Must be you David, this David got it OK. It was an attachment.

On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 18:07, David Batho dbatho@...> wrote:

> Hi Mal,

>

> I don’t know if it is just me, but I didn’t get the picture!

>

> David

>

>

> > On 23 Jul 2021, at 4:04 pm, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

> >

> > The Victorian Railways' Sandringham to Black Rock tramway never carried

> a lot of passengers.

> >

> > In 1934, the VR tried out one-man operation using Y1 613, borrowed from

> the MMTB.

> >

> > They liked it so much that they commissioned the MMTB to convert their

> two newest bogie cars to the same layout. VR51 was altered at Preston in

> 1934 and 50 was converted in 1938.

> >

> > Doug Colquhoun caught 50 at Black Rock in 1955. It's a typical example

> of the quality of his photos.

> >

> > The tramway closed in 1956 and the two one-man cars were converted to

> broad gauge and transferred to the Brighton line.

> >

> > They were never used in passenger traffic due to union objections -

> except for a single tour organised by the AETA

> >

> > Mal Rowe - grateful to the Melbourne Tram Museum at Hawthorn for sharing

> the pic from their collection

> >

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