.....and if we could see the rear of the train we would possibly see a page
or two of The Sun (Daily at Dawn) doing duty as a taildisc. Quite a
common move in thos days down there, a van would be in the rear going
across the viaduct to Spencer Street but it was generally not on the rear
to and from Port Melbourne. This train is heading for Spencer Street Goods
Yard as the connection to Montague Goods Yard is over on the right hidden
by the grass.
On 25 May 2018 at 15:25, Andrew Cook D3619@...> wrote:
> . . . and here's a happy snap taken on the old Kodak Instamatic camera of
> Y 161 on an up switch to Flinders Street near those curves, taken during a
> lunch-break from work on 12-9-1969.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew.
>
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> on behalf of espee8800 espee8800@...>
> *Sent:* Friday, 25 May 2018 3:07 PM
> *To:* tramsdownunder
> *Subject:* Re: [TramsDownUnder] Tram Depot and a Casino
>
> Clarendon Street. Note the alignment of the Port Melbourne line bridge -
> not parallel with the St Kilda line bridge. That is because the Port
> Melbourne line went straight through the middle of what became the Montague
> Goods Yard. For the construction of the suburban platforms at Spencer
> Street, the Shipping Shed was relocated to Montague and the Port Melbourne
> line had to be moved to the eastern side of the yard thus the odd looking
> curves in the photograph (and also out of sight here; the curves at Inglis
> Street.
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> On 25 May 2018 at 12:44, Daniel Bowen danielbowen@...> wrote:
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> Great pic. So the train is passing over the Montague Street bridge?
>
>
>
> On 24 May 2018 at 17:08, espee8800 espee8800@...> wrote:
>
> Two car swing door inbound from St Kilda dating from way back in 1970 -
> the exact date escapes me at the moment. The tram depot and the casino you
> ask; well it is in the middle of the casino and the goods yard in the rear
> right (Montague) is now Southbank Depot. Boy has the area changed since
> these happy days.
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