* 1885 – The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

The Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board was formed in 1919 to take control of Melbourne's cable tram network, six of the seven electric tramway companies and the last horse tram, by 1940 all cable and horse tram lines had been abandoned or converted to either electric tram or bus operation.

VR opened a second, standard gauge, electric tramway from Sandringham railway station to Black Rock on 10 March 1919, it was extended to Beaumaris on 2 September 1926.

Alex Cameron, Chairman of the MMTB was in charge of a tramway network that had both cable and electric traction and had been constructed by different bodies without any uniform system.

An electric tramway along Green Lanes as far as Winchmore Hill was developed in 1907 helping to further develop the area.

An electric tramway along Green Lanes from Palmers Green was developed in 1907, helping to further develop the area.

Great Yarmouth had an electric tramway system from 1902 to 1933.

Two-car tramways use a jig-back system: A large electric motor is located at the bottom of the tramway so that it effectively pulls one cabin down, using that cabin's weight to help pull the other cabin up.

* May 16-The Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway, the world's first electric tramway, is opened in Berlin by Siemens & Halske.

An electric tramway connects Great Crosby with the Seaforth terminus of the Liverpool Overhead Railway.

The electric tramway operated until 1951, when it was replaced by a bus service.

A proposed electric tramway along the Promenade to Newlyn, which would have continued as a light railway to St Just, failed to gain authorisation in 1898.

To link the two places, an electric tramway was built under the auspices of the Compagnie des Tramways de Cassel, which operated between 1900 and 1934.

He also became the chairman of the world's first electric tramway, Portrush.

The Portrush electric tramway ran from Portrush to Bushmills from its inception in 1883 ( with Traill as chairman ) until 1947.

When the new pier opened in 1895, an electric tramway was installed to take passengers from the steamers to the front of the pier.

The Behn Brothers also built their home in Condado and to their memory Two Brothers Bridge or Puente Dos Hermanos is named in their honor as founders of Puerto Rico Telephone and the new electric tramway line that linked the county to Old San Juan.

* 1893: Private company begins electric tramway in Hobart, first in an Australian capital city

Pula had an electric tramway system in the early 20th century.

The city line to Botany opened in 1882 as a steam tramway, with electric services commencing in 1903.

The gate was closed to the public in 1907 after the Japanese colonial authorities constructed an electric tramway nearby.

Meanwhile, the promises held out to the Greek masses by the Constantinists in the course of their electoral campaign, for the early cessation of hostilities and of mobilizations, the reduction of taxation, and the regulation of the labor question on lines proposed by the Socialist Party, which supported the anti-Venizelist campaign, not having been redeemed, internal unrest among the urban proletariat began to manifest itself in a series of industrial strikes ( gas, electric light, tramway and electric railway workers ) in Athens, and threatened to develop into a general stoppage of work all over the country ( February 12 ).

In 1906 the North Melbourne Electric Tramway and Lighting Company opened its electric tramway system linking Essendon with the city.

The electric charge-to-mass ratio of a particle can be measured by observing the radius of curling of its cloud-chamber track in a magnetic field.

* 1899: In Budapest is a 1. 5 km long test track with three-phase electric power for electric railways put into operation.

While the capital cost of electrifying track is high, electric trains and locomotives are capable of higher performance and lower operational costs than steam or diesel power.

Lemmy has occasionally played electric or acoustic guitar, notably on the acoustic song " I Ain't No Nice Guy " from Motörhead's March Ör Die album, the title track on 1996's Overnight Sensation, " Limb from Limb " on Overkill ( on which he plays the second lead break ), " Boogeyman " on Rock ' n ' Roll, and a mouth harp on " Whorehouse Blues " from the Inferno album.

Seizing the chance, the duo's U. S. producer, Tom Wilson, inspired by the Byrds ' hugely popular electric versions of Bob Dylan songs, used Dylan's studio band ( who had collaborated with him on his landmark hit " Like a Rolling Stone " that year ) to dub electric guitars, bass and drums onto the original " Sound of Silence " track, and released it as a single, backed with " We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin '".

In 1994, they contributed a cover of the Richard Thompson song, Shoot Out the Lights, to a tribute album to Thompson called Beat the Retreat, which featured David Hidalgo of Los Lobos on electric guitar ; on the same album, Doe sang harmony and played bass and Bonebrake played drums on Bob Mould's cover of Turning of the Tide, and Bonebrake played drums on the title track, which was performed by the British folk artist June Tabor.

Their producer, Tom Wilson, overdubbed the track with electric guitar, bass, and drums, releasing it as a single that eventually went to No. 1 on the U. S. pop charts.

At its peak, the electric interurban industry in Texas, consisted of almost 500 miles of track, making Texas the second in interurban mileage in all states west of the Mississippi River.

In 2007-2008, SNCF-International consultants audited the maintenance practices applied to the track, signalling and overhead electric power line on British high-speed rail lines connecting London to the Channel Tunnel.

Shinkansen trains are electric multiple unit style, offering high acceleration and deceleration, and reduced damage to the track because of lighter vehicles.

Plant's resort featured a race track, a heated indoor pool, a golf course, a 2000-seat auditorium, tennis courts, stables, hunting and fishing tours, and electric lights and telephones in every room, plus the first elevator in town and exotic art collectibles which Plant had shipped in from around the world.

Diesel traction replaced overhead electric lines in the 1950s and the track was abandoned in 1962.

They also build 1: 29 scale North American models in live steam and electric under the AML brand, as well as British live steam and electric models in 1: 19th scale called 16mm and Isle of Man live steam and electric models in 1: 20. 3 scale-the Isle of Man uses three foot gauge track, the same width as the dominant US Colorado narrow gauge.

" Meanwhile, on 8 and 9 December, another basic track was recorded, using a Mellotron, electric guitar, piano, backwards-recorded cymbals, and the swarmandel ( or swordmandel ), an Indian version of the zither.

This album also showed a return to more self-contained recording sessions: Becker played bass on every track and lead guitar on five tracks while Fagen added piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizers, and percussion on top of his vocals.

There were of paved roads and trails on the island and of electric railroad track.

The attempts at humour continued on Commoners Crown ( 1975 ), which included Peter Sellers playing electric ukelele on the final track, " New York Girls ".

He used a Fender Vibratone, designed as a Leslie speaker for electric guitars, and provided a warbling chorus effect, which can be heard on the track " Cold Shot ".

Highlights of these include 1975's Timewind, 1976's Moondawn ( his first album to feature the Moog synthesiser ), 1979's Dune, and 1995's double-album In Blue ( which featured one long track called Return To The Tempel with electric guitar contributions from his friend Manuel Göttsching of Ash Ra Tempel ).

The term contrasts with fixed stock ( infrastructure ), which is a collective term for the track, signals, stations, other buildings, electric wires, etc., necessary to operate a railway.

Czukay: "' Bel Air ' 20 minute-long track which took up the whole of side two on the Future Days original vinyl LP showed Can in a state of being an electric symphony group performing a peaceful though sometimes dramatic landscape painting.