Re: Edmonson Ticket type

["Craig Potter" <mikado@omni.com.au>]

Absolutely - the Tasmanian tickets printed in Vic after the Tas printing
machine's motor broke down in the 60's were printed with positive numerals
in the VR style.  For a while they used old TGR ticket stock, which was in
turn the old NSWGR ticket stock pre the 1920's (?) changeover to the
green/yellow colour scheme.  This card however got jammed in the VR machines
and the TGR/ANR passenger trains ended their days using VR card as well.
This now-repaired ticket printing machine & ex NSWGR card stock is now used
to print Puffing Billy tickets, coutesy of the ticket Doyen, Keith Atkinson
and the MillDean press.

I can remember being in the Burnley substation where it was kept for a while
and seeing wrapped balnk ticket stock with nice NSWGR (1917) wrappers !

One day I will get around to putting my ticket collection on the Net.

Craig
Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote in message
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> Albion - Sunshine; Hawthorn - Mitcham - Croydon...
>
> VR printed tickets for other systems.  Were VR idiosynchrasies apparent on
> the others too?
>
> --
> Regards
> Roderick Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor
>
> Michael Walker <walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote in article
> > >I never saw any tickets with numbers inside a black square until I
first
> > >visited
> > >Victoria in 1967.
> > >All other states either used black numbers or embossed.
> > >AFAIK numbers in black squares was uniquely VR.
> > Probably makes it easier to know which state you are in when travelling
> from
> > Epping to say Windsor or Richmond or even Cheltenham - just look at the
> > numbers on your train ticket!
>