Re: VR electric street railway "lost" photos (was Moonee Ponds Junction)

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

Surely Keith Kings would have taken some photos at that location.

And

no doubt the late John Alfred.
There is a classic photo of a VR car (with destination set for the
return journey!) crossing the Point Ormond line in 1951 in a recent
issue of Trolley Wire. The photo was taken by Noel Reed so perhaps

he

may have walked further up the line on that day taking photos along
the way.
Melbourne on a public holiday in 1951 would have been an

interesting

place; quiet by today's standards.
BTW did the VR "electric street railway" refer the the tracks in
railway terms (i.e. up and down)? The line to St Kilda surely would
have been the "up" line.
Paul in Melbourne
Paul
I have photos taken at that corner in 1955.Ihave also seen John

Alfred photos at that corner.I was in the process of buying his
prints but his untimely death in Jan 1969 put an end to buying photos.

I have over 100 John Alfred photos in my collection.Iwould like to

put out a book featuring them.

Finally there must be a newspaper photo at this corner as it is

50years,since W2 275 was hit by no 28.No 20 had to come from Elwood
depot to assist in the clean up.275 was rebuilt as an SW2 re entering
service in 1955.

Regards Jeff

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "citadis" <transitclassics@o...> wrote:

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

I spoke to a noted tramway historian yesterday and he asked

whether

all of us were satisfied that the view of Puckle Street was

genuine.

His concern was based on the fact that no photograph of a tram

in

Puckle Street, Moonee Ponds, had been found to exist but the

one

discovered by Mal appeared to me to be genuine.
Paul in Melbourne

Actually, there are a couple of shots of trams, genuine, in

Puckle

street, There is a cafe in the shoping centre behind Puckle St

(the

mall on the northern side) that has such photos on the wall, the

was

another similar shop opposite with other scenes but this one is
closed for remodelling, they are amongst other phots of the

Moonee

Ponds area and a couple actually show trams in Puckle street and

the

junction quite clearly.

Whilst on the subject of unknown photos, has anyone thought of

the

fact that no shot has ever (to my knowledge anyway) be shown of

VR

trams crossing Carlisle st St. Kilda I have several movies (Jim
Seletto films) and have seen numerous shots of cars crossing the

Pt

Ormond line and the 16 in front of the station but never at

Carlisle

st and what a shot it could have been, with that picture theater

in

the back ground!

Cheers
Citadis.

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