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TROLLEY WIRE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 TTRROOOLLLLLLEEEYYY WWWIIIRRREEE AUSTRALIA’S TRAMWAY MUSEUM MAGAZINE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 No 812330_NAT_AD_Final art v2 AUG/SEPT 2010 15/09/10 7:34 PM Page 1 TTRROOLLLLEEYY No. 322 WWIIRREE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 Print Post Approved PP245358/00021 $9.90* In this issue • Trams at ’The Tradies’ • Sydney C car No. 37 812330_NAT_AD_Final art v2 AUG/SEPT 2010 15/09/10 7:34 PM Page 2 TROLLEY WIRE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 TTRROOOLLLLLLEEEYYY WWWIIIRRREEE AUSTRALIA’S TRAMWAY MUSEUM MAGAZINE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 No. 322 Vol. 51 No. 3 - ISSN 0155-1264 CONTENTS TRAMS AT ‘THE TRADIES’.......................................3 ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION OF SYDNEY C CAR NO. 37.............................. ...............................16 HERE AND THERE....................................................22 MUSEUM NEWS........................................................26 Published by the South Pacific Electric Railway Co-operative Society Limited, PO Box 103, Sutherland, NSW 1499 Phone: (02) 9542 3646 Fax: (02) 9545 3390 Editor......................................................Bob Merchant Sub-editing and Production..........................Dale Budd Randall Wilson Ross Willson *Cover price $9.90 (incl. GST) Subscription Rates (for four issues per year) to expire in December. Australia .........................................................$A36.00 New Zealand/Asia...........................................$A42.00 Elsewhere........................................................$A46.00 Standing clear of the arched Sydney Ferries terminal All correspondence in relation to TROLLEY WIRE and at Milsons Point, Sydney C class car 37 and its coupled other publishing and sales matters should be forwarded to partner D class 112 wait for passengers from an PO Box 103, Sutherland, NSW 1499. arriving ferry to board the trams for the journey to Military Road and beyond. Beside them, E class cars The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the 601-602 wait their turn to depart, circa 1905. authors and not necessarily those of the publishers or the Vic Solomons collection participating societies. Typesetting and finished art by Alan Pritchard - Graphic Design Canberra Tel: (02) 6231 2565 email: [email protected] Printed by Blue Star Print - Canberra Tel: (02) 6280 7477 Fax: (02) 6280 7817 Front Cover Beautifully restored by Bendigo Tramways, Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust bogie car 44 is about to turn from Glenferrie Road into Coldblo Road to complete its hourly shuttle to Dandenong Road for visitors to the Malvern Tram Depot Centenary on 30 May 2010. Robert Merchant 2 812330_NAT_AD_Final art v2 AUG/SEPT 2010 15/09/10 7:34 PM Page 3 TROLLEY WIRE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 TRAMS AT ‘THE TRADIES’ By Howard R Clark After just over three decades, the era of trams at the 1989 resulted in the happy first association with our Canberra Tradesmen’s Union Club Ltd (the Club), now coachbuilder, Geoff Spaulding, who has subsequently generally referred to as ‘The Tradies’ at Dickson in restored this and many other cars for the STM. ACT has all but come to a close. The ‘Flagship Car’ selected for use in the Club was Rebuilding and renovation works saw the removal of MMTB W2 car 447, purchased from Melbourne for Sydney P car 1729 and R car 1806, on the evenings of $300 complete with unmotored trucks. It was installed 19 and 20 January 2010, as part of stage 1 building on the northern side of the Club on 12 April 1979, and works, with 1729 being obtained on behalf of the by early April the following year was fully enclosed by Sydney Tramway Museum (STM), and 1806 going to a glassed extension to the premises in the coffee shop a private end purchaser. The removal of Sydney C car area. Tables were suitably erected between the drop 37, dating from 1899, which stood near the entry foyer centre seats and between the longitudinal seats in the to the Club, was covered in stage 2 works. It has also end saloons. been acquired on behalf of the STM, and was removed from the Club on the evening of 19 April 2010, leaving Meanwhile the hunt for other suitable bodies began just Adelaide D 156 as the sole remaining tramcar in earnest. On 19 June 1980 the body of Sydney P car body, located in the adjoining Dickson Quality Hotel. 