Physical description

Set of four colour prints of an Ex Victorian Railways bogie tram body at Sloan NSW. Photo by Norm Cross, printed on AGFA paper. Photo dated 1/1/1994.



Advised by Tony Smith - 29/3/2017



"The tram in question is VR 39. It was one of the last 4 trams disposed of

from Elwood depot in 1959 after the system closed. They were purchased

complete by Upton's machinery dealers of Corowa. The other cars were 29, 33

& 37. He then stripped them and sold the bodies. When we obtained VR 41 in

1977 we immediately went searching for other bodies that might yield parts

to help in rebuilding 41. We located 37 on the outskirts of Wangaratta and

it yielded many body items including a complete drivers bulkhead that was

used to replace the one in VR 41 that had been cut out with an axle by the

previous owner. You may also recall that we obtained 3 complete broad gauge

77e trucks from Upton's (they had cut up the other 5 bogies years previous).

These 77E trucks are now under the Christchurch Brill tram with the 3rd as a

spare as we were able to obtain standard gauge 77e's when we acquired L 105

for dismantling."

Inscriptions & markings

Each photo has written in ink on the rear "Body of VR tram # @ Sloan NSW 1 Jan 1994, photo by Norm Cross".