Re: Hawthorn - answers and questions
Bill Bolton
Monday, November 25, 2002 10:05 PM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Galt" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 8:28 am
Its not obvious from the aerial view but there is a falling gradient in
the street at the depot "tram level" enterance,. The depot tracks are
on the level but that means they are falling further below the street
grade the further east they run. It would have been, at best, very
difficult to organise a direct bi-directional access to the depot
tracks from the street.
As to the junction at Power Street and Wallen Road, in the days of
relatively light road traffic, it would have been a hard to justify
the expensive of providing the additional special work for curves to
support a few non-revenue car movements a day.
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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From: "Donald Galt" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 8:28 am
1. That the depot was accessible only from the west end, so that
cars running in from the east would have need to reverse.
Its not obvious from the aerial view but there is a falling gradient in
the street at the depot "tram level" enterance,. The depot tracks are
on the level but that means they are falling further below the street
grade the further east they run. It would have been, at best, very
difficult to organise a direct bi-directional access to the depot
tracks from the street.
As to the junction at Power Street and Wallen Road, in the days of
relatively light road traffic, it would have been a hard to justify
the expensive of providing the additional special work for curves to
support a few non-revenue car movements a day.
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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