Yuri, big, bright, sharp photos, love 'em. Lots of Melbourne in them as
well.
Thanks Yuri,
Peter Bruce.
On Fri, 7 May 2021 at 12:22, Bob Pearce probert@...> wrote:
> Thanks Yuri,
>
> Great bunch of pics for us street tram deprived lot west of the border.
> And what a glorious day (for Melbourne) as well.
>
> Bob in Perth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:tramsdownunder@... tramsdownunder@...>
> On
> Behalf Of Yuri Sos
> Sent: Friday, 7 May 2021 9:33 AM
> To: TDU tramsdownunder@...>
> Subject: [TramsDownUnder] An EEEasy Day
>
> (David, you'd better skip this message as it's full of plastic
> caterpillars
> <g!>)
>
> A glorious day..... my plans for today disrupted by a large "La Brea"
> sinkhole
> in Bay Street, I decided to head towards Costco for a bit of shopping
> before
> an appointment in East Melbourne.
>
> I didn't get very far as I was "forced" to quickly dump the car in a
> serendipitous parking spot and race across the road to catch E2.6091 on a
> route 70a service heading towards Waterfront City.
>
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6091_hrbr_collins_a7r3_06682.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.18MB)
>
> Cool.... my previous highest numbered E had been E2.6087 but that had been
> over eight months ago: see
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2020/6087_5113_6036_clarendon_jcn_a7r3_03709.jpg
>
> Oh well, Costco can wait: an E2 on route 70? It's going to have to come
> back
> this way soon.
> I do love this intersection for photos of Es: it's one of the few places
> you
> can fit the whole bl**dy thing in a frame without too much traffic or
> poles
> etc.
>
> Next up E.6039 in Collins Street headed towards the City and beyond on a
> route
> 11 service, B2.2048 in the background:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/2048_6039_hrbr_collins_a7r3_06700.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.26MB)
>
> From a distance, I initially thought B2.2048 was advertising police
> recruitment or some such, but no, it's advertising shoes. Heading towards
> Waterfront City on a route 75a service:
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/2048_harbour_a7r3_06716.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.42MB)
>
> Following 2048 was E2.6094 on a Waterfront City-bound route 70a service:
> high
> tram number count jumped again!
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6094_harbour_a7r3_06732.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.36MB)
>
> Soon after, E2.6059 on a Wattle Park 70a service rolled down Harbour
> Esplanade
> as C1.3024 on a route 48 North Balwyn service waited politely in Collins
> Street
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6059_3024_harbour_collins_a7r3_06760.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 0.97MB)
>
> Refurbed B2.2132 on a route 75 service in Harbour Esplanade: the tram
> service
> this morning seems very intensive and the Es are a surprise.
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/2132_harbour_a7r3_06770.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.17MB)
>
> Another E2, this time E2.6064 on a Victoria Harbour-bound route 11 service:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6064_collins_harbour_a7r3_06787.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.24MB)
>
> Immediately afterwards, E2.6081 on a West Preston service (good, back into
> the
> high numbered Es!):
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6081_collins_harbour_a7r3_06799.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.36MB)
>
> Ok, there must be something going on in the City or Tennis Centre: here's
> another E, this time E.6030 on yet a route 70a service:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6030_harbour_collins_a7r3_06821.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.17MB)
>
> Hmm... B2.2031 on a route 75 service (so Bridge Road is "open", Swan
> Street
> perhaps not):
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/2031_harbour_collins_a7r3_06825.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.35MB)
>
> And yes, as I thought here's E2.6091 returning on a route 70a service:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6091_harbour_collins_a7r3_06851.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 958k)
>
> Back to "just" an E as E.6038 rolls inbound on route 11 service:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6038_collins_harbour_a7r3_06861.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.65MB)
>
> Stark contrast to the modern Es as W8.981 on a City Circle service crosses
> the
> intersection.
