ONLY Preserved ex Sydney Variotram LRV 2107 - see below

Twilight Trams event at Sydney Tramway Museum, Loftus NSW.

"The network's original rolling stock was the Variotram which was introduced with the opening of the first section of the Inner West Light Rail in 1997. Seven German-designed vehicles were manufactured by Adtranz in Melbourne. The Variotram design is modular and was extended for the Sydney system. The capacity of the vehicles was 217 passengers, of which 74 were seated. The first was damaged in an accident near Tarcutta while on its delivery run and had to be returned to Melbourne for repairs. On tests up to three trams were coupled together allowing a maximum capacity of 600 passengers if required. They were numbered 2101–2107, continuing the Sydney trams sequence that finished at 2087 with the last Sydney R1-Class Tram.

The vehicles had a floor to rail height of 30 centimetres and the bogies had no axles between the wheels and were powered with hub motors. The design weight was reduced to compensate for the addition of climate-control air-conditioning equipment. Each was fitted with three double doors each side which had enhanced safety systems with obstacle detection interlocked with the traction system. Seats were generally in the transverse configuration – at 90 degrees to the sides of the vehicle. In 2014, the original external destination rolls were replaced with dot-matrix displays and digital voice announcements were installed. There were no internal displays. The last Variotram was withdrawn from service after operating overnight between Central and The Star on 27/28 May 2015.

After sustaining damage in a derailment at Glebe on 7 October 2013, Variotram number 2106 was scrapped. The remaining six Variotrams were placed into store in Penrith during the first half of 2015. Having been retained by Transport Heritage NSW, in October 2018, 2107 was placed in the custody of the Sydney Tramway Museum, Loftus. The remaining five (2101-2105) were scrapped in early 2018."
Info source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail_in_Sydney#Variotram

Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Loftus (show map)

Taken on: June 22, 2019

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Camera: Olympus E-M10MarkII, f/2.8, 1/30 sec, 16mm (=32mm), ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

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