Magazine, Association of Railway Enthusiasts (ARE), "Australian Railway Enthusiast - Vol 9, No. 4, December 1971", Dec. 1971

Physical description

Copy of the Australian Railway Enthusiast - Vol 9, No. 4, December 1971, which contains seven photographs of the closure of the Ballarat Tramway System on 19/9/1971 by Greg Triplett. Item 579 refers for centre page photograph. Magazine has articles on the Beech Forest Narrow Gauge, The Atjeh Tram (Indonesia), cable cars preserved in Melbourne and a derailment at Yering Vic. in 1900.

Ballarat Photos

1 - 40 in Lydiard St.

2 - Bogie car in Wendouree Parade from the wheat silos

3 - Intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Street from the Town Hall

4 - Tram at City Centre with Boer War (?) statue in front of the tram - night photo

5 - 35 at Sebastopol Terminus - night photo

6 - 42 at the Lydiard Street terminus - night photo

7 - 40 leaving Sebastopol as the last tram - night photo (see item 579)



Second copy added 31-8-2017.

Inscriptions & markings

Second copy has a "Technical Book & Mag. Co." yellow label on the front cover.

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