RE: Question re trolley poles.
From: Bob Pearce
Date: Wed, 10-Mar-2010 10:49 PM

Hi all,
PETS also has W2 368, W4 674, W5 766, and Ballarat 31 all of which are
fitted with poles.
Bob in Perth


-----Original Message-----
From: TramsDownUnder [mailto:TramsDownUnder]
On Behalf Of Graham Lees
Sent: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 2:11 PM
To: TramsDownUnder
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Question re trolley poles.

And there are four Ws running in Perth Electric Tramway Society tracks at
Whiteman Park.There's others too, but I am not sure their state or their
numbers.

http://tdu.to/329_PETS.JPG

http://tdu.to/393_PETS.JPG

http://tdu.to/441_PETS.JPG

http://tdu.to/1017_PETS.JPG

Bob Pearce will put me wise if there are more!

Cheers
Graham

Dudley Horscroft wrote:
>
> I have received a query re whether any Melbourne trams still have
> trolley poles. My thoughts are that the only possibilities are the
> Restaurant cars, the City Circle cars, and the Ws on 78/9. Plus of
> course the Ws in storage (a recent email said there were about 200,
> which sounds a lot).
>
> Query 1 - are there any operational cars with poles?
>
> Query 2 - where are the stored Ws stored, and do they have poles? Are
> they ever likely to re-enter service?
>
> Regards
>
> Dudley Horscxroft
>
>