Belgium’s Forgotten Trams: Fascinating Vintage Photos Show the Tram System of Belgium from the 1960s and 1970s

#1 It was one of the largest suburban tramway networks in Europe during the heydays; the NMVB-SNCV

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#2 Motorcar 4415 dressed for route Nº 24 at the Jan van Wouwerstraat in front of the stelplaats (depot) Hoboken, Antwerp.

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#3 Motorcar 5858 + PCC car 2012 (brake-down) on tow near the workshop and depot Grotehondstraat, Antwerp.

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#4 Motorcar 8827 + carts with rail near the stelplaats / depot Merksem, Antwerp.

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#5 PCC 7077 on route Nº 55 at Gare du Sud / South Station, Brussels.

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#6 Motorcar 9647 on route Nº 63 (NMVB outbound) heading for Brasschaat passes the city tram terminal Merksem, Antwerp.

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#7 Motorcar 9659 on route Nº 63 (NMVB) has just left the terminus on the Franklin Rooseveltplaats / square and running on the Italiëlei, Antwerp.

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#8 PCC 2071 on route Nº 11 in old livery at the Carnot Street under renovation, Antwerp.

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#9 PCC car 2038 on route Nº 7 has just left the terminus Mortsel, Antwerp.

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#10 PCC car 2100 on route Nº 10 during reconstruction in the Carnotstraat near the Middenstatie / Central Station, Antwerp.

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#11 PCC cars 2038 on route Nº 7 and 2097 on route Nº 15 at the terminus Mortsel, Antwerp.

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#12 Motorcar 165 + trailer 2105 on route Nº 76 on the Grasmarkt, Brussels.

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#13 Motorcar 1327 + trailer 2087 on route Nº 62 at the Godfried van bouillonstraat with steep alignment, Brussels.

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#14 Motorcar 1511 on route Nº 102 on the Boulevard Baudouin, Brussels.

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#15 Motorcar 10356 on route L (cross out) to Meisse has just left the terminal on Place Charles Rogier, Brussels.

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#16 Motorcar 10476 on route W at Rue des Croisades / Kruisvaartenstraat (Crusade) near Gare du Nord / Noordstatie (North Station), Brussels.

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#17 Motorcar 303 on route Nº 15 passes trailer Nº 8 at the South Station loop, Charleroi.

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#18 Motorcar 307 on route Nº 15 traversing the Rue de l’Eglise (Church Street) on his way to the South Station (Gare du Sud), Charleroi.

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#19 Motorcar 311 + trailer 11 on route Nº 2 at Rue de L’Eglise – Quai de Brabant, Charleroi.

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#20 Motorcar 410 onroute Nº 8 near the end station Chatelet on Rue de Couillet, Charleroi.

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#21 Motorcar 9749 + trailer 19464 on route Nº 31 at the stop Avenue de l’Europe, Charleroi.

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#22 Motorcar 9751 on route Nº 50 and motorcar on route Nº 51 in front of the South Station, Charleroi.

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#23 Motorcar 10164 on route Nº 65 near the depot entrance at the Place de Tramways – The Tramway Square, Charleroi.

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#24 Motorcar 10279 on route Nº 93 and 10269 on route Nº 82 at the terminus ‘Eden’, on the Boulevard Jaques Bertrand, Charleroi.

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#25 Trailer 11 + motorcar 448 are shifting at the depot Châtelet, Charleroi.

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#26 Motorcar 320 on route Nº 1 towards Moscou, just passed Gravensteen (old castle and landmark), Ghent.

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#27 Motorcar 323 on the long gone route Nº 3 in the middle of town, Ghent.

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#28 Motorcar 331 on route Nº 4 passing a bridge, Ghent.

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#29 Motorcar 335 on route Nº 4 runs through the Veldstraat city centre, Ghent.

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#30 Motorcar 360 on route Nº 2 at the end stop Arsenaal (Brusselsesteenweg), Ghent.

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#31 Motorcar 341 on route Nº 4 towards St. Pieters Station, Ghent.

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#32 Motorcar 362 on route Nº 1 at the terminus van Beverenplein, Ghent.

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#33 Motorcar 376 on route Nº 1 at the terminus Moscou. The conductor or wattman changed the pantograph for the right direction, Ghent.

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#34 Motorcar 10261 on route Nº 32 winds itself through the street of La Louvière, La Louvière.

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#35 End station city centre, the motorman of car 318 takes a brake before pleasing the crowd waiting, Liège

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#36 Motorcar 314 on route Nº 3 along the banks of the River Meuse towards Flemalle, Liège.

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#37 Motorcar 301 on route Nº 3 next to the River Meuse (Maas) on its way to the end stop in the centre, Liège.

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#38 Motorcar 318 on route Nº 3 approaches the end station in the city centre with narrow streets, Liège.

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#39 Motorcar 10076 as special service enters the station square from the city site, Mons.

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#40 Motorcar 10491 on route Nº 9 leaves the station square on the North side, Mons.

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#41 Motorcar 10019 (modified former diesel motorcar) for shunting trailers at the tram station for route Nº 1 and 2, Ostend.

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#42 Motorcar 10053 + two trailers on route Nº 1 along the yard harbour near the station on its way to Knokke, Ostend.

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#43 Motorcar 10053 + two trailers on route Nº 1 passing a bridge over the yard harbour near the station, Ostend.

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#44 Motorcar 34 on route Nº 1 (cross out) (cross out stands for short services) coming down in the ‘Rue Thier Mère Dieu’, Verviers.

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#45 Motorcar 87 on route Nº 1 near Renoupré, Verviers.

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#46 Franklin Rooseveltplaats. Antwerpen, 1972

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#47 A 1908 Vintage tram car on route 12 negotiating the curve from Van Wesenbekestraat to Gemeentestraa. Antwerpen, 1973

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#48 Tram and car traffic under the “removable steel viaduct” that spoiled Rooseveltplaats for so many years. Antwerpen, 1973

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#49 A standard tram set at the terminus in Rue Henri Maus, next to the Bourse (Exchange). Brussels, 1971

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#50 At Bareel van Sint-Gillis and Barrière de Saint-Gilles. A star-shaped sort-of roundabout where six streets meet. Brussels, 1971

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#51 Tervurenlaan. Brussels, 1977

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#52 Tervurenlaan. Brussels, 1977

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#53 Triangles in Uccle. Brussels, 1972

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#54 SNCV/NMVB-route 89 was in the 1970s a short-working of the 80 service from Charleroi, ending in Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont right in front of the local friture, Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont.

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#55 Rue de l’Écluse. Charleroi, 1973

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#56 Rue de l’Écluse. Charleroi, 1973

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#57 Tram terminus Charleroi Eden by night. Charleroi, circa 1975

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#58 A miner (or probably a steel worker) enjoys the winter sun as a vicinal tram passes his home in. Dampremy, 1973

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#59 Tram on street with the cokes factory in Marchienne-au-Pont in the background. Dampremy, 1973

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#60 Swinging the bow collector at the terminus of line 20 near Ghent, Melle, 1973.

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#61 Under the watching eye of the tram driver, the conductor (still wearing the traditional dust coat) is setting the points to the right direction, Roux, 1975

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#62 On a bleak and drizzly morning when the street lights stay on burning, Souvret. circa 1975

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#63 Rainy morning, Souvret. circa 1975

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