Sydney 1700 at Seashore - first passenger trip

Hi folks -

On Saturday 31 August, Sydney 1700 carried its first passengers in nearly (or possibly more!) than 10 years. As part of Seashore Trolley Museum's 85th Anniversary celebration, 1700 both participated in the Anniversary Trolley Parade, and carried a group of passengers on a full main line round trip in the early evening. At this time, the car is only cleared for very limited operations, but more work in planned this autumn. The car performed well all day, and it attracted a lot of attention, as many of our current members and operations crew have never experienced it in action.

I was lucky to pull the conductor assignment for the main line run, with our fleet manager motoring. Below is the car awaiting the evening departure from the museum (along with a 1900 Boston car), and at the north end of the line.

Looking forward to seeing it out more in the future,

-Jeff Bennett