Roger said: “It is a pity that there is so little left of the Burnley tram system. It was built, from 1879-80, in the steam era, with single decker trams, preceded by a steam locomotive, as is shown in the first image.
"However, Burnley trams had an impact beyond the town – international, in fact. To get out of the town centre, a tram has to travel uphill in every direction, so the trams had to be adapted to cope with this.
"The solution was the “Burnley bogie”, invented by Henry Mozley, the secretary to the Burnley Tramways Co. Ltd., one of the results of which was that it became possible to build tramways in San Francisco, in the United States!”
"The solution was the “Burnley bogie”, invented by Henry Mozley, the secretary to the Burnley Tramways Co. Ltd., one of the results of which was that it became possible to build tramways in San Francisco, in the United States!”