On 23/05/2017 1:38 PM,dwalker@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
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> Was this still the track layout in the late 1950s / early 1960's before the loop was removed?
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Hi David,
I have been going through a pile of MMTB civil engineering material given to me and found some relevant diagrams.
Civil branch had a 'sub-account' for every section of track - the loop was sub-account 3/540
Here's a couple of layout sketches from the account code book and a couple more from a book of termini plans.
Firstly a drawing dated 1945 and marked cancelled:
http://tdu.to/Luna-park-loop-1945.jpg
Secondly a similar drawing dated 1945 - note that the facing crossover is not shown.
http://tdu.to/Luna-park-loop-1947.jpg
Thirdly a drawing from the book of plans of termini, undated but showing the layout as it was in the early 1970s
http://tdu.to/Luna-park-loop-gone.jpg
Finally a map showing the layout after the kerbside loading track was removed (as noted on the plan) on 24 October 1977.
http://tdu.to/Luna-park-loop-kerbside-gone.jpg
Mal Rowe - covering the history