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/981_harbour_collins_a7r3_06870.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.32MB)
>
> Ok, that's it for the morning; time to head to my appointment in East
> Melbourne. The tram gods have been kind to me this morning so I'm happy
> with
> my haul for the morning. As I head up Albert Street, a phone call
> advises me
> that my appointment has been postponed. Hmm, thinks, what am I going to
> do
> for the next hour or so?
> A quick look at Tramtracker shows signs of promise with some high number
> Es
> out and about. I walk to St Vincent's Plaza and consult Tramtracker
> again.
> Oops, wrong street! There's BOTH high tram numbers AND off-route trams out
> and
> about.
>
> Walked down Victoria Parade to Nicholson Street in time to catch E.6037
> outbound on a route 86 service:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6037_86_nicholson_vic_pde_a7r3_06944.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.43MB)
>
> And E2.6093 heading towards St Vincent's Plaza crosses Nicholson Street;
> it's
> been years since I actually looked at the skyline here: I wouldn't have
> recognised this photo location with all the new buildings:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6093_30_vic_pde_nicholson_a7r3_06948.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.55MB)
>
> Bingo! E2.6095, the latest E2 released to traffic, arrives in Nicholson
> Street
> at Victoria Parade on a route 96 (not a typo) service. (It must have been
> a
> slow news day earlier in the week as the Public Transport Minister was
> lauding
> the entry into service of 6095 on TV news and social media.)
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6095_96_nicholson_vic_pde_a7r3_06973.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.40MB)
>
> Well this is turning out to be quite a day. The tram gods are positively
> beaming at me! I walk down Nicholson Street towards the CBD, several 96
> and
> 86 trams passing me. E2.6089 is outbound on a route 96 passing the
> wonderful
> Princess' Theatre, the columns behind marking the entrance to Chinatown in
> Little Bourke Street:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6089__96_spring_lil_bourke_a7r3_07010.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.51MB)
>
> Aah, some autumn colours in Bourke Street. W8.981 rumbles along Spring
> Street
> as W8.957 waits time:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/957_981_cc_spring_bourke_a7r3_07079.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.57MB)
>
> Both pause in Spring Street at the Bourke Street stop:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/981_957_cc_spring_bourke_a7r3_07101.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.62MB)
>
> E2.6087 on a route 96 service in Bourke Street arrives at Spring Street to
> a
> backdrop of autumn foliage:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6087_96_bourke_spring_a7r3_07115.jpg
> (2,000x1,250 pxl; 2.29MB)
>
> A pair of route 86 Es: E.6013 and E.6044 at the top of Bourke Street with
> E2.6055 on a route 96 in the background:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6013_6044_86_6055_96_bourke_spring_a7r3_07146.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.91MB)
>
> Having waited long enough W8.957 departs the Bourke Street stop past
> E.6013
> and E.6044:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/957_cc_6013_6044_spring_bourke_a7r3_07161.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.67MB)
>
> Time to head back to my car as C2.5111 (love this Art Tram livery!) again
> on a
> route 96 service rolls outbound past the Princess' Theatre currently
> playing
> "Harry Potter and The Cursed Child" (the first official Harry Potter story
> to
> be presented on stage):
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/5111_spring_a7r3_07229.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.85MB)
>
> Back at the intersection of Victoria Parade and Nicholson Street, E2.6069
> heads for St Vincent's Plaza:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6069_30_vic_pde_nicholson_a7r3_07259.jpg
> (2,000x1,250 pxl; 1.67MB)
>
> E2.6086 outbound on route 86 service concluded my morning's shooting:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/6086_86_nicholson_vic_pde_a7r3_07275.jpg
> (2,000x1,125 pxl; 1.31MB)
>
> Wow.
>
> Summary:
> I did take over 600 photos all in all, trying to best capture the day's
> activities. Twenty-six are presented here (I'll put some other photos up
> on
> my website later.)
> * saw Es on route 70a service;
> * saw Es and C2 on route 96 in Bourke Street;
> * of the ten most recent Es released to traffic I saw and photographed E2s
> 6086, 6087, 6089, 6091,6093, 6094, 6095.
>
> Whew!
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Yuri.
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