Fabulous as always, Yuri.
All the best.
Ron
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 1:40 AM Yuri Sos trams4me@...> wrote:
> Yesterday my good friends at the Haymarket decided that I needed a change
> of scene so sent me off to visit their colleagues at RMH in Royal Park. I
> never knew it existed as my car previously seemed to stop at Royal
> Park/Zoo station.
> Anyhow, after a pleasant visit, I was directed out onto Park Street.
> Now I have to report that in my70+ years on this planet I've never seen /
> visited / crossed this tram line here before.
>
> It bore exploring (mindful that I was probably treading perilously close
> to Mal's patch but he's been in my neck of the woods recently so whatever).
>
> Tramtracker told me nothing was due for 6 minutes so I was surprised to
> see Z3.146 appear, aah, it's on a route 0 service to "Not taking
> passengers" rolling inbound.
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/146_ntp_brunswick_rd_a7r3_22816.jpg
> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 1.9MB}
>
> Z3.146 might have been on test but the drivers' eyesight certainly
> wasn't: fortunately the eastbound traffic was happy to wait 'cos size wins:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/146_test_park_st_a7r3_22826.jpg
> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.57MB}
>
> E2.6059 crosses Park Street outbound on a route 58 service: these things
> are looong and hard to fit in frame, especially with traffic in the way.
> Note the safety tubes covering the power line where it passes close to
> another cable:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/6059_rte58_park_st_a7r3_22851.jpg
> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.06MB}
>
> E2.6059 continued upgrade towards Brunswick Road, a rather nice
> Victorian-era building's appearance marred by multiple mobile phone
> transmitters:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/6059_rte58_brunswick_rd_a7r3_22857.jpg
> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.18MB}
>
> Aaargh, should've walked up towards Brunswick Road following 6059 and
> would've shot E2.6065 and E2.6059 in parallel across Brunswick Road (but
> probably would have run out of puff within a few meters). So here's
> E2.6065 inbound past a graffitied sub-station:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/6065_rte58_brunswick_rd_a7r3_22876.jpg
> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.16MB}
>
> Thanks, tram gods!...... checked by slow changing traffic lights and NO
> traffic on Park Street momentarily I was able to reposition and snap
> E2.6065 crossing Park Street with a wonderful stand of Acanthus at left
> surviving nicely with benign neglect. Acanthus leaves are commonly
> portrayed in plaster in ceiling roses in the formal rooms of Victorian era
> terrace houses, so this plant is right at home in the Victorian-era homes
> precinct along Park Street:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/6065_rte58_park_st_a7r3_22913.jpg
> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.54MB}
>
> Now a B class fits in frame much more comfortably: B2.2027 inbound across
> Park Street (the only B2 I saw all afternoon):
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/2027_rte58_park_st_a7r3_22934.jpg
> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.72MB}
>
> Finally, afternoon peak hour traffic was making unobstructed photography
> challenging (and I was fading fast) so a last "arty-farty" shot of outbound
> E2.6091 through the Acanthus would be my last shot of the day:
>
> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/6091_rte58_park_st_a7r3_22959.jpg
> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.4MB}
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Yuri.
> (memo to self: must look at Brunswick Road / Grantham Street intersection
> soon)
>
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