Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Memphis Main Street trolley refurbished Melbourne Australia city streetcar. Memphis Tennesee USA. September 2007.

I took this photo looking east, at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Main Street in downtown Memphis Tennesee. After many years of absense, the city of Memphis Tennesee once again has an authentic electric powered city streetcar line.
Shown here is a purple and cream colored 1920's era city streetcar originally from Melbourne Australia. Several of these former Melbourne electric streetcars or "Trams" as European people call them, can be found here in the United States, working in tourist trolley service. These cars can be found in Dallas Texas, Seatle Washington, and of course Memphis Tennesee.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

PURPLE streetcars?? Too cool!

Anonymous said...

That 1980's Pop recording artist Prince proboubly charters this car for him and his entourage when He is in town.