Sydney Tramway Museum

Sydney Tramway Museum
Established 1950
Location

Pitt Street, Loftus

New South Wales Australia
Coordinates 34°02′40″S 151°03′07″E / 34.044321°S 151.051966°E / -34.044321; 151.051966
Type Tramway museum
Nearest car park On site
Website Official Site

The Sydney Tramway Museum is Australia's oldest tramway museum and the largest in the southern hemisphere, located in Loftus in the southern suburbs of Sydney.

History

The museum was officially opened at its original site on the edge of the Royal National Park by NSW Deputy Premier Pat Hills in 1965. It relocated to a larger site across the Princes Highway adjacent to Loftus railway station which opened on 19 March 1988.

On 23 October 2015 at about 11:00 to 11:30 pm a museum storage shed caught fire and was destroyed. Located off the main museum site, at its original location near Loftus Oval, the shed housed the museum's reserve collection of six trams, four buses and a double decker bus chassis dating to 1937. The shed and contents were destroyed. One tram lost, an 1898 C12, was within weeks of being completely restored after months of work.[1]

Operation

R1-class Tram 1979 Controller

The museum has an extensive collection of trams from Sydney and cities in Australia and around the world. There are two tram lines from the museum used to run tram rides for museum visitors.

One line runs 1.5 km north towards Sutherland railway station, paralleling Rawson Avenue in the way Sydney's tram system operated.

The second utilises the Royal National Park branch line constructed in 1886 before the line closed in June 1991.[2] The Museum converted the line to light rail standards and connected it to the existing museum line to establish what is now a most popular means of access to the world's second oldest national park.[3]

The Sydney Tramway Museum is run entirely by volunteers and self funds its day-to-day activities, restorations and construction programs from gate takings and donations from the public.

Gallery

Preservation

ex-NSW Tramways Rolling stock [4]
NoDescriptionManufacturerTypeYear
Built
Length
m
Weight
t
Date
Acquired
StatusComments
12C-Class TramHudson Bros.Single truck18997.628.601997SNOConverted to breakdown car 56s in 1909.Converted back to passenger in 1959 By NSWDOT. Originally donated to NSW tramway Historical Society. Body in poor condition. Stored at the old RNP depot site.
29C-Class TramHudson Bros.Single truck18987.628.601961IOConverted to breakdown car 60s in 1910.Converted back to passenger in 1995 at STM. Operational in 2001.
33C-Class TramHudson BrosSingle truck18987.628.601995URFConverted to experimental double deck car in 1907 and lasted until 1908. Converted to breakdown car 33s in 1924 at Randwick Workshops. Body only recovered in 1995 from Newcastle Tramway Museum-Rutherford. Being restored in Bendigo to double deck tram.
37C-Class TramHudson Bros.Single truck18997.628.602010URNSold in 1924. Donated by the Tradesmens Union Club, Canberra in 2010. Moved to Sydney 20/4/2010 for restoration and to be sent to Christchurch, NZ in 2011.
290C-Class TramMorrisonSingle truck18967.938.601957IOConverted to breakdown car 115s in 1927 by NSWDOT. Restored to Passenger tram by SPER.
23Cable trailerRichie BrosSingle truck18945.642.501976DCOUnder restoration
117D-Class TramClydeSingle truck18999.409.661994URNConverted to breakdown car 112s in 1913 by NSWDOT. Major restoration back to passenger car
529E-Class TramClydeSingle truck19038.3710.201957URNUnder restoration
530E-Class TramClydeSingle truck19038.3710.201957URNUnder restoration
393F-Class TramClydeBogie190211.7513.001957IOSConverted to Eye Sight car 127s in 1927. Restored to original condition at STM.
24sFreight carNSWGTBogie19039.6012.701957DCOCar preserved without motors. Body restored for display.
675J-Class TramMeadowbankSingle truck19048.8911.701996IORestored to operating condition. In service 2009
1295K-Class TramMeadowbankSingle truck19138.8910.901997SNOOriginally donated to NSW Tramway Historical Society. Body in poor condition. -Stored at old site depot.
1296K-Class TramMeadowbankSingle truck19138.8910.901957DCO
154L/P-Class TramClydeBogie190012.4515.201957IOBuilt as an F-Class Tram and converted to L class in 1910. Converted to L/P in 1926
257L/P-Class TramClydeBogie190112.4515.201995SFIBody stored at HPOTS, Cessnock poor condition.
298L/P-Class TramClydeBogie190112.4515.201995SFIBody stored at HPOTS, Cessnock poor condition
341L/P-Class TramClydeBogie190112.4515.201995SFIBody stored at HPOTS, Cessnock poor condition
710N-Class TramMeadowbankBogie190611.9915.102007SFIStored at Old site, RNP poor condition of body
718N-Class TramMeadowbankBogie190611.9915.101995SFIStored at HPOTS, Cessnock poor condition of body
728N-Class TramMeadowbankBogie190611.9915.101957IO
824O-Class TramMeadowbankBogie190913.5817.801995SFIStored at HPOTS, Cessnock poor condition of body
957O-Class TramMeadowbankBogie191013.5817.801978URNUnder restoration
1111O-Class TramMeadowbankBogie191213.5817.801959IO
1089O/P-Class TramMeadowbankBogie191213.5817.901974URNOriginally an O-Class Tram; rebuilt by NSWDOT to O/P in 15/6/1920. Under restoration
99uOverhead Line carMeadowbankBogie191312.6518.901959IOWOperational
1497P-Class TramNSWGTBogie192213.8516.901961IO
1501P-Class TramNSWGTBogie192213.8516.901999SFIStored at Bendigo pending review for restoration
1729P-Class TramMort's DockBogie192913.8516.902010SNODonated by the Tradesmens Union Club, Canberra in 2010. Moved to Sydney 24/1/2010. Future restoration.
1573P/R1-Class TramMeadowbankBogie192313.8518.601965SNOP car rebuilt as PR1 in 1949 by NSWDOT. To be restored
948Prison TramNSWGTBogie190912.0415.601957DCOCar preserved without motors.
1740R-Class TramClydeBogie193314.3518.001961IO
1741R-Class TramClydeBogie193314.3518.002003SNOTram body only at old RNP site -awaiting decision of future
1753R-Class TramClydeBogie193314.3517.901999SFIBody stored at Rozelle Depot-ex Citytram Assoc.
1798R-Class TramClydeBogie193414.3518.001999SNOBody stored at HPOTS, Cessnock poor condition.
1808R-Class TramClydeBogie193414.3518.001999OOSRestored at Bendigo in 2000 to operational condition. Stored at Melbourne in Preston Workshops. Leased to MOTAT in New Zealand Jan 2010.
1819R-Class TramClydeBogie193414.3518.002006SNOMoved From Canberra Tradesmens Union Club. Stored at old site.
1917R-Class TramBogie193514.3518.002003SNOTram body only at old site - awaiting decision of

