Wonderful shots thank you Andrew.

On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 2:16:41 PM UTC+10d3...@...
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> Nice shot there Mal. To add to the mix, here's some shots I took on the

> last two days of Ballarat's trams. I took colour slides on Saturday, 18

> September, 1971, but burnt through film like it was going out of fashion. I

> bought a dodgy roll of slide film on the Saturday in Ballarat (forgotten

> the brand, and most of the shots were 'green/blueish', but one can't

> complain, as I got the last change-overs from single truckers to bogies

> with it) and after that a roll of Ilford black and white to get the last

> day coverage. They are:

>

> 03377--Car 40 crosses Car 34 at Grey Street loop, Sebastopol. Two local

> passengers are about to board No. 40. 18-9-1971.

> 03425--Inbound Car 34 enters Skipton Street at Rubicon Street, coming off

> the reserved track. 18-9-1971.

> 03472--On the last day, four bogie cars were held at the City loop as

> back-up trams, if the loading got heavy (most were put into service later).

> Here, Car 43 enters the City loop after reversing at Grenville Street.

> 19-9-1971.

> 03473--Back-up cars 34, 39, 37 and 43 stabled in the City loop. 19-9-1971.

> 03475--Car 40 inbound from Lydiard Street North gets held up at the

> Ballarat railway gates by an up goods train. Taken from the signal box,

> after a friendly signalman invited us photographers up to take happy snaps.

> 19-9-1971.

> 03476--The up goods train (behind T 393 and another T class) passes Car 40

> at the Ballarat railway gates. 19-9-1971.

> 03477--Car 40 crosses the main railway to Adelaide, at Ballarat railway

> station. 19-9-1971.

> 03483--Car 40 at the City stop in Sturt Street prior to running off into

> the City loop. At left is driver Lou Walker talking to (I think) a retired

> tramway employee. Lou was the longest serving employee on the Ballarat

> trams at the time. 19-9-1971.

> 03485--Car 35 at right crosses inbound Car 42 at the Bell Street loop on

> the Sebastopol line. 19-9-1971.

> 03488--Car 39 (second last tram ever from Sebastopol) after arrival at

> Hospital Corner (Sturt Street and Drummond Street South), and running empty

> to the Depot. The SEC made all passengers get off the trams here, despite

> the fact the new bus services never ran to the Gardens at all. They

> insisted the line between Hospital Corner and the Depot was unavailable for

> passengers. Later when the last tram (Car 40) arrived here, there was a mad

> scramble in motor cars to the Depot to view the tram running into the shed.

> 19-9-1971.

>

> Enjoy,

>

> Cheers,

> Andrew Cook (who was glad to catch the last days of Ballarat's trams).

>