Editing Tram (section)

===Steam===
{{Main|Tram engine|Steam dummy}}
[[File:Bruehl Feuriger Elias.jpg|thumb|left|A steam [[tram engine]] from the [[Cologne Stadtbahn|Cologne-Bonn Railway]], pulling a train through [[Brühl (Rhineland)|Brühl]] marketplace, c. 1900]]
The first mechanical trams were powered by [[steam engine|steam]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History of trams, light rail |url=https://bathtrams.uk/history-of-trams/ |website=Bath & Bristol Trams |date=19 February 2017 |access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> Generally, there were two types of steam tram. The first and most common had a small [[steam locomotive]] (called a [[tram engine]] in the UK) at the head of a line of one or more carriages, similar to a small train. Systems with such steam trams included [[Christchurch]], New Zealand; Sydney, Australia; other city systems in [[New South Wales]]; [[Munich]], Germany (from August 1883 on),<ref name="Muenchen1964">{{cite news| url = http://www.tram-muenchen.de/geschichte/chronik-vor1964.html| title = 1876 – 1964 (Überblick)| archive-url = https://archive.today/20110224053241/http://www.tram-muenchen.de/geschichte/chronik-vor1964.html| archive-date = 24 February 2011| access-date = 8 March 2015| url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Mohamedali Tramways Company|British India]] (from 1885) and the Dublin & Blessington Steam Tramway (from 1888) in Ireland. Steam tramways also were used on the suburban tramway lines around [[Milan]] and [[Padua]]; the last ''Gamba de Legn'' ("Peg-Leg") tramway ran on the Milan-[[Magenta, Lombardy|Magenta]]-Castano Primo route in late 1957.<ref name="Milan1957">{{cite news| url = http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cinquant-anni-fa-milano-diceva-addio-gamba-de-legn.html| title = Cinquant'anni fa Milano diceva addio al "Gamba de legn"| access-date = 10 February 2019}}</ref>

The other style of steam tram had the steam engine in the body of the tram, referred to as a [[tram engine]] (UK) or [[steam dummy]] (US). The most notable system to adopt such trams was in Paris. French-designed steam trams also operated in [[Trams in Rockhampton|Rockhampton]], in the Australian state of [[Queensland]] between 1909 and 1939. [[Stockholm]], Sweden, had a steam tram line at the island of [[Södermalm]] between 1887 and 1901.

Tram engines usually had modifications to make them suitable for street running in residential areas. The wheels, and other moving parts of the machinery, were usually enclosed for safety reasons and to make the engines quieter. Measures were often taken to prevent the engines from emitting visible smoke or steam. Usually the engines used [[coke (fuel)|coke]] rather than coal as fuel to avoid emitting smoke; [[Condensing steam locomotive|condensers]] or [[Superheater|superheating]] were used to avoid emitting visible steam. A major drawback of this style of tram was the limited space for the engine, so that these trams were usually underpowered. Steam trams faded out around the 1890s to 1900s, being replaced by electric trams.