The first electric train. First trial on Flemington Racecourse Line. Sunday.6.10.1918. Electric Train.4.Cars.

View of electric train with four cars on Flemington Racecourse line during first trial. Signs reading 'Second' and 'Smoking' on first car. First' and 'Smoking' on second car. Sign reading 'Flinders Street 'on front. Train tracks in foreground. Railway infrastructure with poles and cables above.

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Date(s): 6/10/1918

Creator: Victorian Railways, photographer.

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