Wellington: Pirie Street in 1961 (correct attachment)
Donald Galt
Sunday, September 22, 2002 10:23 PM
Well, I may have really blown it this time. A few minutes ago I began to wonder
why the posting of this picture was taking so long. Arrgh! I was uploading not
the intended version but the original, 2-megabyte scan. I aborted, hid that
file where Pegasus couldn't find it, and here am trying again. It remains to be
seen what all may show up at your end. I'm temporarily turning off my own
"email" parameter at TDU just in case.
Okay, once again:
Here is the companion to the Haitaitai Tunnel picture posted a few days ago. It
looks eastward one street below the tunnel entrance, and shows the same car
(Fiducia 235 - I mistakenly numbered it 222 in the previous post) a few minutes
earlier on its outward journey.
For those not familiar with Wellington: route 2 via Haitaitai had once been the
main line to Miramar and for some Seatoun trips as well, though the latter
suburb was principally served via route 3 over Constable Street. But by the
time I first saw the city the tramways to those eastern districts had been cut
off by expansion of the airport at Rongotai, and route 2 trolleybuses used the
Mount Victoria vehicular tunnel a short distance to our right. But there still
remained a rump service as far as Haitaitai at the far end of the tramway
tunnel. In 1962 this gave way to trolleybuses over their present route passing
single-file through the old tunnel.
At four decades' remove I can't remember so much as the month, or what I did
that day. Most likely I rode 235 up the hill from Courtenay Place, got off
here, shot it continuing on without me and walked up the street to the tunnel
entrance. A 12 minute service was maintained on this little branch line; I
don't know whether another tram came down in the meantime but, in any case,
(unless I misread the numbers) the returning 235 was the car I captured coming
out of the tunnel.
I remain puzzled as to why the route number was changed from 2 to 1 for the
journey to the city. As far as I know, the usual practice was to use the same
number whether headed for Railway or for the 'burbs.
The name of the street held some fascination, because I lived in Pirie Street
in Palmerston North. I don't know how Wellingtonians pronounced it, but in PN
we said
"pye-ree."
Don Galt
Seattle USA
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why the posting of this picture was taking so long. Arrgh! I was uploading not
the intended version but the original, 2-megabyte scan. I aborted, hid that
file where Pegasus couldn't find it, and here am trying again. It remains to be
seen what all may show up at your end. I'm temporarily turning off my own
"email" parameter at TDU just in case.
Okay, once again:
Here is the companion to the Haitaitai Tunnel picture posted a few days ago. It
looks eastward one street below the tunnel entrance, and shows the same car
(Fiducia 235 - I mistakenly numbered it 222 in the previous post) a few minutes
earlier on its outward journey.
For those not familiar with Wellington: route 2 via Haitaitai had once been the
main line to Miramar and for some Seatoun trips as well, though the latter
suburb was principally served via route 3 over Constable Street. But by the
time I first saw the city the tramways to those eastern districts had been cut
off by expansion of the airport at Rongotai, and route 2 trolleybuses used the
Mount Victoria vehicular tunnel a short distance to our right. But there still
remained a rump service as far as Haitaitai at the far end of the tramway
tunnel. In 1962 this gave way to trolleybuses over their present route passing
single-file through the old tunnel.
At four decades' remove I can't remember so much as the month, or what I did
that day. Most likely I rode 235 up the hill from Courtenay Place, got off
here, shot it continuing on without me and walked up the street to the tunnel
entrance. A 12 minute service was maintained on this little branch line; I
don't know whether another tram came down in the meantime but, in any case,
(unless I misread the numbers) the returning 235 was the car I captured coming
out of the tunnel.
I remain puzzled as to why the route number was changed from 2 to 1 for the
journey to the city. As far as I know, the usual practice was to use the same
number whether headed for Railway or for the 'burbs.
The name of the street held some fascination, because I lived in Pirie Street
in Palmerston North. I don't know how Wellingtonians pronounced it, but in PN
we said
"pye-ree."
Don Galt
Seattle USA
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