Re: Toorak Station

[John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>]

In article <7seen0$10rj$1@otis.netspace.net.au>,
  "Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au> wrote:

With, of course, a trailing crossover between the up and down through
lines to allow down goods trains access.

JD

> Memory whats that?
>
> There was a single line siding running up from the Up Through line on
the up
> end of Armadale Station to the yard at street level, (actually the
ramp had
> a fairly easy grade if memory serves me right? as the mainline drops
away
> down Toorak Bank towards the city).
>
> Bob.
>
> Alleyn Boucher <bantrade@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
> 37ea9238.1952862@news.alphalink.com.au">news:37ea9238.1952862@news.alphalink.com.au...
> > How was the yard accessed from the main?
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 02:23:04 +1000, "Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >David Langley <del@ancc.com.au> wrote in message
> > >37E773EB.2687B312@ancc.com.au">news:37E773EB.2687B312@ancc.com.au...
> > >> Jack Frost wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > At the Caulfield end of Platform 1 at Toorak is a tower
structure
> that
> > >> > connects the platform and the road above. It is not in use.
What is
> > >> > it?
> > >> > TIA
> > >>
> > >> It was a parcels/goods lift and connected the goods yard (where
the
> > >> parcels office was) with the passenger station. Don't forget the
goods
> > >> yard here was at street level. Parcels coaches from Dandenong and
> > >> Frankston would use the up through lines and clear parcels to
Melbourne
> > >> for on forwarding..
> > >>
> > >> David.
> > >>
> > >
> > >God, (sorry David), it must be great to be young?
> > >
> > >David is right, (I am that old that I have actually shunted in that
> Yard).
> > >
> > >The yard was electrified and received timber and Briquetes, it
could only
> be
> > >accessed from the Through Lines and the Down Dandenong Goods would
> alternate
> > >every other day, (not sure of the actual days of the week) one day
it
> would
> > >run via the Local Lines and shunt at Malvern, the next day it would
run
> via
> > >the Through lines and shunt Toorak.
> > >
> > >I would suggest that the reason the yard was at street level would
have
> had
> > >some connection with the original level of the line before the 3rd
(later
> > >4th) line was added?
> > >
> > >The tower as suggested would have been for parcel traffic being
lifted to
> > >and from street level.
> > >
> > >Bob.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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