Magazine, Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), "Met lines - Vol. 3, No. 1", Apr. 1987

Physical description

Met lines - Vol. 3, No. 1 April 1987, staff newspaper of the Metropolitan Transit Authority - 20 pages, A4 size when centre stapled, printed on gloss paper.

Has tramway related items on:

1. Tramway Bowls Association

2. Melbourne and Metropolitan Transit band (see image i2)

3. Painted trams - a paying concern - Transporting Art featuring trams 731, 816 and 721 along with a photo of David Larwill working on 722, and painted trams co-ordinator , Wendy Miller. Story includes notes on the sale to Jim Johnson at an auction late 1986, notes on the project itself, and on page 13 - notes on interviews with Michael Leunig, Lesley Dumbrell and David Larwill.

4. "20 million Americans see Melbourne and its trams" - a story about the NBC USA, breakfast broadcast on 4/2/1987 when tram ?? - could not find an entry in the Vicsig listing of decorated trams.

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