Re: AETA VR Tram Tour: 2 May 1956

  "pn1.rm" <[email protected]> wrote:

Gentlemen
I was looking through an old album tonight and found a photo from the
John Alfred collection of the VR single truck car #6 on the AETA tour
on 2 May 1956.
Somehow my mother found out about the tour and took me along. I was
not quite six years old. I've put the photo in the files section of
this group; haven't quite worked out how to attach a photo to a
message; advice off list would be [email protected]
I am sitting with my arm on the barrier in the open drop end. It was
my only trip on the VR line [and I did "do" it end to end in the same
vehicle!!!!!] although my parents did take me to see the "railway
trams" several times; if I recall usually as part of a trip to the
beach. I remember eating lunch on the grass outside the Middle
Brighton Baths watching the bogie cars go by. That was probably 1957.
My last recollection of the "railway trams" was a family outing to
Luna Park one evening in the school holidays early 1959. I saw a
bogie car in Barkly Street between Carlisle and Acland Streets.
Hope this sharing of childhood memories from 46 years ago is of
interest.
Paul Nicholson
paul,i to have a photo of the same tour from john alfred collection at elwood depot.i rode over the line ,but only once to brighton beach.i have never seen many photos of the line taken between head st & bay st brighton.                                                        re.aeta tours,i have a photo of w7 1008 in maribyrnong rd ascot vale,passing a x1 class car on a flemington race special in about 1955.jeff



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