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Accident involving a bus and train at Toronto, August 1944.

Accidents, prangs and crashes: Part 3

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 18, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

. As a career fireman, transport collector Ken Magor naturally accumulated many photographs of accidents and disasters. Here are some more tales of vehicular tragedy and misadventure from our Ken…

The Coffee Pot at Toronto.

The Coffee Pot, at Toronto and Merewether

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:May 10, 2019
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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It looked a lot like an old-fashioned outdoor toilet with wheels, with its weatherboard cladding and hopelessly unstreamlined shape. But the "Coffee Pot" was a remarkably serviceable little steam tram…

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