Re: Aussie Terminology (tan)
Matthew Austin
Tuesday, October 16, 2001 2:23 AM
Hi all,
I suppose 'car' is a derivative of 'carriage'. It is proper that trams be
referred to as cars as they were grinding their way down public streets long
before people began tinkering with the new-fangled internal-combustion
engines. Weren't cars (as in the rubber-tyred motor vehicle type) initially
known as 'horseless carriages'? As an aside, I recall seeing a rusty
overhead line pole at a roundabout in Elwood, Melbourne. Used until 1956 to
support the overhead of the Victorian Railway's St Kilda to Brighton line,
the pole had an overpainted panel, with 'Cars stop here' still legible under
the paint. Of course the only cars stopping there these days are the motor
vehicles that have to give way at the roundabout. I wonder if the pole is
still there? That intersection was where the M&MTB's Point Ormond line
crossed the VR line, and shows a rare thing in Melbourne, namely the place
where trams USED to run! I have heard that the tramway crossing is still
under the roundabout, it would have to have been one of the only crossings
where broad gauge and standard gauge tracks crossed (except for the other
one at St Kilda Station). Any others?
Matt
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I suppose 'car' is a derivative of 'carriage'. It is proper that trams be
referred to as cars as they were grinding their way down public streets long
before people began tinkering with the new-fangled internal-combustion
engines. Weren't cars (as in the rubber-tyred motor vehicle type) initially
known as 'horseless carriages'? As an aside, I recall seeing a rusty
overhead line pole at a roundabout in Elwood, Melbourne. Used until 1956 to
support the overhead of the Victorian Railway's St Kilda to Brighton line,
the pole had an overpainted panel, with 'Cars stop here' still legible under
the paint. Of course the only cars stopping there these days are the motor
vehicles that have to give way at the roundabout. I wonder if the pole is
still there? That intersection was where the M&MTB's Point Ormond line
crossed the VR line, and shows a rare thing in Melbourne, namely the place
where trams USED to run! I have heard that the tramway crossing is still
under the roundabout, it would have to have been one of the only crossings
where broad gauge and standard gauge tracks crossed (except for the other
one at St Kilda Station). Any others?
Matt
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