Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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TP

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Dec 10, 2024, 8:30:45 AM12/10/24
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In 1959, a trolleybus on the Kogarah line alongside a 1908 electric car, Sydney. Within months the trolleybuses had gone, followed within two years by the trams, extinguishing all of Sydney's electric street transport. Until half a century later when it all started coming back.

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Tony P
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TP

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Dec 10, 2024, 8:47:19 AM12/10/24
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I think I can complement that with the other mode, courtesy of the Sydney Then and Now Facebook page.

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Nominations are open for pick the best tram of the two.

Tony P

David Batho

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Dec 12, 2024, 7:33:11 PM12/12/24
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It would have to be a no-contest, wouldn’t it. Even without a/c the R would be a more comfortable ride I suspect.

David
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