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Dunedin California Tram No 22

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TypeCalifornia Combo
BuilderJ G Brill Company Ltd, Philadelphia
Date Built1903
Written Off???
Acquired by THS???
FromHeriott
Restored1970-1974
PhotographerColin Loach
Date(not known)

When No 22 was recommissioned back in 1974 it was believed to be the biggest tram reconstruction undertaken by a group of volunteer workers anywhere in the world.

28 years later she is still going well, the only maintenance having been needed on the body being of a minor nature, and repainting.

When recovered from Heriott, the body was derelect, and all mechanical and electrical equipment had been scrapped when she was written off in the 1950s.

2 Brill 21E trucks had been obtained from Glasgow, 1 of these was taken apart and ovehauled, and the gauge altered to 4'8.5". Controllers, resistance grids, a pole and other equipment needed for a runnable tram had been obtained over the years and these were duly fitted.

In February, 1974 at a ceremony held in the Ferrymead Reserve, the tram was duly recommissioned, Mr Tom McGuigan officiating.



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Revised 02/06/2002