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N 30 B 6.2K C 4 E Jan 1, 1955 F Feb 8, 2022
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I.D.s 1117 and negative No 0686 photographed by Leon B. Manny sometime in 1957-00-00 of Department of Government Transport R class tram 1931 at Railway Colonnade, Central Station, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.

The tram is about to turn left but to the right in the picture and run down beside Belmore Park and into Castlereagh Street. Ultimately the tram will travel to Circular Quay on Sydney Harbour to the City's North.

N 22 B 3.2K C 2 E Jan 1, 1954 F Feb 13, 2022
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I.D.s 1118 & 02321 photographed by Leon B. Manny around 1954 of Department of Government Transport R1 class tram 2057 crossing Victoria Road in Darling Street, Rozelle, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia.
The tram would have been no more than one or two years old when photographed.
On the right of the picture is a tramway signal box that is held aloft by a steel frame (or as some say on stilts.) There were quite a number of these installations on the very large Sydney system.

N 20 B 3.4K C 0 E Nov 1, 1958 F Mar 21, 2022
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I.D.s 1120 & 02290 photographed sometime in 1958 by Leon B Manny of trams in the Inner West of Sydney probably in 1958 November. The coupled set of O class trams lead by 1085 are bound for Lilyfield. An R1 class tram thought to be 2058 is following is on the way to the nearby Rozelle Tram Depot.
The coupled trams will soon turn left onto the Lilyfield branch line and the R1 tram will continue beyond a little further and turn right to enter the trams depot that still exists though now as the Tramsheds Shopping Mall.

N 18 B 2.8K C 1 E Jan 1, 1957 F Mar 31, 2022
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I.D.s 1121 & negative No 02683 photographed by Leon B. Manny sometime in 1957-00-00 of P class trams 1535 & 1533 standing side by side. Behind is a coupled set of O class trams. The location is on the then loop between Lee Street and George Street at Railway Square in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


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