Re: Rather rare sporting special working

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Monday, February 25, 2002 11:06 AM

Thanks, Mal.

I'm feeling culturally deprived that I was not involved in such a spectacle while I was a connie and driver at Essendon.

I guess $60 extra per week as a one man operator at Footscray was adequate compensation at the time, though.

Bob Murphy

----- Original Message -----

From: Mal Rowe

To: [email protected]

Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:59 PM

Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Rather rare sporting special working

We have had some pix of the Essendon stub track, used for storing cars taking Bombers supporters and their unfortunate victims home after the match of the day at Windy Hill. This track was also used for storing cars to be fed into traffic for the nearby Moonee Valley races. When both events were on simultaneously something extra was required. Moonee Valley races generally finished just before the footy. So, cars for the race traffic were parked in Pascoe Vale Rd, on the up track just North of Moonee Ponds junction. Pic 1 MV66-1 shows them. Regular service cars had to cross over to the down track and run bang road past the parked cars. Pic 2 MV66-2 shows one such car. The whole process was facilitated by a crossover near Wilson St, about 500m North of Moonee Ponds junction and manually operated colour lights and telephones attached to the span poles. Last time I looked they wer still there - but no guarantees. A rare event - usually only once or twice a year. Mal http://movies.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Movies - Vote for your nominees in our online Oscars pool.

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