The motorman or conductor standing by the tram on the left suggests this was especially posed. This is on the eastern side of the former tram tunnel (now bus tunnel) under Mt Victoria. For lots more get the books Wellington Transport Memories and Wellington: a Capital century.
There's something odd about this photo. Wellington's Mark II double saloon trams were numbered 161 to 231. The numbers 98 & 101 seen here, in an atypical font, were allocated to earlier cars of a different frontal appearance. AI at work?
ReplyDeleteThe original grotty photo was enhanced with AI but it is a real scene.
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