Tramway Historical Society

Type

7 window Double Deck Trailer

Race Day Special c 1950s - when all the old Double Decker trailers were brought out to help carry the race day loads. The middle tram is one of the 7 windows double decker trailers (any may actually be 84). Photo: Graeme Stewart.

Number 84 sitting on an Edison Walker Battery electric truck chassis and awaiting restoration. Photographer: Colin Loach, Nov 1996.

Date Built

1882, Moor and Sons, Christchurch.

Written Off

1947

Acquired by THS

From

R Wood, 85 Marine Parade, New Brighton, where it had been used as a radio shack.

Restored

Awaiting restoration

This trailer was originally built as one of three 7 windows single deck single saloon horse trams by Moor and Sons, Christchurch, in 1882 for the Canterbury Tramway Company. (These three trams were numbers 17 - 19). The top deck was added later.

In 1905, the tram was one of those transferred to the Christchurch Tramway Board, renumbered 91, and had air brakes fitted to allow it to be used as an electric tram trailer.

In later years of operation, the double decker trams were seldom used - only being brought out on special occasions when passanger numbers were expected to be high - such as Raceway Specials, Rugby matches and such like.