Re: Re: Brisbane Trams 19c
  Mal Rowe

On 24/01/2013 5:39 PM, Richard YOUL wrote:
> It is taken in the forecourt of South Brisbane Station. The shadows on

> the right are the front of the station building which is little

> changed since. That semi-circular shadow is the station clock. I think

> it is still there.

>

> When the scaffolding etc. from the building upgrade is finally

> removed, I will try for a present-day photo at the same location. I

> like 'then and now' photos anyway.

My first two visits to Brisbane were 20 years apart.

The SPER tour in 1968 to see the system operating - my only experience
of a tram ride in the streets of Brisbane.
Then EXPO 88 when I found little to recognise on the South side of the
river - but did recognise the station!

Here's a pic from the first visit:
http://tdu.to/494_SthBrisStation_6Oct1968.jpg

Mal Rowe - still mourning the loss of a great system

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