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      Spletsie Chief Commissioner

    Test your knowledge of railway and tramway history in Queensland with this 20 question quiz:
    https://www.railtram.com.au/queensland-history-quiz
    Posted: 28 May 2019 22:29

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      Graham4405 The Ghost of George Stephenson

    Location: In exile
    Wow! 100%! Knew most, fluked a couple.
    Posted: 28 May 2019 22:38
      petan Chief Commissioner

    Location: Waiting to see a zebra using a zebra crossing!
    Q15, the correct answer is  13 April 1969. It was the Adelaide St  tram routes that closed in 1968.
    Posted: 29 May 2019 07:42

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      phil_48 Deputy Commissioner

    Location: Wynnum North
    I was there on the last night.
    Posted: 29 May 2019 08:39
      Spletsie Chief Commissioner

    Wow! 100%! Knew most, fluked a couple.
    Graham4405
    Fantastic work Graham4405.
    Posted: 29 May 2019 08:59
      Spletsie Chief Commissioner

    Q15, the correct answer is  13 April 1969. It was the Adelaide St  tram routes that closed in 1968.
    petan
    Thanks petan. Typo corrected.
    Posted: 29 May 2019 08:59
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Banned
    Queensland is out of my area, and I scored 20% which was pure luck anyway, but who cares? I just can't resist Spletsie's quiz.
    Posted: 29 May 2019 18:57
      Graham4405 The Ghost of George Stephenson

    Location: In exile
    Q15, the correct answer is  13 April 1969. It was the Adelaide St  tram routes that closed in 1968.
    petan
    Not doubting you Peter, but I have always understood the end was 1968. I even have photos (well, Dad took them, I was 16) dated 1968 that I have always believed to be taken in the last days of trams on the Victoria Bridge.
    Posted: 29 May 2019 22:06
      Spletsie Chief Commissioner

    Q15, the correct answer is  13 April 1969. It was the Adelaide St  tram routes that closed in 1968.
    Not doubting you Peter, but I have always understood the end was 1968. I even have photos (well, Dad took them, I was 16) dated 1968 that I have always believed to be taken in the last days of trams on the Victoria Bridge.
    Graham4405

    The book Brisbane Tramways: The Last Decade by Howard Clark and David Keenan, reports that the Brisbane tramway system did indeed close on 13 April 1969.
    A few details that the book reveals:
    The final tram to operate was four motor car No. 534, which ran from Oriel Park in Ascot to Ipswich Road depot in South Brisbane, crossing the Victoria Bridge along the way. Another four motor car, No. 554, earlier became the last official car to operate when it ran from the Valley to Milton Workshops, where a ceremony was held to mark the end of the Brisbane tramway system.
    Posted: 29 May 2019 22:45

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