Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: 100 years ago today

Yes - good days, and a pleasant journey in a car with open doorways.

Mal Rowe - occasional passenger

On 21/07/2025 17:29, Peter Bruce wrote:
> I had a special fondness for the West Coburg line. When I was a South
> Melbourne/Hanna St depot trammie late '60s, early '70s we used to have
> some AM peak inbound runs on route 56. On every other road when two
> trams turned up together the waiting potential passengers would be all
> elbows all trying to board the first car. Whereas the residents of
> West Brunswick and West Coburg had uncommon common sense. They would
> separate into two roughly equal groups to join the two cars. Curves,
> hills and reserved track made for lots of interest too.
>
> .