Brisbane Tramway Museum - Keperra QLD
Great little museum... just 20 mins walk from Lou & Cams Home. Good selection of trams and memorabilia. Excellent knowledgeable staff. Dudley was very informative and personally showed me around the whole site including the workshop area where some ambitious restorations are underway.
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Brisbane Tramway Museum.
The Brisbane Tramway Museum , at Ferny Gove, is a unique and quaint reminder of the State Capitals once thriving Tram system. Most cities in Australia had Trams in the early years, and in the car crazed 60's and 70's ,most systems were removed, apart form Melbourne 's , which today ,is one of the largest systems in the world!
Unfortunately , Brisbane's City Council favoured Busses , so the system was shut down in 1969. While people, enjoyed the Tram free streets, most say the Trams should of stayed and with many cities now installing light rail, Brisbane now has to play catch up to get public transport back on track !
The Tramway Museum is the only place where you can step back to the care free 60's and ride a classic Brisbane tram , and I was lucky to attend on of their rare night run sessions.
Brisbane trams 50 years anniversary
Commemoration of 50 years since the last tram in Brisbane, 13 April 1969.
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Queensland by Rail | Part 1 – Brisbane Tramway Museum
Welcome to my new series which is all about my three week adventure to Queensland.
In this first episode, I travel from Melbourne to Brisbane and take a ride on some vintage trams.
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Sydney Tramway Museum - Brisbane Day
To commemorate 50 years since the closure of the Brisbane Tramways, the Sydney Tramway museum ran it's 3 operatable Brisbane cars for the day.
Some sort segments of the day's operation - Phoenix 548 running out of Cross Street, and Dreadnought 180 running back in.
With the current track work blocking 'depot junction', trams are run in and out via the 'Cross Street' curve.
Australian Trams - Brisbane Tramway Museum Visit 2014
On the 23 of March 2014, I visited the Brisbane Tramway Museum at Ferny Grove, Brisbane...
Here is some video action from that day.
Trams featured:
Tram 65 Built in 1922 by BTC (Brisbane Tram Company), Ten Bench car called a Toastrack Car...
Tram 341 Built in 1936 by BCC (Brisbane City Council), Called a Drop Center Car...
Tram 429 Built in 1942, by the BCC (Brisbane City Council), a Four Motor Car, called an FM...
Tram 554 was the Last Tram built in Brisbane in 1964, built by BCC (Brisbane City Council), a Four Motor Car called an FM. This Tram had its 50th Birthday on 13-3-2014...
Tram 99 was rebuilt in 1943 from and older tram, called a Baby Dreadnought Car. Rebuild by BCC (Brisbane City Council)
Tram 47 Built in 1901 by Brisbane Tramway Company (BTC), Called a Matchbox Car... This Tram is the oldest operating Tram in the Museum...
Brisbane FM Tram 429 at Brisbane Tramway Museum Queensland. 30 May 2010.
FM Tram 429 runs down from the museum's stabling sheds then we see an interior shot on the return trip. FM (four motor) trams were the lastest design trams on the Brisbane Tram System before its closure in 1969. The first FM tram, 400 entered service on the 12th January, 1938. 429 itself was built in 1942.
Trams over Australia: Cane-Tram, Tram Gold Coast & Brisbane Tram-Museum
Eine kleine Reportage (2017) aus Queensland über die Cane-Tram und deren Betrieb, die Lokomotivstadt Maryborough, den neuen Trambahnbetrieb in Gold Coast, das Trambahnmuseum in Rockhampton und die Geschichte des öffentlichen Nahverkehrs in Brisbane bis heute sowie einem ausführlichen Besuch im Trambahnmuseum Brisbane
Gedreht habe ich ourdoor mit einer Lumix TZ81. In den Museen kam die BMPCC mit 8mm/f1,4 zum Einsatz, wenn's eng wurde eine GoPro3+ und wenn's schnell gehen musste half meine Canon 550D mit. Den Zusatzton machte ich mit einem Zoom1 Recorder. Bearbeitung (Colorgrading) in daVinci und Post im Premiere 6.0.
Brisbane Trams in the 1960s
Description of scenes: The timing printed may not necessarily line up with the scenes as the film may be out of alignment due to editing of the original copy. Thank you to tressteleg1 youtube.com/tressteleg1 for researching the locations in the film.
.07 Secs 337 to Chermside (Northernmost line. Exit to Cairns) probably
at Petrie Bight, possibly where Wickham St veers away from Queen St .
16” Nearby, 448 to Grange. Map shows Rt 76, not 77. Rt numbers and
termini changed over the years.
25” Probably that kink in Wickham St.
36” Petrie Bight, leaving Ann St, city bound. Storey Bridge in background.
50” Same place, outbound. A wedge shape park (Centenary Place) is
between Ann St and Wickham St where the two split.
1’ 12” Entering Adelaide St, City bound.
