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Bangkok Tramways
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Thai Tramway
Accounts from Famous Thai Writers - Cost of living in 1941-1942,
cost of living in 1946, the Japanese arrive in Bangkok, Allied bombing of
Bangkok & bombing of power plants, the Great Flood of 1942 (with car-boat
collisions!), tram drivers' strike (with old-time strike busters!), the
Thai people sue for libel, and Bangkok Triad War Profiles of companies involved in Thai mass transit in the past Mae Klong Railway Siam Electricity Company Ltd. Bangkok Electricity Authority Siamese Tramway Company, Ltd. Menam Motor Boat Company, Ltd. The Paknam Railways |
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The photos on this page are from the
collection of Charlie Sullivan, a serviceman in Bangkok from 1964-1965.
 Probably around Saphan dam area |
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Probably around Wat Tuek area
Probably near Wat Liab terminal
Probably at the City Pillar Shrine
Saphan Phut Area (Memorial Bridge) near MEA (Wat Liab office) and Suan Kularb High School
Ban Mailwan on Phra Athit Road (the terminal for the Inner Bangkok section)
The banner on the side of this tram advertises the Thai film Mon Rak Nang Phi (the Charming of Forest Lady). It is for Chaloem Krung Cinema with advertising for Texas Cinema in the Yaowarat area.
Probably around Samranrat (Pratoo Phee--ghost gate)
Probably around Wat Tuek area
The photos on this page are from the collection of Charlie Sullivan, a serviceman in Bangkok from 1964-1965.
You can also see a tram at the Thailand Railway Hall of Fame.