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Slide - CBD tram operations - set of 4, Warren Doubleday, 26/12/1979

787, Queens Bridge, underpass

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117 Bourke St.,

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Bourke St looking east

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Z class 117 in Bourke St

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Historical information

Set of four colour slides of tram operations in the CBD area on 26/12/1979
1 - SW5 787 passing under the Flinders St railway viaduct, running a route 55 service. Note that most of the mechanical signalling equipment on the gantry has been removed.
2 - Z3 117 running a route 88 service in Bourke St at Queen St.
3 - Z class 93 to Spencer St at Elizabeth St, with Parliament House in the far background. Photo taken at Queen St.
4 - Z3 117 in Bourke St at Queen St running a route 88 East Preston service.

Significance

Yields information about the operation of trams in the CBD area and the Flinders St viaduct.

Physical description

Kodak cardboard mount slides - set of four

Inscriptions & markings

Have photographer's reference number written on the slide.

Subjects

Identifier

9609

Date made

26/12/1979

Photographer

Warren Doubleday

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/6a20cffe376666354c404b9e

Accessed 4 June 2026

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