Horse tram [Was: Melbourne heavy rail - some pics and a request]
  Mal Rowe

Mal Rowe wrote:

> I searched the photos for "tram" and found this ripper:

> http://pjv101.net/fts/u01/bf729.gif


That link brings up a plan of various early Victorian railways trams -
notably the trams built or converted after the disastrous fire in 1907.

The plan also shows a couple of other VR "Trams" - of the horse drawn
variety - that once connected the town of Welshpool with it's port - via
a 2' 6" (760mm) tramway.

Jetty tramways were common in Austrlia, but the Welshpool line ran a
full 5 km into town and boasted both goods and pasenger rolling stock.

The attached pic (which I just found courtesy of Google), shows the
motive power and the passenger and goods rolling stock at Welshpool.

The tramway closed on Jan 1, 1941.

http://tdu.to/welshpoolhorsetram.jpg

Mal Rowe - quite a long way west of Welshpool


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