the engine shall be brought to a stand-still. 5. The entrance to and exit from the carriages shall be by the endermost or conductor's platform. 6. Before commencing to descend the incline in Derby-road and the curve in Bentinck-road, the engine shall on each occasion be brought to a stand-still and the speed in descending the same shall not exceed four miles an hour. 7. The Company shall place, and keep placed, in a conspicuous position inside of each carriage in use on the tramways, a printed copy of these requirements, regulations and conditions. 8. For any breach of any of the above requirements or regulations the Company shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. CONDITIONS The Board of Trade and their officers may from time to time, and shall on the application of the local authority of any of the districts through which the tramways pass, inspect the engine or carriages used on the tramways, and the machinery therein; and may whenever they think fit prohibit the use on the tramways of any of them which in their opinion are not safe for use. Signed by order of the Board of Trade, this twenty-fifth day of November, 1882. Henry G. Calcraft (Asst. Secretary) In addition to these conditions the letter from the Board of Trade to the Town Council added that the licence was issued on the distinct understanding that the engine shall not be used on the short length at the Basford end of the line, until the tramway has been placed in the centre of the road and means provided for the engine getting round its car. This trial appears to have been successful because company sought an extension to the one year licence, and this was confirmed in The Nottingham Tramways Order of 2 April 1884 - the "Order authorising the use of Steam Power on the Tramways of the Nottingham and District Tramways Company Ltd." . This order included a schedule of operating restrictions almost identical to that in the order of 1882, but strangely no mention is made of a speed restriction when descending Derby Rd. The steam tram engine operated from the Isandula Rd depot into Nottingham and it towed a tramcar - originally horse-drawn - adapted for use behind the tram engine. William Wilkinson was an ambitions engineer who ran a foundry at Wigan. His earliest