Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Colour print - Freight Car 17 at Hawthorn Depot, early 1965
... Sunkist Peas... is advertising Sunkist Peas. Alongside the tram is W2 324 (Hawthorn... is advertising Sunkist Peas. Alongside the tram is W2 324 (Hawthorn Depot ...
Colour print showing Freight Car 17 on No. 1 Road at Hawthorn Depot prior to its closure as a running shed. The tram is advertising Sunkist Peas. Alongside the tram is W2 324 (Hawthorn Depot, Route 80) No. 17 was converted from NMETL No. 13 and this tram is now on display at the Museum. See Reference. Photo most likely taken shortly before the depot closed as a running shed.
The depot ceased as a running shed on 14/2/1965.
Yields information about the last days of Hawthorn tram depot as a running depot and the use of the Freight car.Colour print - printed on Kodak Royal paper.trams, tramways, w2 class, tram 17, tram 324, freight car, sunkist peas, mmtb, v class, hawthorn depot