Historical information

The photograph shows VR tram No. 51 waiting at the Sandringham terminus. Photo by Ken McCarthy 4-9-1956. In the foreground is a man walking from the station wearing a butcher's apron. . The line to Black Rock was closed on 5-11-1956.
A VR bus is waiting at the kerb. Advised by the Bus & Coach Society of Victoria - It is one of four 1946 Martin & King bodied White WA18 buses for the VRMS, which were ordered to restart the Beach Road service after the war, on 13/5/46. The service had been suspended during the war years. Three of the Whites had a single door, numbers 127, 128 and 129 and the fourth. number 130, had a rear door – although given their rather short length, one can only wonder why. Just why they were built so short is another mystery. They were packed on most services, which double heading common. The one in the photo is number 127, initially registered HB492 and then reregistered ( as seen) as V1478. All of them were retired in 1957 to be works buses for the VR. One of them still exists somewhere but well beyond redemption in the photo that has been seen.

Significance

Yields information about the VR tram terminus at Sandringham station during September 1956.

Physical description

Black and white photograph with notes on the rear.

Inscriptions & markings

In ink "41 return to K.McC, 4-9-56" and lable with "Photo page 19, Same size"