You missed one railway - the military railway linking the coastal forts
started at the St Leonards Railway Yards. Blue on the rough map attached.
Graham
On Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 11:19:59 AM UTC+10:30, Richard Youl wrote:
>
> Quite a history there John.
>
> I probably heard before but have since forgotten whether there was a basic
> reason why the Glenelg tram line survived when all others were scrapped?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
>
> On 13 Nov 2018, at 10:41 am, John.Ra...@... <javascript:>> <
>John.Ra...@... <javascript:>> wrote:
>
> SUMMARY OF GLENELG RAILWAYS AND RELATED TRAMWAYS
>
> · *1873: Adelaide, Glenelg and Suburban Railway Company’s
> Victoria Square – Glenelg RAILWAY opened. *This would have impacted on
> the horse-drawn services between the City and Glenelg, although John Hill &
> Co may have operated until 1888. Independent operators provided Glenelg –
> Brighton service.
>
> · *1879: Glenelg and South Coast Tramway Company opened its
> Glenelg – Marino Railway. *
>
> · *1880: Glenelg – Marino Railway closed. *
>
> · *1883: HORSE TRAMS COMMENCED. Glenelg, New Glenelg and Somerton
> Tramway Co Ltd (GNG&ST) opened its Glenelg – Somerton Horse Tramway. *
>
> · *1884: Glenelg, Brighton and Marino Tramway Co Ltd (GB&MT)
> opened its Glenelg – Dover (South Brighton) Horse Tramway. *
>
> · *1885: Glenelg – Somerton horse tramway closed. *
>
> · *1899: The two Adelaide – Glenelg Railways were taken over by
> the South Australian Railways (SAR). *
>
> - *1914: Glenelg – Dover horse tramway closed. *
> - *Early 1929: The South Terrace – Glenelg Railway was closed for
> conversion to a tramway by the MTT. *A temporary bus service was
> introduced to serve the Forestville area but closed after a short period.
> - *Late 1929: Glenelg Tramway opened and North Terrace – Glenelg
> Railway closed. *
>
>
>
> John Radcliffe
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:*tramsdo...@... <javascript:> [
> mailto:tra...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Mark Skinner
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 13 November 2018 10:50 AM
> *To:*tramsdo...@... <javascript:>
> *Subject:* Re: [TramsDownUnder] First Glenelg teams (was Re: Tramway
> Turntables
>
>
>
> There was a Glenelg and South Coast Tramway Company that operated from
> Marino to Glenelg.
>
>
>
> I believe it had a steam motor, but take this with as many shovels of salt
> as you like, since I can't recall any details.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, 7:44 PM Geoffrey Hansen gnhan...@...
> <javascript:> wrote:
>
> What were the first trams in the Glenelg area? Were there horse trams? A
> coastal steam tramway? Or were the H class electrics in 1929 the first?
>
> Regards
>
> Geoffrey
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> *From:*tramsdo...@... <javascript:> <
>tramsdo...@... <javascript:>> on behalf of
>John.Ra...@... <javascript:> John.Ra...@... <javascript:>>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 9, 2018 1:47:24 PM
> *To:*tramsdo...@... <javascript:>
> *Subject:* RE: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Tramway Turntables
>
>
>
> The Adelaide and Suburban Tramway Company had quite a few turntables on
> its routes for turning its single-ended horse cars. These are denoted by
> circles on the late Chris Steele’s track map of Adelaide’s horse tramways
> (attached). Some depots also had them – see small inset diagrams
>
>
>
> John Radcliffe
>
> *____________________*
>
>
>
> Turntables have a distinguished place in tramway history as pretty-much
> the first method of turning a tram. Other early methods included pivoting
> the body on the chassis and swinging it around the other way. It wasn't
> until the 1860s that horse trams were redesigned by turning the
> stairs/entrances to the sides so that the horse could be attached to either
> end. Although Sydney's Bridge St turntable was a pretty late entry, I
> wonder if it was the first (or only) turntable in Australia to be used in
> actual passenger operations, as opposed to workshops etc?
>
>
>
> Tony P
>
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