Re: Abandoned Track in Melbourne?
  Prescott

I thought this sort of balls up was a just a NSW specialty. Isn't this the
section of track where the Sydney R1 was photographed alongside some
Melbourne trams a few years ago?

Tony P

On Friday, 19 October 2018 08:21:09 UTC+11, Mal Rowe wrote:
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>

> Correct!

> There's a Google View at:

> https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.8160844,144.945274,114m/data=!3m1!1e3

>

> When the Docklands tramway was built the tramway ran on the western side

> of Harbour Esplanade and there was a central third track for terminating

> services.

> A few years later, the tracks were moved into the centre of Harbour

> Esplanade and a new terminating stub built in Footscray Rd ( shown in my

> recent pic at https://tdu.to/m/255004/the-long-stub ).

>

> I attach a pic from that memorable day 15 years back when Siemens,

> Bombardier and Alstom put their oifferings side by side on these tracks.

>

> Mal Rowe - who could only afford 2.2 mega pixels at the time

>