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A view of the interior of the saloon car, quite a rarity. 
The car approaching the Paston Place Terminus, with a good view of the line poles supporting the overhead wire. 
Five interesting photos during the short life of the Railroad, in four of which passengers are seen. A pity they are so indistinct as more clarity would have been revealed the mechanics of the operation. 
Rottingdean Pier, with passengers boarding the sea-going car bound for the banjo Groyne, Brighton, about 1900. The steel pier was about 100 yards long; underneath was the plant for generating the electric motive power of the Tramroad. 
I cannot say with any conviction whether this photograph was taken before or after the brief active life of the tramway (1896-1901). There is no sign of the generator or of the overhead wires, and the condition of the rails suggests that they had been in position for some time, so I think it dates from soon after the closure in 1901. 
The Sea Going Car, abandoned at the end of the rapidly decaying Ovingdean Gap Station, about 1902. The over-the-sea railway had only a short life, being in use from 1896-1901. 
Another photograph showing the damaged Paston Place Terminus after the storm of December 1896. 
These three photographs all show glimpses of the short-lived electric railway which ran from Paston Place to Rottingdean, and they all centre around Ovingdean Pier. This image dates from about 1910 and also shows the old coast road at Ovingdean Gap.
Pioneer was almost 45 tons electric tram vehicle that may now seem like a half-remembered fragment of a dream. It was a curious invention with an elliptical deck 45ft long by 22ft wide supported on four braced tubular legs each 23ft long. It ran through the sea (on rails with an overhead electrified cable) in Brighton between 1896 until 1901. It was neither practical (couldn’t stand strong tides and ran at a speed similar to walking pace) or affordable for many as the one-way fee of 6D one way was quite a lot of money.
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