Re: MOTAT's - Western Springs Tramway System and Tramcars

---David

That description of MOTAT was excellent

I have not been involved for many years, so your information was of
great interest and filled many spaces.

In the days of my pictures, the workers used to enjoy cooling
refreshments in one of the old houses seen on the right of the pic of
301. This was known as "SNIBBO" If I remember correctly.

Woe betide any Wellington visitor who failed to submit the right
entry fee !!!!!

WGB











In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Cawood, David" <David.Cawood@a...> wrote:

Good Day

I'll start off by introducing myself - I've been a member of the

Western

Springs Tramway, a Division of MOTAT for 17 years.

MOTAT commenced tramway passenger carriage in December 1967 on a

line

constructed within the museum boundaries of about 400 meters. The
photographs Graham has posted are from the mid to late 1960's.

In 1980 the Western Springs Tramway was extended on a line parallel

to Great

North Road only meters from the original Point Chevalier line. In

1981 this

was further extended around the corner into Motions Road below the

Auckland

Zoo carpark. MOTAT's line is approximately 1.2 km in length outside

of

MOTAT's grounds.

Now that MOTAT has regional funding (rating powers) via the MOTAT

Act of

Parliament, there is a Strategic Planning process underway

involving all

levels of the professional and volunteer museum and stakeholders,

including

the territorial councils and visiting public. This also includes

the long

proposed 1 km extension of the WST line from Auckland Zoo to the

Keith Park

Memorial Airfield, MOTAT's second site encompassing the aviation,

rail

collections and storage. Estimated NZ$1.5 million.

MOTAT's tram line is built in max concrete and operates 364 days of

the year

with 5 restored passenger electric trams, 1 ex Sydney Steam Tram

and an ex

Wellington Rail Grinder. WST has one full time employee, namely Ian

Robinson

(famous tram modeller) the week day tram driver.

The complete MOTAT tramway collection consists of:

1 x Sydney/Wanganui Steam Tram 100 (restored)

2 x Works Trams:
301 - Wellington Fright tram / Rail Grinder (operational, but

unrestored)

304 - Replica Auckland Flat Deck Crane tram for moving rails,

ulitising

Auckland No.91's chassis M type (unrestored)

1 x Cable car trailer Dunedin Mornington 4 / DCCT 107 (static)

2 x trailers
21 - Wanganui electric tram trailer (unrestored)
147 - Takapuna replica steam tram trailer (unrestored using ex

Auckland

electric tram body ex M type)

Electric Passenger Trams:

8 x All Weather Trams (inc. three one man trams)
244 - Wellington Fiducia one man tram (unrestored)
252 - Wellington Fiducia one man tram (unrestored)
257 - Wellington Fiducia one man tram (operational)
89 - Auckland M type (On display / unrestored)
203 - Auckland Art Deco Semi Steel (unrestored)
248 - Auckland Streamliner (operational)
253 - Auckland Streamliner (unrestored)
321 - Melbourne W2 (work in progress complete late 2001/restored)

6 x Fine Weather trams:
10 - Wanganui California Combination (On display / unrestored)
Currently sitting on an ex Napier 3'6" Brush 21E Bogie)
11 - Auckland Combo (operational)
17 - Auckland Double Decker (unrestored)
44 - Auckland Dingy four wheeler (restoration about to recommence)
47 - Wellington Double Decker (under restoration)
135 - Wellington Double Saloon (operational)

Support Vehicles:
1 x 1924 Leyland Towerwagon ex. Auckland City Tramways / Auckland

Transport

Board (Restored)
1 x 1975 J4 Bedford Tower Wagon ex Auckland Regional Authority
1 x Solid wheeled Auckland City Tramways Workmans Hut (recent

acquisition -

unrestored)

Hope this clarifies
David Cawood




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