~~ A WANDER DOWN SPARK MEMORY ~~

LANE

Sparks were something I never took much notice off.
Rarely went out of my way, except for some last minute videos of old red rattlers, to get photos of them. Those shot I was lucky enough to obtain were just ones taken between the trains I was really waiting for.
However going through a reasonably sized collection of EMU shots I find many shots that are nowdays very historically interesting, despite being as boring as grannies dental health lectures back in the old days.

Lets take a squiz at a small collection.

W set at Campsie

Comeng and parcel vans at Spencer Street

Campsie again, this time on the goods road.

Elcar

A Sydney parcel van this time - C3780 at Elcar.

Sydney's only candy parcel van at Elcar.

Brown set at Blacktown

Remember when they were all clear and silver before the rail operators started throwing paint over them, graffiti artists did the same, followed by other human vermin and their window scratching garbage.

These refurbs did NOTHING to improve the appearance.

~~ REMEMBERING MORETON MILL ~~

Yes, I am fully aware that I have an unnatural obsession with the now closed Moreton Mill and its associated railway network. I also acknowledge that the yearly pilgramages that continued after the system was closed may be seen, by some, as a bit much.

However it wasn't until the final two years that I fully realised that this will all be gone and, as the years pass, less and less trace would be still around to remember it by.
Sure there are many who have photos of the mill yard, loaded cane trains coming down Howard Street, empties rattling across the Maroochy lift bridge.
But what of some of the minor bridges, signalling equipment, signage and other related structures that were part of everyday life along these lines.

Sadly I don't have room on the site, or the time either, to include it all. However over the next few weeks we shall take a look back at a selection.

Sandy on a works train on the Coolum line - just north of the historic lift bridge.

Crew crib break at River Depot.

Moreton comes out of Bli Bli cutting and passes the junction for the Punt line.
It is believed this sign, and its copy at the other end of the cutting, managed to be privately preserved.

Moreton crossed the beautiful Maroochy River late one afternoon.

Moreton by the firelight.

Safeworking equipment along the Punt line.

Bridge along the Yandina-Coolum Road.

Bli Bli with a rake of empties at the east end of Howard Street.

Interesting three way point on the truck ramp at Howard Street yard.

~~ HERBERT FOR SALE ~~

The owner has invited any serious enquiries regarding the locomotive.

I believe 'MOORE' (Malcolm Moore) is also available.

~~ RETURNING SOON ~~

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~~~ MENANGLE PICCIES ~~~

The result of a day around Menangle recently.

~~~ MELBOURNE TRAMWAY MEMORIES ~~~

Without a doubt Melbourne's streets will never be the same without

the virtual obliteration of the W type tram.

Below is a selection of ones I saw back in the 80s, a decade

that saw me nearly a resident of the shopping capital.

Enjoy!

~~~ RANDOM BUS PICCIES ~~~

From The Days Of Old!

An old Mk2 Leopard sits out its final days in a scrap yard at Port Kembla.

ANSETT buses, as extinct as the airline itself.

High Street - Maitland

Blue Ribbon - Maitland

Strange bus used at Port Botany Depot for a while.

Above three show buses used around Sydney to cope with 2000 Olympics.

Ex-Sydney Mk1 Merc at Ayr (Queensland)