About The Brisbane tramway network served the city of Brisbane, Australia, between 1885 and 1969. It ran on standard gauge track. The electric system was originally energised to 500 volts, and subsequently increased to 600 volts. All tramcars built in Brisbane up to 1938 had an open design. This proved so popular, especially on hot summer nights, that the trams were used as fundraisers and often chartered right up until the last service by social groups. Most trams operated with a two-person crew – a driver (or motorman) and a conductor, who moved about the tram collecting fares and issuing tickets. The exceptions to this arrangement were on the Gardens line (Lower Edward Street) where the short duration of the trip meant it was more effective for passengers to simply drop their fare into a fare box as they entered the tram; and the "one man cars" which operated in the early 1930s. The peak year for patronage was in 1944–45 when almost 160 million passengers were carried. The system route length reached its maximum extent of 109 kilometres (68 mi) in 1952. The total track length was 199 kilometres (124 mi), owing to many routes ending in single, rather than double, track. Single track segments of the track were protected by signalling which operated off the trolley wire. By 1959 more than 140 kilometres (87 mi) of track were laid in concrete, a method of track construction pioneered in Brisbane. The last track opened was in O'Keefe Street Woolloongabba, in May 1961. However, this track was not used in normal passenger service and was merely used to reduce dead running from Logan Road back to Ipswich Road Depot. Of the Australian capital cities which closed their networks between the 1950s and 1970s (only Melbourne and Adelaide retained trams, although Adelaide only had one line in operation), Brisbane was the last capital city to close its tram network. Despite the decision to shut down the network, the city's trams were held with great affection by locals. There have been ongoing proposals since the early 1990s to reinstate a functional tram network. Brisbane Tramway Mesuem The Brisbane Tramway Museum Society was formed in 1968 to preserve some of Brisbane's trams. At present the museum has 24 Brisbane trams in its collection, with 6 operational; California type tram 47, Ten Bench tram 65, Baby Dreadnought tram 99, Dropcentre tram 341, Four Motor tram 429, and the last tram built and officially operated in Brisbane, Four Motor Phoenix tram 554. Tramway operations commenced at the museum at Ferny Grove in 1980. Tram 47 Built 1901 Tram 65 Built 1921 Tram 99 Built 1943 from a scrapped tram Tram 341 Built 1936 Tram 400 Built 1938 Brisbane Tram 429 Built 1942 Tram 554 Built 1964 Rolling stock of 1961 There were many types of advertising trams in Brisbane most of these were converted from trams that were taken out of passenger service There were also a number of scrubber trams that cleaned and did minor track smoothing they also doubled as advertising trams. Dreadnaught tram 28 in service Drop centre Tram in total there were 191 in service 88 being air-braked the other 103 being hand braked Four Motor trams 146 Useful links & Videos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Brisbane https://www.brisbanetramwaymuseum.org/
Very pretty old machines! Tragic they disappeared. Was the tramway fully street running with traffic? That might be a point of difficulty if there are very few, or no light rail sections. Added to the list of Australian proposal threads found here: https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/australian-proposal-suggestion-master-list.41526/
