Anniversarys
WALTER Bennett
Friday, August 23, 2002 10:08 AM
Anniversarys From the Scholten
files.....
Things were really happening back in those
days.
Imagine being a GUNZEL then ???
WGB
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald
Scholten
To: WALTER Bennett
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 12:44 PM
Subject: for you & TDU
On this week,
Aug 25 1923 Electric spur line in
Napier St to Essendon Football Ground Opened
Aug 25 1947 Glenhuntly
duplication Carnegie track - Mernda Ave to Truganini
Rd
Aug 26 1951 New Crossover At
Matthews Ave available
LaTrobe St service
transferred to Hanna St
West Coburg service
transferred to Essendon
Depot
Aug 26 1991 New tram track in St
Georges Rd east of plantation
Aug 27 1971 Removal of track in
Sturt St between Kavanagh & Nolan St
Aug 28 1926 Prahran Cable line
Opened
Aug 29 1925 St Kilda - Esplanade -
Windsor Cable lines Closed
Aug 29 1926 Electric line from St
Kilda Junc to Brighton Rd Opened
Aug 29 1926 Extention of Electric
line in Brighton Rd from Brunning St to Glenhuntly Rd
Opened
Aug 29 1972 Single track siding
west of Cameron St in Moreland Rd Removed
Aug 30 1887 Nicholson St Cable
line Opened
(The last tram to use the Moreland spur was a
charter by JB who first tried to get a w4 on charter which actually got the w3
& w4 scrapped instead he used an L. I got permission to use this shunt in
222 with Jimmy Dowell as driver about a week before) Regards
Ron
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