Our daughter picked us up at the airport in Sydney and took us down into 'The Shire' for a visit to the Sydney Tramway Museum, something that has been on my Bucket List for many years. Although the forecast was for rain, the weather was very kind to us with the occasional blue sky period. To our great surprise, the daily tram ride from the museum into the Royal National Park today was on the Phoenix 548, an old FM car from Brisbane, manufactured in 1963. I remember the Brisbane trams well, having used them every day to go to work. Stopping the trams in Brisbane in 1969 was the most stupid decision the Brisbane City Council ever made. Clem Jones was the Lord Mayor at the time. He was entirely disliked by the population after that.
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| Phoenix 548 is getting ready at the Tramway Museum to take us for a ride |
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| The Blogger and Carol enjoy the ride |
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| So are the oldies |
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| A volunteer Driver took us along the tracks |
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| Made in 1963 by the BCC Tramway Workshop |
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| Out of the open Door |
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| A volunteer Train Conductor |
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| The National Highway comes to a stop when the old tram crosses |
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| Carol enjoys the ride |
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| So does the Blogger |
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| Hello there |
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| No. 548 at the Royal National Park station |
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| Close up of the suspension |
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| The sign says Enoggera but that is 1100km away |
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| The electric rod picks up power to run the motor |
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| The Museum Station with signal box on top |
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| The old Liverpool Street signal box |
There is also a large tram shed, housing dozens of trams from around the country in the Sydney Tramway Museum,
One of the interesting cars on display, is a prison tram car used to transport prisoners from Long Bay Jail to the court house and back again, all day long.
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| The prison tram car |
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| "Let Me Out" |
