Caulfield Race day in 1969
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David Batho
May 18, 2019, 4:57:46 AM5/18/19
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Lovely.
David
> On 18 May 2019, at 6:13 pm, Mal Rowe <mal....@gmail.com> wrote:
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> A 'long legged' tram (33" wheels) on its way west from the East Malvern tram terminus to pick up punters from the races at Caulfield.
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> On 18 May 2019, at 6:13 pm, Mal Rowe <mal....@gmail.com> wrote:
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> A 'long legged' tram (33" wheels) on its way west from the East Malvern tram terminus to pick up punters from the races at Caulfield.
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> Mal Rowe - re-discovering old negs
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David McLoughlin
May 18, 2019, 5:15:42 PM5/18/19
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Mal Rowe wrote:
> A 'long legged' tram (33" wheels) on its way west from the East Malvern
tram terminus to pick up punters from the races at Caulfield.
The Beast's Own Tram, no less!!!!!
In 2009, when Judith and I lived in South Melbourne, we took the 3 to the Caulfield Cup, to see what it was like. We never saw it. The whole place was full of vomiting drunks and there were no views of the track with our $70 tickets! So we caught a 3 back about 2pm, and when the inspectors got on a few stops along, we were almost the only people on the tram not just sober, but with valdated tickets!
david mcloughlin, New Zealand
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David McLoughlin
May 18, 2019, 5:20:37 PM5/18/19
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Forgot to add, my god the track in your photo is in superb condition, Mal, and it's not even the mass concrete that later appeared along there.
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Mal Rowe
May 20, 2019, 6:50:42 AM5/20/19
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On 18/05/2019 18:57, David Batho wrote:
> Lovely.
Thanks David,
The attached pic shows 666 heading out from Glenhuntly Depot a bit
earlier, with a rather generic destination.
Mal Rowe - glad to know that his memories are shared with others
> Lovely.
Thanks David,
The attached pic shows 666 heading out from Glenhuntly Depot a bit
earlier, with a rather generic destination.
Mal Rowe - glad to know that his memories are shared with others
Ronald Besdansky
May 21, 2019, 4:50:44 AM5/21/19
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I also liked
FOOTBALL
as a destination
David Walker
May 23, 2019, 3:26:52 AM5/23/19
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This should probably wait a year, since these photos were taken on
Caulfield Cup Day 1970, not 1969. In those days, there was a double
track loop (see attached map), used for cup day traffic.
Trams were stored on the city-bound track in Railway Avenue (by the
station), while East Malvern bound cars (route 4D) used the other track.
This is shown in the first photo.
City bound 4D services continued along Waverley Road, using the loop.
(Second photo).
Cars intended for race traffic went round the loop, along Waverley Road
and down Darby St to join the back of the queue. The third photo shows a
car entering the loop after passing the junction with
Railway Avenue, and the fourth one turning from Waverley Road into Derby St.
The last photo shows racegoers being picked up at the stop in Normanby
Road. This is black and white because the colour film had run out by then.
David Walker
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Caulfield Cup Day 1970, not 1969. In those days, there was a double
track loop (see attached map), used for cup day traffic.
Trams were stored on the city-bound track in Railway Avenue (by the
station), while East Malvern bound cars (route 4D) used the other track.
This is shown in the first photo.
City bound 4D services continued along Waverley Road, using the loop.
(Second photo).
Cars intended for race traffic went round the loop, along Waverley Road
and down Darby St to join the back of the queue. The third photo shows a
car entering the loop after passing the junction with
Railway Avenue, and the fourth one turning from Waverley Road into Derby St.
The last photo shows racegoers being picked up at the stop in Normanby
Road. This is black and white because the colour film had run out by then.
David Walker
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May 23, 2019, 5:50:31 AM5/23/19
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V good pics. Making me long for the days when Melbourne was all Ws (almost!)
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David Walker
May 23, 2019, 6:34:26 AM5/23/19
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The destinations (and route numbers) reflected what happened to the
trams when they reached Balaclava Junction, so the 69 would have
continued straight on down Balaclava Road. In itself, this wasn't a
normal working. All the regular routes used the curves at the sides of
Balaclava Junction:
4D (East Malvern, Darling Road) the south east
64 (East Brighton) the south west (it went along Balaclava Road, not
Dandenong Road, in those days)
69 (Kew-Cotham Road to St Kilda Beach) the north west
67 (Caulfield - actually Balaclava Junction - to St Kilda
Beach) the north east. This went via Dandenong Road and was the haunt of
the CW5s. This was the route that you were thinking of.
All of the photos I posted were taken in the Caulfield station area.
David Walker
On 23-May-19 7:50 PM, Ronald Besdansky wrote:
> V good pics. Making me long for the days when Melbourne was all Ws (almost!)
>
> The photo ending in ...26 appears to show a car on the 69 to St Kilda
> turning right. I can't work out where that can be. IIRC, there was a
> service from Caulfield to St K but it didn't show 69.
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trams when they reached Balaclava Junction, so the 69 would have
continued straight on down Balaclava Road. In itself, this wasn't a
normal working. All the regular routes used the curves at the sides of
Balaclava Junction:
4D (East Malvern, Darling Road) the south east
64 (East Brighton) the south west (it went along Balaclava Road, not
Dandenong Road, in those days)
69 (Kew-Cotham Road to St Kilda Beach) the north west
67 (Caulfield - actually Balaclava Junction - to St Kilda
Beach) the north east. This went via Dandenong Road and was the haunt of
the CW5s. This was the route that you were thinking of.
All of the photos I posted were taken in the Caulfield station area.
David Walker
On 23-May-19 7:50 PM, Ronald Besdansky wrote:
> V good pics. Making me long for the days when Melbourne was all Ws (almost!)
>
> The photo ending in ...26 appears to show a car on the 69 to St Kilda
> turning right. I can't work out where that can be. IIRC, there was a
> service from Caulfield to St K but it didn't show 69.
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