Loved that signal box. Spent many days there as an apprentice - ok I did
do some work as well - I learnt the frame and all the signalmen were great
blokes and quite happy for me to be the signalman. Plenty of shunting and
the regular passage of through trains. I worked with a tradesman whse
working hours were rather flexible to say the least. His assistant kept up
with the news in the papers and I worked the signal box. Ah fun days.

Now for some pictures, all on thePort Melbourne railway line and taken on 7
September 1987. Nowadays this is the Port Melbourne/Beacon Cove tramway
and these shots were taken right at the end of the railway. At Port
Melbourne you can see the excavation for the new platform whilst at Graham
the second platform is being constructed on the site of the former up
platform. Again I have posted only trains but they are all electric
suburban trains and have only weeks to go before the trams take over.

On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 at 15:08, Andrew Cook d3619@...> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,

>

> Two-car Tait and Doggie electric sets were common on the Port Melbourne

> and St. Kilda lines in the 1970s, usually on weekends and some off-peak

> times.

> The St. Kilda line had 6-car sets most of the time, as the loading on that

> line was heavier. By the early 1980s, St. Kilda trains were through routed

> to Sandringham, with Tait sets being common. We got a shock at North Port

> one afternoon after work, when a four-car blue Harris set turned up to take

> us to Flinders Street!

>

> Attached is a shot of a two-car Tait set leaving Graham for Port

> Melbourne, before the signal box was abolished, along with the level

> crossing.

> Date is Sunday, 2 November, 1969.

>

> Cheers,

> Andrew Cook.

>

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> *Subject:* Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: More and more snaps from World War II.

>

> Third photo, is that a two carriage train on its way to St Kilda or Port

> Melbourne? Were two carriage trains usual on those lines?

>

> Great photo finds.

>

> Andrew.

>

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