Tuesday, January 17, 2012

inside the QEII Park museum workshop

Another pic by Wallace Trickett of the former Wellington City Transport Leyland Royal Tiger from 1953 with a New Zealand Motor Bodies body undergoing preservation at the Paekakariki Tramway Museum in 2004. It was a 39 seater and one of the first buses fitted with a Westinghouse Air Brake. It was used on sightseeing tours (see the book Wellington: a Capital Century for a pic taken on Mt Victoria).

Behind it can be seen one of the original Kelburn cable cars and in the background an ex B.U.T trolley bus. For more pics and info on these vehicles, see the book Wellington Transport Memories.

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