James Duncan
James Duncan
James grew up in Auckland during the 1960s and 1970s when Auckland was served by a large and extensive electric trolley bus system.
At age 15, he joined the Tramway Division at MOTAT and has now been an active volunteer member of the tramway for 48 years.
Most of his working life was spent in retail, but in 2011 he was asked to take on managing the operation of the new tramway down in Wynyard Quarter. Today, he is busy with this role and a full-time position at MOTAT looking after the infrastructure for
the MOTAT Tramway.
In January, he shared part 1 of his talk with us. This month he returns to share part 2, told through a selection of historic images covering the glory years, then their fall from grace. The programme includes a ten minute video, taking us through the declining years of the trams – these are the years that many of us will remember.