Re: Paddington Depot Fire: 40 years ago

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Paul Nicholson" <pn1@b...> wrote:

Tonight, 28 September 2002, is the 40th anniversary of the fire

that

destroyed the Paddington Tram Depot in Brisbane and about 65 trams.
The fire broke the back of the system and led to the final closure

in

April 1969. I only had one opportunity to ride Brisbane trams - in
December 1968. Due to work commitments I missed the Adelaide Street
routes by one week. This guy from Melbourne was surprised by the
hills and curves on the Brisbane routes. The trams were starting to
get rather run down by December 1968 as it was only five months

till

the final closure.
Paul in Melbourne

Vale, the finest system in Australia at it's time.

Citadis


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