The Eltham South Electric Tramway is a 1:24 scale, 45mm gauge garden tramway in Melbourne, Australia. Here we take a look at some of the trams in the fleet, which real trams they're based on, and how the models were made.
Did you know that you can see, and ride on the real version of all of these trams at Australian tram museums?
Bendigo tramways operates a section of the original Bendigo electric tramway system, with a large fleet of preserved trams including Birney number 11. Visit their website here: www.bendigotra...
The Ballarat tram museum also operates a section of the original Ballarat tramway, through the botanical gardens beside lake Wendoree. There you can see Ballarat number 33 as well as trams from other Victorian systems. visit their website here: www.btm.org.au/
The Tramway Heritage Centre in Bylands, near Kilmore has a very large collection of Victorian trams including W5 739 located at the site of Bylands station on the former Victorian railways Heathcote to Bendigo line. The trams don't currently operate but all can be seen up close. Visit their website here: www.tramway.org...
The Valley Heights railway museum in the Blue Mountains, near Sydney in NSW has the only operating Sydney steam tram motor and trailer in Australia. Located at the former Valley Heights locomotive depot they also have a large collection of former NSW government railway locomotives and rollingstock. Visit their website here: www.valleyheig...
You can also see a restored Sydney steam tram motor on display at the Sydney tramway museum, as well as a large collection of operating electric trams from Australia and around the world. Visit their website here: www.sydneytram...
Another operating Sydney steam tram motor can be seen at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. Visit their website here: www.motat.nz/v...
Picture of steam tram motor 103A at Valley Heights by Jake Short.
All other pictures and video by Alexander Jamieson
5 окт 2024