Photograph, Wyndham Bus Tram; Unknown photographer; 1926-1936; WY.1997.012
Photograph, Wyndham Bus Tram
About this object
This photograph is of the Edendale-Glenham-Wyndham petrol bus tram which briefly operated as public transport. The passenger service slowly became more and more restricted until the bus tram operated solely as a goods service. When the New Zealand Railway retired the bus tram and it became the Wyndham pie cart.
The tram is now cared for by the Pleasant Point Museum and Railway. The Museum has rebuilt the railcar from original plans and photographs. The tram is based on a 1925 Model T Ford truck chassis. New Zealand Railways built two of these railcars which ran on two branch railway lines in Southland from 1926 to 1931. Today, the bus tram is the only Model T Ford Railcar 'RM' 4 in the world.
Oceania, New Zealand, South Island, Southland, Wyndham
Maker Maker RolePhotographer
Date Made1926-1936
Period1930s
Medium and Materialsorganic, vegetal, processed material, paper, photographic paper
Inscription and Marks
Yellow sticker on front of photograph: '18'
'Pie cart at Wyndham ? bus took swaps?'
h 60 mm x w 85 mm
Subject and Association Keywords Subject and Association Keywords Object Type Object numberWY.1997.012
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