RE: William Street shunt
Brent Efford
Tuesday, August 6, 2002 4:01 AM
Thanks, Steven. I guessed it must have been something like that! The Combino
launch shows the value of having the odd little-used siding around the
system. Presumably it could be used for disabled cars, or cars waiting to go
into service, too.
Brent Efford
-----Original Message-----
From: Haby, Steven [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2002 11:23 a.m.
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] William Street shunt
Hi Brent,
William Street shunt was used to terminate/start certain peak hour only runs
that ran along routes 8, 72, 6, 5, 64, 67 and 16(?) and diverted via Park
Street (Domain I/C). From memory these services finished in the mid-late
1980s.
It was similiar to the peak hour runs that ran via LaTrobe Street on the 42
and 48 and 86 (the latter finishing in the early 90s). I can remember as a
uni student at RMIT in lectures watching venerable (but trusty) W2 class
cars running via LaTrobe Street to Bundoora in the peak!
Come to think of it I always used to wait at the Swanston Street stop for
any W2 heading outbound to catch on the 'long way home' to Box Hill via ???
and ??? Memories of coasting down Commercial Road in a W2 heading to
Camberwell on a pleasant summer's evening after class. In the twilight years
of the Harris sets I was quite happy to wait for an hour at Museum for a run
home in a Harris. The ultimate trip home to Box Hill was via Werribee on a
Harris!
Fond memories.
Regards
Steven Haby
Melbourne
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launch shows the value of having the odd little-used siding around the
system. Presumably it could be used for disabled cars, or cars waiting to go
into service, too.
Brent Efford
-----Original Message-----
From: Haby, Steven [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2002 11:23 a.m.
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] William Street shunt
Hi Brent,
William Street shunt was used to terminate/start certain peak hour only runs
that ran along routes 8, 72, 6, 5, 64, 67 and 16(?) and diverted via Park
Street (Domain I/C). From memory these services finished in the mid-late
1980s.
It was similiar to the peak hour runs that ran via LaTrobe Street on the 42
and 48 and 86 (the latter finishing in the early 90s). I can remember as a
uni student at RMIT in lectures watching venerable (but trusty) W2 class
cars running via LaTrobe Street to Bundoora in the peak!
Come to think of it I always used to wait at the Swanston Street stop for
any W2 heading outbound to catch on the 'long way home' to Box Hill via ???
and ??? Memories of coasting down Commercial Road in a W2 heading to
Camberwell on a pleasant summer's evening after class. In the twilight years
of the Harris sets I was quite happy to wait for an hour at Museum for a run
home in a Harris. The ultimate trip home to Box Hill was via Werribee on a
Harris!
Fond memories.
Regards
Steven Haby
Melbourne
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