Originally this was a simple "S" curve, but a station was added here a few years after the line opened.
While that shot showed the sharpness of the curves, this next one shows the height of the tracks above ground level:
Here's another shot, which I included mainly to show the delightful colour light signals:
And this one is a neat shot of electric cars, either joining or separating:
But, saving the best til last, here's the line not long after opening, before the station, when haulage was by tiny steam locomotives rather than electric power:
You can see just how suburban, almost rural, this part of the city was at that time. Utterly delightful.
2 comments:
What date were these taken?
I love the miniature steam locos. They are cute.
The thin, pier-like structure barely look sturdy enough to support a railway!
The sheer height of it all is almost unnerving.
Most of them were taken in the late 1930s.
The last shot was taken in the late nineteenth century but I don't have an exact date. Anyone?
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