Did you know that Brisbane used to have a tram network, which served the city between 1885 and 1969? Thanks to this amateur super-8 footage, we can drift back to the days when sky-blue trams full of happy passengers cruised around town. The excerpt was used in ‘Queensland: Flashback 150 years’, a Seven News Brisbane special broadcast in 2009. In an Oz-to-Kansas transition, the sunshiny pastels of the 60s footage ends with a black-and-white investigation of what happened when the trams were decom
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On this day in 1969, Brisbane's tram system ceased operations after 85 years. This snippet of film by amateur filmmaker Bill Rahmann was shot just prior to its termination. Other films from the Bill Rahmann collection can be viewed on One Search - http://ow.ly/TM7E50NzmV5 This film was digitised through the Queensland Library Foundation Reel Rescue campaign. 📽️: Snippet from Film 13 - End of an Era, 1969. 29226 Bill Rahmann films 1948-ca 1987. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland | S
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Here is a great short clip of Trams running in Queen St, April 1969. It is sure to trigger some memories. Your narrator is Peter Hyde from the Brisbane Tramway Museum. This complete DVD is available from railshop.com.au. Courtesy www.railshop.com.au | Remembering the Brisbane Tramways
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One of Brisbane's original trams was again on the move today, serving as a historical feature at a new shopping precinct. www.7NEWS.com.au #7NEWS | 7NEWS Brisbane
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50 years ago tomorrow, 13th April 1969, Trams ceased to be a part of the Brisbane landscape. Thankfully, we have photographs and film to remember the Brisbane Tramways. Please enjoy this fantastic footage of Brisbane taken in the 1960's by Eric Marshall Motion Pictures. It features footage taken of Trams as well as aboard a tram running down Queen St. Courtesy State Library of Queensland. Full film can be viewed here: http://bishop.slq.qld.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1555042180781~956
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Have you lost something on the train? 🚄 🤔 Queensland Rail’s Lost Property Office receives over 24,000 lost items each year from trains across the state and always endeavours to return those items to their owners. Of course, some items are easier to return than others. 😲 If you think you may have lost something on a train, you can call Queensland Rail’s Lost Property Office on 13 16 17, fill out the lost property form on the Queensland Rail website, or head into the office at Central Station.
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