Chch Boon 152

Christchurch Boon Tram No 152

Start Tram Fleet


TypeElectric Tram
BuilderBoon & Co Ltd, Christchurch
Date Built1910
Written Off1952?
Acquired by THS1967?
FromNew Brighton
Restored1978/81
Recommissioned21-08-1981, CTB chairman
Hon Jock Mathieson drove the first trip
PhotographerDave Carr
Date(not known)

No 152 was the third electric tram to be rebuilt by the THS. It is seen here running on the Ferrymead Tramway some time before its transfer to the Christchurch Tourist Tramway in 1995.

No 152 runs on Peckham 14D5 trucks. As none were available anywhere in the world, the Society made patterns for the frames to be cast and assembled the trucks in the Ferrymead trambarn. It is believed that these were the first trucks to be made by a museum anywhere in the world.

Start Tram Fleet

Revised 12-06-2002