Congratulations Sydney Tramway Museum

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Mal Rowe

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Feb 23, 2025, 10:14:00 PM2/23/25
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Sydney Tramway Museum celebrated 60 years of operation and 75 years of
tram preservation yesterday.

A huge crowd attended to join the celebrations and the loacl member of
NSW parliament presented a framed Community Recognition Statement.  She
stayed for several hours taliking with the STM people and was clearly
impressed.

Well done all at STM!

A couple of pics - first shows beautiful F class tram no 393 - an
operating tram 125 years old - with R class 1740 behind it.

Second photo shows the first tram preserved - LP class no 154. It began
as another F class car but was rebuilt into the classic Sydney 'toastrack'.

Mal Rowe whom enjoyed the rides and the conversations.
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David Batho

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Feb 24, 2025, 12:51:15 AM2/24/25
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I had a very enjoyable day there yesterday, too.

David
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Feb 24, 2025, 1:08:23 AM2/24/25
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A great day and lots of “colourful tramway identities” in attendance. Sadly, a few familiar faces from earlier years no longer with us. A nice touch was the official group photo of visitors from other museums around Australia. 

A huge turnout of the general public supported by a contingent of enthusiasts. 

The museum was very well presented and the weather was amazing. 

Few of us got caught by train problems on the way back but no big deal.

I had a short ride in a coupled set on the “current” tramway this morning. Loads were very good. 

Paul


On 24 Feb 2025, at 16:51, 'David Batho' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I had a very enjoyable day there yesterday, too.
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