Re: Honorary Yappers
  David Batho

It’s there now! My computer has too much stuff on it, and lets me know in subtle ways...

David


> On 23 Jul 2021, at 6:59 pm, espee8800 espee8800@...> wrote:

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

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

> Hi Mal,

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

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> David

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

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> > The Victorian Railways' Sandringham to Black Rock tramway never carried a lot of passengers.

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

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> > 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.

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> > Doug Colquhoun caught 50 at Black Rock in 1955. It's a typical example of the quality of his photos.

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> > The tramway closed in 1956 and the two one-man cars were converted to broad gauge and transferred to the Brighton line.

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> > They were never used in passenger traffic due to union objections - except for a single tour organised by the AETA

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> > Mal Rowe - grateful to the Melbourne Tram Museum at Hawthorn for sharing the pic from their collection

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> David in Avenel.au,

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