1729 was purchased for $500 from a caravan park in nearby Braidwood, NSW, where it had stood since sale This article sets out to cover the comings and goings and disposal on 11 November 1958. The car was of trams at the Club since inception. Prior to 1981 the placed on a pair of unmotored Melbourne No.1 trucks Club had amassed a large and varied collection of old on a section of track near the western wall by bicycles, which were displayed as a ‘Bicycle Museum’ September 1981. After general refurbishment fit out in and around the bistro area. These were dispersed with replacement toastrack seating as necessary, along some time ago. with tables and carpeted floor, it was ready by November 1981 for patrons of the Club dining room. With the continued expansion of the Club and its premises in the late 1970s, it was the inspiration of the The third venture for the Club was the acquisition of Secretary/Manager, Mr. Rod Driver, to embark on a a Melbourne cable trailer body, 300, which along with new theme: the introduction of old tram bodies for use car 430 had been acquired by the Illawarra Light as dining areas. This was not the first time such ideas Railway Museum Society in August 1980 from a had been developed in eating establishments, probably property near Bairnsdale, Victoria. This car, which the most notable being ‘The Old Spaghetti Factory’ suffered from dry rot in the corner pillars, was franchise, where a tram body was included amongst subsequently delivered to Canberra somewhat the other old ‘bric-a-brac’, in numerous restaurants across worse for wear, rendering it suitable only as a source North America. This extended to Sydney, where 4C car 29 was leased by Sydney Tramway Museum in the 1970s. Its necessary dismantling for removal in Seen in November 1980, Melbourne W2 447 has been placed in position but has not yet been enclosed by the club building. Dale Budd 3 812330_NAT_AD_Final art v2 AUG/SEPT 2010 15/09/10 7:34 PM Page 4 TROLLEY WIRE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 Sydney P class 1729 came from a caravan park at Braidwood, NSW. Brian Mantle Sydney P 1729, recovered from Braidwood and awaiting restoration in November 1980. Dale Budd Sydney P 1729 at night as seen from the club’s car park, 19 July 1990. Dale Budd of spare parts if a replacement could be located. Rod A suitable cable trailer truck was purchased from the Driver set about this task, and in due course trailer 589 Tramway Museum Society of Victoria and installed was purchased for $250 on 5 June 1981 from behind a under 589. A street party was held on 28 November to garage next to a house at Separation Street, Fairfield, mark completion of restoration and as a thank you to Victoria. The car needed to be lifted over the garage for neighbours, before the car was delivered to the Club on transport to Canberra. For some six months the car was 2 December 1981. It was positioned in front of Sydney under restoration, using salvaged parts from 300, in the P 1729 on the same length of track, from where it front garden at a property in Fisher, ACT, by could readily have been removed for use in possible unemployed tradespersons paid by the Club as part of street parades. Sadly this activity never arose. By this their community projects activities. time the Club had developed a tramway theme, under the title ‘Old Canberra Tram Company’. 4 812330_NAT_AD_Final art v2 AUG/SEPT 2010 15/09/10 7:34 PM Page 5 TROLLEY WIRE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 Brisbane FM 499 came from Logan Lea in Queensland, where it had been in use as a chicken house and hay shed. It is seen here at the club on 21 August 1983. Dale Budd By early 1983 the Club committee prepared plans to Adelaide D 156 was purchased for $1,000 on 17 further extend the premises, and more tram bodies June 1983, from the Australian Electric Transport were sought. With help from a contact in Canberra, Museum at St. Kilda, South Australia. It was placed on Brisbane FM 499 was soon acquired for $500 from a the same section of track as 447 and 499 facing the car property at Logan Lea, Queensland, where it was used park, also on a pair of No.1 trucks. The Club now was as a chicken house and hay shed. It was repainted in a in the unique position of having representatives of similar livery to that used on the eight Phoenix cars in tramcars from the country’s four largest tram fleets to Brisbane. The tram was mounted on Melbourne No.1 hand, and on display. trucks and positioned on rails in front of 447, and used for a period as an office. Adelaide D type 156 before its restoration, 21 August 1983. Dale Budd The launch event for the restoration and positioning of Adelaide D 156 was held on 19 August 2001. Dale Budd 5 812330_NAT_AD_Final art v2 AUG/SEPT 2010 15/09/10 7:34 PM Page 6 TROLLEY WIRE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 Adelaide D 156 is not in the club itself, but in the adjacent Dickson Quality Hotel, January 2010. Dale Budd The dummy bogie constructed for the car by the Sydney Tramway Museum’s Wednesday workforce. Dale Budd Left: The interior of the saloon in D 156. Dale Budd During June 1984 the Club published as a community service for public discussion a 40 page document proposing an electric tramway for Canberra. Nothing came of these proposals. Unique Sydney 1899 C car 37 was purchased for $10,000 on 15 February 1985, in restored condition, from Brian Mantle (see separate article).
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