Photograph - Black and White - cable cars parked at North Fitzroy depot, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1940

Historical information

The photograph shows a number of grip cars (dummies with their grip mechanisms lifted) and trailers (Nos. 200 and 512) stored or parked in the open at North Fitzroy depot at about the time of closure of the cable tram system on 26 Oct. 1940. At least three double decker buses are in the background. . This Photo is included in the poster - The Passing of the Melbourne Cable tramways - See Reg Item 6367

Significance

Yields information about cable trams or cars.

Physical description

Photograph - Black and White - cable cars parked at North Fitzroy depot

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