Worlds only operating Purrey Steam Tram

[GAP]

Traveled North about 3 hours from home to a city called Rockhampton in Queensland Aust and came across a rail museun that has the worlds only operating Purrey steam tram.
Went for a ride and talked to the bloke in the first video who was driving it, a very knowledgeable man about the tram.

How a country town's steam trams were on the right track in the early 1900s

The Queensland provincial city of Rockhampton was ahead of the game when it operated a network of steam trams from 1909 to 1939.

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Historical footage of Rockhampton's Purrey steam tram

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[Greg Elmassian]

One of the volunteers is 89 years young! Shows definitive proof that trains and steam power is good for your health!


Greg

 

[GAP]

One of the volunteers is 89 years young! Shows definitive proof that trains and steam power is good for your health!


Greg

Hope so, I get my weekly dose of coal smoke and I feel great.

 

[DafyddElvy]

Gap, I don't suppose you managed to get any photos of the boiler or other mechanical elements of the steam tram?

 

[GAP]

Gap, I don't suppose you managed to get any photos of the boiler or other mechanical elements of the steam tram?

Unfortunately I didn't get any photos as I did not have a camera with me