RE: Phud self indulgence
Brent Efford
Friday, September 27, 2002 1:43 AM
Nice one, Graeme! I presume
238 was in the process of reversing with the poles not
changed.
Now for some more
self-indulgence. With a fairly large pic.
The area where you were
standing when you took that photo is now a construction site for the
Lambton Bus/Rail interchange. Here is a photo of the area from the 11th
floor of Rutherford House, taken about a month ago. When complete, (trolley) bus
services from the south will travel the full length of Lambton Quay, enter the
turning and stabling area in the left foreground of the photo, turn in the area
in the centre foreground and pick up passengers at the bus platforms being
constructed below the bottom of the photo. It will connect to the Railway
Station concourse via the pedestrian subway which has already been
rebuilt.
Also of note in the photo
is one of the new 1300 series Stagecoach diesel buses entering the turning
area from Thorndon Quay. You would have been standing where the tree is behind
it. The concrete spiral ramp is where the background to your photo was - it
leads to the walkway system above the rail platforms leading to the new stadium
in the railwards in the background. A similar arrangement to the Colonial
Stadium in Melbourne (but less well-designed) . There is still a light tower
behind the ramp - I don't know how it relates to the one you remember. The old
1908 tramways headquarters building facade can be seen in the shadow behind
the bus.
Some of the old 1949
English Electric EMU stock remains in service - e.g. the red stock for peak
services to the Hutt Valley (behind the spiral ramp); the mustard yellow variant
waiting at Platform 1 at the right runs on the Johnsonville line. The Regional
Council has approved yet another upgrade of the EE stock, but there is a
possibility that 2nd-hand Japanese EMUs could be imported instead. And, of
course, light rail is being considered for some of those
services.
That's enough for
now!
Brent Efford
-----Original Message-----
From: graeme bennett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, 26 September 2002 11:09 p.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Phud self indulgenceThis shot is a MUST to share.Not only is the car 238 a preserved car at Queen Elizabeth Park,But the picture shows the base of the railway station floodlight tower from which I took a lot of shots.I had to climb these furshlugginer things every Monday for a couple of years while working on the good old NZR.On a recent trip "home", I noted the remains of this tower at Hutt workshops.Final note...............I make no apologies for the large size of my postings.In my opinion they are more effective and you can really get into them !!!I would like to hear what you all think.WGB
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