January 2016 – launching of a 1920s style open top tram

Joseph Tse, our unofficial Hong Kong Tram correspondent has written an article for the HK Tramways website about the recent launching, in January 2016, of a 1920s style open top sightseeing tram. Car 30 was used as the basis for the rebuilt tram.

The new car number 68, pronounced ‘luk fat‘ in Cantonese which translates as ‘continue making money‘, has re-chromed Dick, Kerr controllers. This Preston, UK company was contracted to provide the tram equipment and track when The Hongkong Tramway Electric Company Ltd was formed in England in 1902. The company also supplied supplied the first tram cars between 1904 and 1905 as explained in the article linked below.

The 68 will operate over a relatively short part of the HK Tramways track between Western Market and Causeway Bay via the Happy Valley loop.

Source:

1. TramOramic Sightseeing Tram 68 Joseph’s article
2. HK Tramways website link to Joseph’s article

See:

1. https://hkgtrams.wordpress.com/ – Joseph Tse’s website, HK Trams and much more

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