Re: W7 956
  Peter Bruce

Must be a Kew car by the condition of the roof!!

Regards to all,

Peter Bruce.

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 at 09:52, William Jackson apairofjacks@...>
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> Thanks Mal, always good to record the correct information for historical

> purposes.

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> William – not a noted model knower!

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> *From:*tramsdownunder@... [mailto:

>tramsdownunder@...] *On Behalf Of *Mal Rowe

> *Sent:* Wednesday, 12 December 2018 8:46 AM

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> *Subject:* Re: [TramsDownUnder] W7 956

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> On 11/12/2018 23:59, William Jackson wrote:

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> From Facebook, Wilf Williams picture via Bruce McLaren.

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> W7 956, captioned as Market and Flinders Streets. Note the cable car slots.

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> Thanks William - that's a good shot, obviously made from the railway

> viaduct.

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> That crossing dated from the closure of the City Rd cable trams in 1937.

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> It's the only example I can think of where a piece of cable tramway was

> re-used for electric trams.

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> It would have been lifted and relaid for the wider track centres. Perhaps

> the depression years forced this re-use as an economy measure.

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> I have attached a pic by Dave Hinman made in 1969. I think the crossing

> was replaced in the mid 1970s, but can't find an actual date.

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> By the way (in pedant mode) 956 is an SW6.

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> Mal Rowe - grateful for the pic

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