Slide - Set of 11, Ron Scholten, Tram 1041, 1973/1974

Historical information

Set of 11 colour slides of PCC car 1041 taken during its early operations around Melbourne. Where the slide has a printed date, it is listed.
1 - Collins St, between Elizabeth St and Swanston St, route 47, Depot - Sept. 1973
2 - Batman Ave in Swanston St, route 15, with W2 383 alongside - Sept. 1973
3 - Elizabeth St terminus with Flinders St station in the background - route 19, North Coburg - Sept. 1973
4 - Arriving Batman Ave terminus, route 70, - Sept. 1973
5 - ditto
6 - Bourke St Mall, route 96 East Brunswick - during a trial closure of Bourke St between Elizabeth Street and Swanston Street , given the seats outside Buckley's store - Nov. 1973
7 - Night photo - TMSV slide - MP166
8 - turning from Glenferrie Road into High St - route 6 Glen Iris - a very tight turn - TMSV slide
9 - Wattle Park terminus, route 70 - 1974
10 - Flinders St -route 74 near William St with the railway viaduct in the background. 1974
11 - Interior photo - Ron Scholten - 1973

Significance

Yields information about PCC car 1041, a prototype all electric tramcar

Physical description

Set of 11 Kodachrome colour slides, cardboard mounts.

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