1’ 19” Phoenix car (built after Paddington Depot fire of ?1962 or ?63)
Out of Adelaide St, Rt 71 to Clayfield
1’ 28” & 1’ 38” Out of Adelaide St. You can see the tracks coming up
from Queen St at left. 537 to Grange
1’ 52 325 Rt 77 to New Farm Park
1’ 58” Probably Wickham St beside the V shaped park
2’ 06 Queen St (which seems to extend to the start of Ann and Wickham St.
2’ 10’ Same.
2’ 15” Queen St northbound. The junction for Wharf St I believe is in the
foreground. Tram to Clayfield
2’ 19 Kink at north end of Queen St
2’ 30” Another Phoenix, but not sure where. Somewhere near Petrie Bight.
2’ 41” Probably scrubber car 14
2’ 50” Trolleybuses near fortitude Valley
3’ 00” Bound for Grange, Brunswick St Fortitude Valley.
3’ 13” Logan Rd bound For Valley Jun, near Mt Gravatt Terminus
3’ 18” Mt Gravatt Terminus. Logan Rd (then Pacific Highway to Gold Coast and Sydney)
3’ 44” Arriving Petrie Bight from Fortitude Valley
Regarding the heavy flow of trams at Petrie Bight. For those few dozen metres, all Brisbane tram services shared that little bit of road, a bit like Swanston St and Elizabeth St combining for a few metres. Hectic.
Brisbane Drop Centre Tram 341 at Brisbane Tramway Museum Queensland. 30 May 2010.
Drop Centre Tram 341 runs down from the museum's stabling shed then we see an interior shot on the return trip. Drop Centre trams were the most prolific of all trams on the Brisbane Tramway System. The first of them appeared on the system on the 15th January 1925 with 341 itself having been built in 1936.
Brisbane Phoenix Tram 548 at the Sydney Tramway Museum
Driving Ten Bench Car 65 at Brisbane Tramway Museum. 19 Jan 2014.
Driving Ten Bench Car 65 at Brisbane Tramway Museum -19 Jan 2014. Before air brakes trams used a cable operated hand brake system. As you can see by the video, the driver or motorman certainly had his work cut out for him as driving a hand brake car required a lot of hard work and strength.
Brisbane Trams From City To South Brisbane Railway Station
Description Brisbane Trams in the City from different angles before the Queen St. Mall closed Queen Street. Journey is from the City to South Brisbane Station
Brisbane tram No.180 - Sydney Tramway Museum 13/12/17
A ride on Brisbane tram No.180 at the Sydney Tramway Museum, at Loftus NSW. 180 was built in 1924, and acquired by the museum in 1958. It is a very basic design, with no glass in the passenger saloon windows. It has no air brakes, and you will see the driver operating the mechanical ratchet brake. In this video we travel from the main part of the museum to the current northern terminus of the line near Sutherland.
50 year anniversary of the trams in Brisbane City & the closure of the tramway
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On June 21, 1897, Brisbane’s first electric tram, dedicated to public transit, rolled from Logan Road at Woolloongabba to the southern end of the Victoria Bridge.
The now defunct tram network is considered a lost part of Brisbane’s identity, with its humble tram cars, everyday convenience, and connections between the CBD and inner suburbs allowing the city to grow.
18 different tram routes were established throughout the network’s lifetime, connecting most corners of Brisbane.
Between 1944–45 alone, almost 160 million passengers were carried across Brisbane. Everywhere from Stafford and Toowong to Coorparoo and Mt Gravatt were covered by the more than 199 km of tracks.
2019 marks 50 years since the closure of the Tramway. Even now Brisbane residents continue to live among constant reminders of our trams. Old tracks poke through bitumen and cement, old tram stops and posts that continue to stand the test of time.
It’s easy to wonder what our city would be like if this expansive network continued to thrive.
A visit to Brisbane Tramway Museum - 6th October 2014
A visit to Brisbane Tramway Museum, filmed 6th October 2014.
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Brisbane Ten Bench Tram 65 at Brisbane Tramway Museum. 30 May 2010.
Ten bench car 65 takes a run up to the Museum's stabling sheds after the conductor makes a quick points change.
28 Ten Bench Cars, commonly known as Toast Rack Cars or Jumping Jacks, were made for the Brisbane Tram System between 1907 and 1925. Car 65 itself was built by the Brisbane Tramway Company in 1921.
Brisbane Trams 1965 to 1969. Silent Movie. Digital Remake.
22 Minutes. Digital remake of 8mm movie film.
Note! At 4 minutes the street is Simpsons Rd Bardon and the terminus at Morgan Tce.
Remembering the Brisbane Tramways - Brisbane Tram System Closure - Sowing the Seeds of Love
April 13th 1969 Brisbane's Trams ceased operation. Millions of dollars worth of public infrastructure was destroyed, or covered over. Considered by many now as a short sighted decision, Brisbane often laments the loss of its' long lost Tramway system.
This April 13th marks the 50th anniversary of the system closure.
Brisbane Trams in the 60's
Trams in 1960's Brisbane.
Received these photos off an email that was circulating some time back. I believe the photographer was Dick Jones. Lovely bit of history.
Enjoy