A "not dumped" old bus in an empty lot in the suburbs... A sign on it alerts us to the fact that the owner of the land has given permission for the unusual parking spot!
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Showing posts with label transport. Show all posts
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Friday, 19 March 2021
Sunday, 1 March 2020
DESKTOP 2404 - GPO
This loggia on the Western side of the old Melbourne General Post Office (GPO) is now used by the many cafés that are housed just within, as an area for setting up tables and chairs for the customers to enjoy their coffee or light meal in the shade. Every evening they take the tables inside and every morning they set them up again. Here is an early morning shot, just before the clutter. The yellow light suits the old stonework well.
This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme.
Sunday, 13 January 2019
DESKTOP 1991 - TRAM
Melbourne's tram system began operations in 1885, when the first cable line operated by the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company opened for business. The cable tram system grew to be very comprehensive and operated successfully for 55 years. Electric trams Australia's first electric tram line, from Box Hill Station to Doncaster, was built by a group of land developers using equipment left over from the Great Exhibition of 1888. It opened in 1889.
At this time the line must have been right out in the sticks, since Box Hill itself was many kilometres beyond the existing tram system. It had one or two problems, such as arguments with land owners who fenced over the line and pulled down the power lines, and poor reliability, since its owners knew nothing about running a tram system, and it died by 1896. The only hint now that there was ever a tram system in the Doncaster area is a road along the former route - Tram Road.
The first serious electric trams in Melbourne began in 1906 with the North Melbourne Electric Tramway and Lighting Company (NMETL) who built a line from the edge of the cable system out towards Essendon, and the Victorian Railways who built a line from St. Kilda to Brighton. The NMETL, a British concern, was interested in selling electricity to customers along the route (and the same motive led to the establishment of the Ballarat, Bendigo, and Geelong electric tram systems). The company commenced operations with single bogie saloon cars (later classified U-class) and unpopular "toast-rack" cars (later classified V-class).
This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme.
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