Rata the tram driver

January 2018

Rata the tram driver

January 2018

Rata Ingram, Central City Loop tram driver, standing in the cab of Tram 152 while parked inside Cathedral Junction on the Christchurch Tramway.

Contributors note: "Welcome aboard! Tram driver Rata smiles down from the cab of Christchurch drop-centre tram #152 (built 1910, Boon & Co.), from inside Cathedral Junction (tram stop 1 on the Christchurch Tramway Ltd central city tour). January 2018."

Contributor: Rata Ingram

Source: Entry in the 2025 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

Reference ID: CCL-PH25-RaIn-0007

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