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Slide - BTPS building depot junction trackwork - set of 4, David Frost, 23/11/1974

BTPS building depot junction trackwork - 1

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BTPS building depot junction trackwork - 2

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BTPS building depot junction trackwork - 3

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BTPS building depot junction overhead

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Historical information

Set of four slides of the construction of depot junction in Nov. 1974. Photos by David Frost.
1 - Positioning the rails with a Barry James crane truck - Bill Kinsgley, Graeme Jordan and John Withers
2 - welding rail - Eldon Hogan and other volunteers
3 - positioning the curve rails - John Withers, Graeme Jordan, Geoff Dean and Richard Gilbert
4 - Positioning the overhead - about a week later, the roadway has been sealed.

Significance

Yields information about BTPS access track and depot junction construction in 1974.

Physical description

Colour Slide - Kodak Cardboard mount - set of 4

Inscriptions & markings

"Laying rail Wendouree Parade 23 Nov 1974" on four of the slides and "connecting overhead at the depot Junction"

Subjects

Identifier

10275

Date made

23/11/1974

Photographer

David Frost

Production methods

photograph, mass produce

Materials

film, cardboard

Measurements

Length: 50 millimetres, Width: 50 millimetres

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Victorian Collections

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/68e1ce81b219e849ad5fc50d

Accessed 7 October 2025

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