Tramway Museum, St Kilda, South Australia Track Map
pvawser
Sunday, March 24, 2002 4:18 AM
I have just uploaded StKildaMap.jpg, a 200 dpi scan of the track map of the Museum line. The map is now a little out of date.
At the Museum site, the large square with six tracks is the Old Tram Shed (previously Main or Operations Shed) and Workshop. The rectangle slightly up and to the left with two tracks is the Southern Tram Shed (previously New Tram Shed). The rectangle below that is the Trolleybus Pavillion.
The Northernmost track in the Old Tram Shed was Road 1, a narrow gauge track housing the ex BHP electric locomotive now on display at the National Railway Museum. This track no longer exists, although portions of it can still be seen in the Workshop. They get filled in when there is some extra concrete left after a job.
Road 2 is the Workshop track, and it extends out of the rear of the Workshop to the Body Shop. The branch shown does not exist, and I don't think it ever did, although I will have to check on that.
Moving south, Roads 3, 4 & 5 are as shown. Road 6 now extends out of the read of the shed to what I call the FPP (Future Projects Pavillion), a shed containing two tracks, Roads 6a and 6b. Road 6a is the extension of Road 6, while Road 6b is not connected.
The Southern Tram Shed contains Roads 7 & 8 (still counting southwards). Just west (literally a few metres) of the juction between these tracks and the main line is where the junction for Roads 9 & 10 will be placed. The crossing block is in place, but no other work has been done on the point there yet. I can post a photo of this (or anything else) if anyone wants to see it.
The remainder of Road 10 has been constructed (my first effort at track laying) from the crossing block into the new Northern Tram Shed. This track houses Horse Tram 18, H1 381, F1 282, D 192 and G 303. The only section of Road 9 that has been built is the short section across the sill. No overhead is yet in place.
The main line is as I have already described it. One interesting feature is that the CBD (just over 20km away) can be clearly seen over the southern salt evaporation lagoon. From the St Kilda Beach terminus you can see over to Le Fevre peninsula, with Outer Harbor, Pelican Point and Torrens Island Power Stations and the Submarine Construction Facility all clearly visible.
Whew! Possibly more later.
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Peter Vawser
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At the Museum site, the large square with six tracks is the Old Tram Shed (previously Main or Operations Shed) and Workshop. The rectangle slightly up and to the left with two tracks is the Southern Tram Shed (previously New Tram Shed). The rectangle below that is the Trolleybus Pavillion.
The Northernmost track in the Old Tram Shed was Road 1, a narrow gauge track housing the ex BHP electric locomotive now on display at the National Railway Museum. This track no longer exists, although portions of it can still be seen in the Workshop. They get filled in when there is some extra concrete left after a job.
Road 2 is the Workshop track, and it extends out of the rear of the Workshop to the Body Shop. The branch shown does not exist, and I don't think it ever did, although I will have to check on that.
Moving south, Roads 3, 4 & 5 are as shown. Road 6 now extends out of the read of the shed to what I call the FPP (Future Projects Pavillion), a shed containing two tracks, Roads 6a and 6b. Road 6a is the extension of Road 6, while Road 6b is not connected.
The Southern Tram Shed contains Roads 7 & 8 (still counting southwards). Just west (literally a few metres) of the juction between these tracks and the main line is where the junction for Roads 9 & 10 will be placed. The crossing block is in place, but no other work has been done on the point there yet. I can post a photo of this (or anything else) if anyone wants to see it.
The remainder of Road 10 has been constructed (my first effort at track laying) from the crossing block into the new Northern Tram Shed. This track houses Horse Tram 18, H1 381, F1 282, D 192 and G 303. The only section of Road 9 that has been built is the short section across the sill. No overhead is yet in place.
The main line is as I have already described it. One interesting feature is that the CBD (just over 20km away) can be clearly seen over the southern salt evaporation lagoon. From the St Kilda Beach terminus you can see over to Le Fevre peninsula, with Outer Harbor, Pelican Point and Torrens Island Power Stations and the Submarine Construction Facility all clearly visible.
Whew! Possibly more later.
--
Peter Vawser
[email protected]
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