Trams at the Museum
All the trams currently operating are from Wellington where electric street tramways operated from 1904 to 1964. Details of the Wellington trams owned by the Museum are:
Fleet No.
17
86
151
159
185
207
235
238
239
244
260
Built
1904
1912
1923
1925
1927
1929
1935
1938
1939
1939
1952
Type
Combination
Palace
Double-Saloon
Double-Saloon
Double-Saloon
Double-Saloon
Single-Saloon "Fiducia"
Single-Saloon "Fiducia"
Single-Saloon "Fiducia"
Single-Saloon "Fiducia"
Single-Saloon "Fiducia"
Status
Operational
Stored
Operational
Operational
Stored
Being Restored
Stored
Stored
Operational
Stored
Operational
The double saloon trams were the most numerous on the Wellington system, a total of 140 being built at the Council's workshops at Newtown between 1913 and 1935. No 151 entered service in 1923. The examples at the Museum were withdrawn from service in Wellington between 1960 and 1963.
Double Saloon No 159 climbing the hill on a trip from the beach back to the museum. This tram entered service in 1925.
The double saloon trams were the most numerous on the Wellington system, a total of 140 being built at the Council's workshops at Newtown between 1913 and 1935. No 151 entered service in 1923. The examples at the Museum were withdrawn from service in Wellington between 1960 and 1963.
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