Good point Mal.

As for spare parts - were the 3 ex-Adelaide As in Ballarat the only SEC cars with Westinghouse controllers ?

Tony G

> On 22 Jul 2017, at 4:20 pm, Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> On 21/07/2017 5:17 PM, Tony Gallowayarg@... mailto:arg@aapt.net..au [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

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>> It’s curious that this class of car was the only one that wasn’t adopted by the other two SEC systems when Geelong was closed. They were no more primitive than the other four wheelers, just bigger.

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> Hi Tony,

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> It's my guess (and that's all it is) that one reason these cars were not considered for transfer to the other provincial tramways was because of their straight sill construction - resulting in very high step heights.

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> The other ex Melbourne 4 wheelers (the "Meadowbank cars") had cranked sills and thus lower step heights.

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> Here's another pic from Dr Radcliffe - showing the good climbing exercise provided by the SEC in Geelong at no additional charge.

> http://tdu.to/18_Newtown_1Nov1956_JohnRadcliffe.jpg http://tdu.to/18_Newtown_1Nov1956_JohnRadcliffe.jpg

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> Another factor is that Ballarat & Bendigo already had trams like the Meadowbank cars - and spares for them.

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> Mal Rowe - speculating in public again

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