On 28/01/2021 11:28, David McLoughlin wrote:
> Two media items have appeared related to trams in Auckland.

>

> This one says the small "tourist" line that operated for a few years

> round a run-down area of old warehouses using ex-Melbourne trams

> painted in the pre-1956 Auckland livery is being revived and will be

> operated by the city's Museum of Transport and Technology (which has a

> real working tramway of its own):

>

> https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/auckland/300215454/trams-to-return-to-aucklands-waterfront-from-waitangi-weekend

>

That's a smart move.  James Duncan, who kept the Dockline tramway
running for a long time is now at MOTAT - so there is a good experience
base there.

I am rather impressed by the way 881 has been renovated.  See:
https://tdu.to/m/234017

Mal Rowe - who reckons 466 (aka 257) looks a lot like a "Toonerville
Trolley" with its short wheelbase