Melbourne Street Car

No we did not take a trip to Australia, although I would love to visit there someday. This is one of the fleet of street cars that we have that run across the High Level Bridge on the weekends. It was built in 1947 and was used in Melbourne until 1997. This was taken as it approached the Strathcona Station.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great looking street car. I love you perspective.

[Jennifer C]

faved for sure now! It's even going to st Kilda! couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this in your photos! This is a real melbourne tram from my childhood, i probably went on it 100's of times!

[Katterina ❥]

Fantastic capture!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Kareen King]

Neat scene!

[Lynne]

Nice shot. Love the old streetcars.

[Andrew Nelson]

Cool shot, I have seen these in Melbourne & they are so neat.

[Diane]

That is so neat!

[Linda]

Excellent shot. Love the perspective.

[Shirley Banford]

Great shot! Not many of these left.

[Nancy]

Great capture of the streetcar...they are fun and are always memorable on a trip!

[Pam Hawkes]

Nice capture Brian and interesting information!

[Maggiemae]

1947 is a long time ago - how did they move it,I wonder!

[Tony]

Nice shot Brian, Melbourne still runs them as a major part of their urban transportation - slightly upgraded versions.

[J A Byrdlip]

Nice shot. Not being familiar with you local transit, what are they sharing the line with? Assuming that they are sharing trackage.

[Sarah]

Didn't realise that any "green rattlers" were in use outside of Melbourne, let alone Australia...and complete with "St Kilda Beach" sign! I used to catch trams like this to school! How did that one end up overseas?

[John Falconer]

It DOES say St Kilda beach!! Nice shot.

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Wonderful shot, we don't have these in Western Australia anymore.

[Néfertiti]

J'adoré les vieux tramways; Super LOOK.

[Peter Dulis]

Love these kind of photos ...

[Paula W]

Great shot and great perspective.

[❀ Lynn]

Nice one...wonder why they brought it all the way from Australia.

[Molly]

Good shot of this street car coming round the bend.

[Pyrrhula]

Great pic of this beautiful street car ( the Dutch name for it = Tram )
Some cities still use them (new ones )

[Beth]

Nice capture. It brings back memories of when I lived in New Orleans.

[Chris]

I did wonder for a moment what was going on These things are making a come back in the UK - we go on the Manchester ones once or twice a year.

[Jane Pittenger]

Boy does that bring up memories. We had trolleys just like this growing up near Boston, MAi like your composition

[Katie]

Very cool! What a fun means of transportation.

[Netkonnexion]

Thats lovely. Street cars are such fun. We don't really have them in the UK any more. Sad really.

[Myrna O'Hara]

The town where my grandma lived had/has these.

[Terry]

vintage look

[Janette]

Lovely shot of such an iconic Melbourne tram.

[Kim]

Very nice angle for the shot. Love that we can see the driver and his throwback uniform.

[summerfield]

great shot, brian. like the angle, the colours and the hydro wires. hello to melody.

[bkb in the city]

@wildwood28 The Edmonton Radial Railway Society which operates the trams is always looking for old trams that are no longer in use. They purchase them and fix them up and put them back in use here

[bkb in the city]

@johnfalconer Thanks John

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj Thanks Shirley. They only get used here during the summer months for this jaunt across the bridge. Otherwise we do not have trams operating here either

[bkb in the city]

@montse Ravi d'avoir pu partager celui-ci avec vous

[bkb in the city]

@pdulis Glad I could share this one with you Peter

[bkb in the city]

@paulaw Thanks Paula

[bkb in the city]

@lynnb The Edmonton Radial Railway Society which operates the trams is always looking for old used trams that they can restore and put back into use

[Gena Pegg]

Great old street car. Very nostalgic!! Nice POV!

[bkb in the city]

@dolphin Thanks Molly

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula We used to use them here. Now the old ones like this are the only ones used in the summer going across the bridge

[bkb in the city]

@vernabeth I have seen shots of trams in New Orleans before. Do you know if they still use them there

[bkb in the city]

@gooner46 It is a big hit over here every summer

[bkb in the city]

@jgpittenger Glad it brought back some nice memories for you

[bkb in the city]

@archaeofrog This one is always a lot of fun to ride

[bkb in the city]

@netkonnexion I am glad we have these to ride on at least during the summer months

[bkb in the city]

@sailingmusic Cool

[bkb in the city]

@sarasdadandmom The old ones are always nice to see

[bkb in the city]

@jetpics Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@kimshots Glad you liked this one Kim

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield Thanks Vikki. Melody says hello back

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Glad you enjoyed this one Marilyn

[bkb in the city]

@jenrobcarr Wow that is so cool. Glad I posted this one

[bkb in the city]

@katerinatina Thanks Katerina

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@kareenking Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@lynne5477 Glad I posted this one

[bkb in the city]

@andyn did you ever ride one

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Glad you thought so

[bkb in the city]

@grannysue Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford You are absolutely correct about that

[bkb in the city]

@nanderson Always so much fun to ride on

[bkb in the city]

@pamfromcalgary Glad to share it

[bkb in the city]

@maggiemae I am guessing they transported it over by boat

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont That is nice to know

[bkb in the city]

@byrdlip It runs on the old Canadian Pacific Railway line which is no longer in use so they are the only ones on it

[bkb in the city]

@eyesmile Thanks Gena. Glad you like it

[Claire]

Such a classic looking car

[Ivan]

Very nice shot, a bit of Oz in Canada!

[Hubregt Visser]

I like the curve guiding the eye to the cable car.

[Sandi]

Nice!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I like the vintage look of these classic rail cars. Good shot!

[Darlene]

What a great shot, Brian. Reminds me of the old street cars in San Francisco, where I grew up.

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk It is one of our nicer ones we have

[bkb in the city]

@ivan Exactly

[bkb in the city]

@hjv I guess I was in a nice spot to take this one

[bkb in the city]

@gratefulness Thanks Sandi

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Thanks Ann. Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@darsphotos Glad it brought back some nice memories

[Cindy Muir]

Great shot! This is a fav for me!

[Rohini Gupta]

Lovely shot. Nice that they still exist.

[bkb in the city]

@cmuir1963 Thanks Cindy and thanks for the fav

[bkb in the city]

@writingdays This organization has done a great job in preserving them

[Helge Erik Storheim]

Great looking tram and great shot.

[bkb in the city]

@helstor Thanks Helge. This one is in great shape

[Bankmann]

Can't help but like that old tram car... ;-p Nostalgic beauty...