Re: Melb destination rolls

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

Judy Gordon <judyg@deakin.edu.au> wrote in message
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> Lineman wrote:
> >
> > I think this is one of those How long is a piece of string jobs,and we
may
> > never get the definitive answer.
> > According to "The electric railways of Victoria"compiled by S Dornan and
R
> > Henderson 1979c
> > Appendix111,they show the destination rolls for Tait(approx1940s),Harris
> > (2nd series),and Stainless steel (Hitatchi) and guess what, No
Carnegie,yet
> > like you John I m sure I have seen Carnegie.
> > I can well remember that they where modified over the years with whole
> > sections taken out and sewn back to gether again,so perhaps bits got
left
> > out and others where bastardised in other ways.
> > May be the swing door cars had another version as well,I don't know.
> >
> Until the duplication at Rosanna in 1958, some trains used to terminate
> at Rosanna.  The driver would walk to the end of the platform to turn
> off the wig-wag at Lower Plenty Road.
>
> The trains definitely had ROSANNA on the destination, and as they were
> usually swing door, then there must have been a different version of the
> destination roll.
> --
> Judy Gordon
> School of Biological & Chemical Sciences
> Deakin University (Rusden Campus)

I remember when I first went to the sparks in 1975, I transfered to
Sandringham to get a rostered position (as it took years to get off Flex in
those days), the younger drivers at Sandy (yes I was young once) had a bit
of a competition going, we all knew where we would cross each other during
certain shifts so we would put up unusual destinations to try to out do each
other. Depending on whether you had a Tait/Harris or Hitachi you could come
up with some rare terminating destinations:

CARNEGIE, Moorabin, East Malvern, Elsternwick, Croydon, Rosanna, South
Morang City Circle, City Loop (not in use then) Mentone, Seaford, Coburg,
etc.

The Swing Doors had Healesville and Healesville/Warburton on the blinds, one
Swing Door set used on the Sandy line had perminent (painted) headboards, on
the East End Motor it had "Brighton Beach" whilst the West End Motor had
"Flinders Street", this set (if I remember right) only did one trip a day,
running in to town in the morning being stabled in the Western Car Sidings
("A" Box) then returning to Brighton Beach that evening.

Bob.