A lot of Sydney track was left off centre in main roads when they were widened, and relocation work continued into the 50s. Also, a lot of track was relaid along the route of the royal tour in the early 50s to “tidy things up”, and in a few places track was relaid late in the piece because existing track was so worn out it had become a derailment hazard. There is concreted track buried in New Canterbury Rd, Petersham and Dulwich Hill, that saw about four years use before being abandoned in 1957.

Here’s a pic of William St Darlinghurst having the tracks centred in the 30s :

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwiJ94XYmZXWAhXFmJQKHb44Ab4QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F326933254169435032%2F&psig=AFQjCNFMJET5ysgiAAJrLZto62AJ1XaZdg&ust=1504945950311259

In the foreground are the Potts Point trolleybus wires, and the Bondi via Bellevue Hill line rails swinging away to the right into Yurong St.

Tony G

> On 8 Sep 2017, at 6:22 pm,mcloughlin.dj@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> Mal Rowe wrote:

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> > Here's today's pic showing most of the overhead already gone.

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> The trackwork looks recent!

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> But then most of the trolley bus overhead in Wellington was renewed in the last five years, a good reason to rip it down!

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> I bet the MMTB paid for Preston Depot. And that its sale won't be credit against the tram infrastructure.

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> Oh and thanks for the details of the Almada tram Mal

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> david mcl, NZ

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