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TROLLEY BUSES: COMING SOON | Adelaide motor buses | Trolley bus history | Buses post 1945 | Running the trolley buses | Trolley bus routes | COMING SOON |
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Unloaded Hackney Depot September 1908 |
After assembly at the Jubilee showgrounds near Frome Rd, the first car body was delivered on a jinker to the Hackney Depot, ready to be mounted on its running gear.
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Trial Run, passing Royal Hotel, North Terrace Hackney 2 Dec 1908 |
After its first public appearance on 30th November 1908, Car No. 1 made numerous trial and training runs, such as this occasion on 2nd December 1908, attracting much attention from people in the street. |
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Opening Procession, Grenfell Street, March 9 1909 |
About three months later Car No. 1 led the procession of 14 trams to Kensington and back to the City before returning to Hackney. A big crowd was watching. |
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Cars 1 and 2, King William Street |
In regular service, King William Street
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By 1910 Adelaide people were getting used to the new “electric cars” in the City. There were now eleven services radiating out from town. Notice the casual pedestrians and cyclist. |
| By mid 1909 the new electric cars were running in King William St, a scene to last for almost 50 years. Cars 1 & 2 pass each other in the street. Over 30 years later they would run as a coupled ‘Bib and Bub’ set. |
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Laying track under the trams |
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Problem caused by signalman changing points too quickly - before the trailing car reached them. All coupled cars’ roofs were then painted grey to distinguish them from the remaining single cars with brown roofs.
Oops! Derailed, corner of North Terrace and King William Street, 26 March 1941. |
| Out in the paddock! For quite a long time No. 1 and several other retired trams were stored in the open air until the first running shed was built around them. |
Cars 1 & 2 coupled as a ‘Bib & Bub’ set during the Second World War |
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Repainted, March 1987 |
Special run to Paynham, 11 March 1957
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Car No. 1 made a special trip to Payneham in early 1957. To go back to Hackney the single trolley pole had to be swung to the other end. Thankfully there is not much motor traffic. |
By 1967, Museum members had finished building the running shed (depot) and Car No. 1 was repainted.
Now the Museum was ready to be open to the public. |
On the way to St. Kilda – entering Anzac Highway, 9 August 1958 |
In 1958 Car No. 1 was transported to its new home at St. Kilda after some months sitting on the race-course sidings at Morphettville. |
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Many hands in attendance on the second day of trials at St. Kilda, 1 January 1972 |
By the end of December 1971, the Museum was laying track and erecting the power system and on 31st December ’71
No. 1 made its first run under power for some fourteen years. This photo is of a later test run on 1 January 1972. |
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Official opening day by Hon Frank Kneebone, St. Kilda Tramway 23 March 1974 |
On 23 March 1974, No. 1 had another Opening to perform – from the Tramway Museum to the St. Kilda foreshore – just over 65 years since opening the Adelaide electric tramways. |
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Leading Public Transport Centenary procession, 11 June 1978 |
Possibly the first visit by No. 1 to Glenelg, 25 June 1978 |
Before returning to St. Kilda after the 1978 celebrations, tramcar No. 1 made a rare trip to Glenelg. |
| On 11 June 1978, Car No. 1 again led a procession of tramcars. This time to commemorate one hundred years since the horse cars began running in 1878. View taken from the rear staircase of Horsecar 18. |
After 100 years – with contemporary colleagues, St. Kilda Tramway |
As it reaches its centenary, Car No. 1 lives on at the Tramway Museum, St. Kilda in the company of its former workmates. |
Restored, Duke of Edinburgh visit, 11 April 1986 |
Another rare honour for No. 1 was to be driven by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh during the 1986 Royal Visit for S.A’s Jubilee 150. |
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| All photos: JC Radcliffe collection. |
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