Re: Death of Shane Moore
  Malcolm Rowe

Great photo - you were both obviously enjoying the trip!

Mal Rowe
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Subject: RE: [TramsDownUnder] Death of Shane Moore

ONLY PHOTEO I can find of shane takeh by roge tr
doug

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From: 'Roderick Smith' via TramsDownUnder tramsdownunder@...>
Sent: Thursday, 19 November 2020 11:58 AM
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Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Death of Shane Moore

Shane died peacefully in his sleep in a Bendigo nursing home on Tuesday night.
With no surviving relatives, the formalities are in the hands of his solicitor and a local member of Cinema and Theatre Historical Society, who has alerted me and asked me to pass the news to other hobby groups.

I had known Shane since the late 1960s. As with so many friends, you a face on tours becomes familiar, then one day you get talking, then you start booking together or planning events.
He was the same age as my Monash Railway Club contemporaries, and joined us on our train and tram adventures.
Shane joined the ARHS tours committee, and became a tour organiser. He specialised in exceedingly long and fast photo runpasts (eg one on an early 1970s Katamatite tour, with R761).
IIRC he worked for a bank at the time, but became an insurance assessor.

We held committee meetings at his North Balwyn home. His mother provided particularly-lavish suppers.

In the tramway world, he is known as the joint owner of a W2 and an H.

His other hobby was cinema. He organised inspections, and was on the committee.
It was through my friendship with Shane and John Fitzsimons that I joined Caths.
At meetings at Sun Cinema (Yarraville) we sat together, along with trammie Neal Elfick.

Shane's mother contracted dementia, but had good days and bad ones, and Shane was able to bring her to meetings and outings.
Upon her death, he relocated to Bendigo, but did not have long in his flat before suffering a stroke. He had to transfer to a nursing home.
His trams had been evicted from North Fitzroy, and were stored in the open at Preston. That became a running battle. They deteriorated badly, and are now at Bylands.

Help is sought now: I have no way of contacting Doug Moyle, the tram-owning partner.
My Bendigo contact is aware of a visitor, but not of the name, who asked after Bob. I'm guessing Bob Kidd, also a Caths member.

I don't have any photos of Shane in action on my hard drive, and would have to hunt to see if I have one printed and ready to scan.

The funeral will be very low key and small, in Bendigo. There will not be a 'This was your life' slide show, but we need something good to place on the coffin.
The date isn't set, but has to be within 2 weeks of death.
I have been invited to attend as a eulogist, travelling to & from Bendigo by train on the day.
Please respond via the group, with memories, anecdotes and photos (or use direct email, tornveditor@...) .

Do feel free to alert others who were part of the era and of the activities.

Enclosed: One taken by Shane, and contributed to Rail News Victoria.
950319Su-Glenferrie-V214-Z1.92-festival.short.shunt-SMoore.


Roderick Smith

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