Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association

The Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association is a tram preservation society in Haddon, Victoria, Australia.

Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
Established1974
LocationHaddon, Victoria, Australia
TypeTramway museum
Websitewww.mtpa.com.au

History

The Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association was established 1974 as the Haddon Tramway Workshops. Its first purchase was a former Ballarat tram. It subsequently purchased a number of trams from the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB) and one former Victorian Railways tram.[1][2]

A 35 metres by 14 metres shed was completed in 1979. For a time it also owned an ex M&MTB AEC Regal III and two Leyland OPS1s buses. The Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association was incorporated in May 1984.[2][3] A 650-metre demonstration track was opened in November 2000.[4]

Collection
Collection
ClassNoManufacturerOperatorYearRefs
L103James Moore & SonsMelbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board1921[5][6]
W2357Preston WorkshopsMelbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board1926[7][8]
W2407Preston WorkshopsMelbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board1926[7][9]
W3663Preston WorkshopsMelbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board1933[7][10]
W4670Preston WorkshopsMelbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board1933[7][11]
W5792Preston WorkshopsMelbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board1937[12]
W5849Preston WorkshopsMelbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board1940[7][13]
41Newport WorkshopsVictorian Railways1923[5][14]

References
  1. History Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
  2. Victoria’s working museum Tramways & Urban Transit issue 964 April 2018
  3. Ten Years at Haddon Trolley Wire issue 216 February 1985 pages 14-16
  4. Haddon Trolley Wire issue 285 May 2001 page 37
  5. Tram Rolling Stock Part 1 Heritage Victoria
  6. L Class 103 Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
  7. Tram Rolling Stock Part 2 Heritage Victoria
  8. W2 Class 357 Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
  9. W2 Class 407 Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
  10. W3 Class 663 Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
  11. W4 Class 670 Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
  12. W5 Class 792 Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
  13. W5 Class 849 Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association
  14. Victorian Railways Bogie Tram No. 41 Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association

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