Looks like a publicity photo touting the new rolling stock with the older unit in the background. Note the 1970’s vintage RV air conditioning unit jimmied in there atop the cab.
Call it “the trolly” or “the tram.” Having “a train” requires a the capability to run variable-length consists of separable railcars. BART out here in the SF Bay Area would be an example.
Yes - but was also have older trams than that in service - a pure publicity photo probably would have used one of those (the old ones are also the iconic Melbourne trams).
Call it “the trolly” or “the tram.” Having “a train” requires a the capability to run variable-length consists of separable railcars. BART out here in the SF Bay Area would be an example.
I may have caused some confusion - the Flinders Street Station behind is the centre of a fairly large train network. You can't see any trains in the picture because they are all inside the station and lower down. But Melbourne has a large tram network as well and Flinders Street as the centre of the train network has a large number of tram using the streets around it so people can interchange.