Re: Remnants

Brent Efford wrote:

Interesting question, Mal. I was about to ask the same thing - Melbourne must be pretty unusual among surviving first-generation tramway systems in not having a lot of track that is not regularly used. Apart from the two examples we have been discussing, I can only think of the West Preston (opposite the Workshops - is that its right name?)

No.

This shed you mention is the former Preston Depot, replaced in 1955? by
the present Preston Depot sometimes called East Preston but it isn't
really. The former Preston Depot was renamed Thornbury (but not depot)
at the same time. A depot is a running shed with crews etc., and since
the opening of the present Preston Depot, Thornbury then became a
storage shed for cars waiting to go over the road to Preston Workshops
but since about the early to mid 1990's has been unused for such. It's
last use AFAIK was the storage of surplus W cars prior to their transfer
to the test track and then Henderson's Springs and latterly Newport
Workshops. It's last use to store "working cars" was when the depot fan
at Preston was being rebuilt sometime in the 1990's and some W cars from
the West Preston route were stabled there but crews still signed on and
off at Preston Depot.

and (temporarily)
Hawthorn depots. Any others? In fact, Melbourne currently has a much greater
length of partly-completed track waiting to be brought into service -
Docklands, Whitehorse Rd and Port Melbourne Pier spring to mind.

As far as other remnants go, I guess anything with M&MTB on it now
qualifies, too!

There are still a lot of electrical cabinets and cable trench covers
around the system with MMTB on them.

cheers

David.

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