Peak Tram track layout at the lower entrance to the passing loop 1989

Cropped from Victoria tram 1 Apr 1989 | Gwulo and annotated.

Lower entrance to the passing loop. The photo was taken on 1 April 1989, shortly before the 1989 renovation.

The photo shows the switch and its operator. It seems that, even 100 years after it was first put into service, the switch still needs to be operated manually. The photo was likely taken from an uphill tramcar. After passing the switch, the operator has already moved the tongues (blades)(red arrows) for the downhill tramcar which will arrive soon from the left. It seems that the switch now is motor driven (box on the right next to the track), but still a person sitting there had to activate it.