Re: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

["Quaider" <quaidy@hotmail.com>]

Do you know of any links to pictures of these older maps?

"ROY HOWARTH" <rhowarth@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> The NSWGR began using colour-coded system maps for the suburban network
> in the late-1930's. These were a copy of similar colour-coded maps used
> on the London Underground and are very similar to the maps we see today.
>
> I'm not sure if colour-coding was employed on country routes however.
> There may have been other reasons for the different colour signage.
>
> Roy H
>
> >
> >(2) The grand old destination board from Sydney Terminal, pre-1982.
> >According to an information near this restored icon, the destinations and
> >times displayed on the board are from an authentic 1937 timetable, and
the
> >board itself has been repainted and redecorated to reflect its 1930's
> >appearance. Down the bottom of the board beneath the destinations, there
are
> >often various coloured boards showing the names of the trains - "Riverina
> >Express", "Through West Mail", "Brisbane Limited", etc. etc. These
> >nameboards were coloured - red for the northern lines, green for the
> >southern lines and yellow for the western lines - the exact same colours
> >used on modern CityRail maps! Were these colour codes used back in the
> >1930's?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Bradley.
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