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Preserving Wellington's
Tramway Heritage

Queen Elizabeth Park, Paekakariki
Kapiti, New Zealand

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RECENT NEWS & PHOTOS

Father Christmas on a tram

Sunday November 27 at 11.30am and 2pm.

Father Xmas arrived by Tram on Sunday (27th) morning, and again in the afternoon, much to the delight of all the youngsters present.

After a lolly scramble, he then road down to the beach in the Tram chatting to the children as the Tram rattled along.

A great day for all!

Fathwer Xmas 2011
Father Xmas

Father Xmas

 

Restoration on Tram 260

September 2011: Real progress on the interior of No 260

The floor is now complete and seat bases and frames are beginning to be installed. Photos taken on 7 September 2011 by Robert Hatten.

Restoration Tram 260 Stop

To see what progress we have achieved in exactly one year you can take a look at the photos below taken by Keath McGavin in September 2010:

Restoration Tram 260

 Restoration Tram 260

Memorial Day Service

30 May 2011 in Queen Elizabeth Park

Those who attended the Memorial Day Service at the US Marines Memorial in Queen Elizabeth were welcome to get morning tea at our nearby 'Fiducia' Visitors Centre.
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Tramway Big Weekender!

January 2011: Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd

We had a long weekend with lots of fun and entertainment for all the family:
    • Working Model Trains and Tram Displays
    • Miniature Locomotives on Display
    • Model Steam Ship on Display
    • Sausage Sizzle and Hot Drinks
    • All Day Tram Rides For The Price of a Return Ticket
    • Vintage / Classic Cars
    • Bouncy Castle and Pirate Slide
    • Cold Drinks / Ice Creams / Souvenirs at Kiosk

Tramway Big Weekender
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Members At Work

8th January 2011

Photo below left: Mike Flinn (left) and Allan Neilson loading ballast on to a trailer for taking down the tramline where they were replacing sleepers.
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Photo above right: Barry Ollerenshaw (right) has lifted the point blade out of the point on the backshunt (road 6) to enable cleaning out of caked mud and debris from the point and its mechanism.  Paul Harris looks on.
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Photo left: Barry Ollerenshaw manoeuvring the backshunt point blade with the aid of two metal bars.  Over a bucket load of dirt was removed from inside the point.

Photo right: Neil McDonald working on the "A" end controller of tram 151.  This controller has been giving trouble for several months.

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Photos: Keith McGavin

Wellington Trams on YouTube

January 2011: A new video of Wellington Trams on YouTube

See how the streets of Wellington in New Zealand were like in the sixties.

No audio source available.

Many thanks to Elliott Young.

Source: Archives footage preserved and made available by Archives New Zealand/Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

This video appears to be a compilation put together from a number of different occasions and taken by more than one photographer and includes scenes of the last tram on 2nd May 1964.

The views of the older type double saloon type tram No.207 were of a special charter trip run by the fledgling Tramway Preservation Association (later to become the Wellington Tramway Museum) on 14th September 1963 - thought to be the last time a tram other than the more modern Fiducia type ran in Wellington's streets.

There are other scenes clearly taken in within the last year of the final tram but in normal service through the middle of Wellington. The last tram was No.252 - - there were three trams which took part in the May 2nd 1964 ceremony at Thorndon (shown in the film) - No. 250 (3rd to last), 251 (2nd to last) and 252 (last). No.252 is preserved at the Museum of Transport & Technology in Auckland.