future.

1923R-Class TramBogie193514.3517.901997SFIBody stored at Rozelle Depot-ex Citytram Assoc.
1933R/R1 class tramClydeBogie193514.3517.901990SNOCar preserved without motors. Currently used as Book Shop
1943R1-Class TramClydeBogie193514.3517.901997SFIBody stored at Rozelle Depot-ex Citytram Assoc. Future to be decided-July 2012.
1951R1-Class TramClydeBogie193514.3517.901994SFIStored at Newstead, Victoria Partly restored
1971R1-Class TramBogie193614.3517.901979OOSOn loan -Operating at AETM at St Kilda in South Australia

in 2005

1971R1-Class TramClydeBogie193614.3517.901979OOSOn loan- Operating at AETM at St Kilda in South Australia in 2005
1979R1-Class TramClydeBogie193614.3517.901974IO
1980R1-Class TramClydeBogie193614.3517.901999SFIBody stored at HPOTS, Cessnock poor condition.
1995R1-Class TramComengBogie195114.3517.901997SFITram stored at Rozelle Depot-ex Citytram Assoc. To be restored and displayed in the redeveloped Rozelle Depot .
2001R1-Class TramComengBogie195114.3517.902001IOAcquired by STM as a body in 2001. Restored at Bendigo in

2001 for the proposed Federation Tramways. Stored at Canberra until 7/10/2005.

2044R1-Class TramComengBogie195214.3517.901983SNOCar preserved without motors. Currently used as Traffic Office
2050R1-Class TramComengBogie195214.3517.902011SFITram stored at Rozelle Depot- originally owned by Sydney City Council now ownership passed to STM-
3Reciprocating Rail GrinderS. and E.Single truck19204.276.101971OOSOperable -Converted to current design by MMTB in 1958. Loaned to MOTAT despatched from STM 11/05/2011. The Board approved a 2-year loan at the April 2011 meeting.
3Reciprocating Rail GrinderS. and E.Single truck19204.276.101971OOSOperable -Converted to current design by MMTB in 1958. Loaned to MOTAT despatched from STM 11/05/2011. The Board approved a 2-year loan at the April 2011 meeting.
11WScrubberMeadowbankSingle truck19088.8910.902003SFOOriginally K-Class Tram 797, converted to scrubber in 1953 by NSWDOT and coded 139s. Sold to MMTB in 1961. Stored in Melbourne at Preston Workshops.
134sScrubber tramRitchie BrothersSingle truck18999.4012.501961IOWOriginally D class tram 102, converted to scrubber in 1930 and coded 134s. Fully operational.
147sTrack TamperSingle truckIOWOriginally TDX45 on NSWGR register. At Lithgow for conversion.
147sTrack TamperSingle truckIOWOriginally TDX45 on NSWGR register. Currently at Lithgow for conversion & to make operational.
19TrolleybusRitchie BrothersTrolleybus19379.308.801978URNUnder restoration
144sWeed BurnerNSWGTSingle truck19563.003.601961IOS
93uBallast MotorMeadowbankBogie191312.6518.901967URNRestored for display only in 1991.
42sBallast Motor-U2NSWGTBogie190711.4315.701981IOWNumbered L707 in NSWGR service from 1926 to 1980.
Balmain CounterweightClydeSingle truck19033.282.001955IOSRestored at HVTC in 1990. On display in Display Hall
141sBreakdown carMeadowbankBogie191113.8518.031964IOWOriginally O-Class Tram 1030, converted to breakdown car in 1955 by NSWDOT and coded 141s.

Status Legend

[4]

Publications

The Sydney Tramway Museum publishes Trolley Wire on behalf of most tramway museums around the country. Published quarterly, it carries articles on tramways around the world and news from the various Australasian heritage tramways.

References

  1. Belchert, Kahlia (27 October 2015) "Tramway relics lost" St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, p. 1, Retrieved 29 October 2015
  2. "Royal National Park services stopped" Railway Digest September 1991 page 314
  3. "National Park Line" Railway Digest May 1992 p. 194
  4. 1 2 "Sydney Tramway Museum Fleet Register" (PDF). Sydney Tramway Museum. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

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