Due to the advent of more modern transport options, trams have disappeared from Beijing more than forty years ago. So when two trams turned up at the renovated Qianmen Street, crowds of people arrived out of sheer curiosity. But this time around, the carriages have been put to use as sightseeing cars.Visitors pose with tickets on a tram beginning trial operation in Qianmen Street, Beijing, Jan. 1, 2009.[Xinhua]