CAF Urbos tram in white and maroon livery running on test at Haymarket station in Edinburgh. This pic was taken a few days before the trams came into service in 2014. The start date - 31 May - is advertised on one of the tram’s windows

A section of a CAF Urbos Edinburgh tram in white and purple livery that has been converted into an information lounge outside Edinburgh Airport.

A CAF Urbos tram in a purple and blue advertising livery at Edinburgh Gateway station.

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · Sep 2

I highly recommend Jeremy Adams’ excellent run(!) on Flash where something very like that happens!

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Angers tramway opened in 2011. In 2019, we’d hoped to ride it to the Terra Botanica theme park, but engineering curtailed our trip to just a few stops. Since our visit, two more lines have opened. i like the ‘T’ logo atop the catenary pole. #TramTuesday

Citadis 302 tram in purple livery at Les Gares station in Angers.

Citadis 302 tram in white livery with rainbow stripes at Foch Maison Bleue station in Angers.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · Aug 18

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If you can please donate to help fund this case, this is the most important part of the restoration of the our rights:

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · Aug 19

Amsterdam has had an extensive tram network for many years, the horse trams of the late 19th century, giving way to electric ones in the early 20th. Despite electronic destination indicators, they still carry the coloured squares which denote the different routes. #TramTuesday

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · Aug 19

Where ARE you all coming from?

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Vin Marsden Hendrick @vinmh.bsky.social · Aug 14

Susan English agrees with you, of course!

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