Anniversaries, little systems and big systems
Roy Winslow
Thursday, June 27, 2002 12:22 AM
Leonora and its sister town Gwalia was served by one
single truck electric tramcar from 1908 until the powerhouse burnt down in 1915.
The service was then provided by a converted Dodge truck until 1922. The tramcar
remained in Leonora unloved until the 1970's, when the body was preserved. The
truck was scrapped in the 1960's if memory serves. The body was well preserved
as it hardly ever rains out that way...
I
am led to believe that the Sydney system at its maximum was the third largest
unified system in the world, after London and St.Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad
(now St.Petersburg, again).
Talking about anniversaries and WA trams - this year
(2002) is a big year:
100th Anniversary of the opening of the Kalgoorlie
Electric Tramways
50th Anniversary of the closing of same;
and
50th Anniversary of the closing of the Fremantle
Municipal Tramways.
I
will need to get out my dates book to confirm the day and
months.
Roy
-----Original Message-------- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "adyoung63141" <dayoung007@h...> wrote:
From: malrowe [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: anniversaries.
> And the smallest tram system in the British Empire? Surely Leonora
(is
> that the correct spelling) in Wstn. Australia with 1 car--which I
> understand not only has survived since the operation ceased circa
> 1922, but is now being preserved. Can anyone confirm? And what is
to
> be used for its single-truck, motor and controls and where will it
> run/be displayed?
>
On nit - picking - Leonora actually had three cars over time - steam,
electric then internal combustion!
I suspect that the preservation is body only - I was in the West last
year, but a 1000km detour for a pic of a body only seemed a little
too far!
There is a description of the attractions of Leonora at
http://www.leonora.wa.gov.au/gwalia.html
A picture of steam days is at
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~vaux/
Mal from Oz
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