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Read more about the article A gallery of vintage Hunter Region trucks

A gallery of vintage Hunter Region trucks

I've been privileged to be invited to help scan some negatives from the collection of the Robinson family of Singleton, former owners of the Singleton Argus newspaper. The collection is typical of country newspaper photography, with lots of local plays, church events, sport and business promotions, with a few local specialities such as the Singleton Army Base. Among the collection was this fascinating little group of images of vintage trucks (actually they called them "motor lorries" in those days), probably dating from around the 1920s, showing some of the transport operators in the region at that…

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Read more about the article Accidents, prangs and crashes: Part 2
Burnt-out tram after a fatal crash at Jesmond on October 11, 1943

Accidents, prangs and crashes: Part 2

. 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 Magor archive. . Fatal wartime tram-truck smash at Jesmond The burnt-out tramThe late Fred Quayle . Thanks to Jack Nyman for this account. . At 11.30 am on 11th October,1943, tram driver Fred Quayle, 41, of Wallsend, was taking a two-car tram set bound from Newcastle to Plattsburg and Wallsend. He left Howe Street, Lambton, and began the 1 in 30 ascent over the Lambton range.…

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