Ta for the info, Mal and Tim.

Looking back at Sydney, Westinghouse was a minority brand, with only the thirty odd P cars with AL-PC control coming to mind as having it. Until the Rs and R1s with EE controllers arrived it was nearly all GE.

Tony G

> On 22 Jul 2017, at 9:51 pm, Timtimmyblythman@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> Hi Mal,

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> Bendigo 7 aka PMTT/MMTB 76, J class built by Meadowbank is definitely at Westinghouse type controller. I remember this well, as it was the second tram I drove in my training at Bendigo. I think it was mostly used as such due to the piston type manual lap brake valve it had compared to no 25's slide valve.

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> 25 is a GE controller which means the two cars gave a good representation of the equipment. Birneys of course being a different matter again.

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> 17 and ESCo 8 are the other two Westinghouse cars I remember. We had a motor fault with 17 once, and it was very difficult to operate with a motor cut out, so much torque in 1st notch that the wheels often spun.

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> Regards,

> Tim

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> On 22/07/2017 4:41 PM, Tony Gallowayarg@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

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

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> No, both Ballarat and Bendigo are 'awash' with Westinghouse T1C and T1F controllers.

> http://tdu.to/Westinghouse_Bendigo_20April2014.JPG http://tdu.to/Westinghouse_Bendigo_20April2014.JPG

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> I assume that many of the earlier Melbourne single truckers had them.

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> I don't know if the ex PMTT 'Meadowbank' cars had Westinghouse T1Cs or GE K type controllers.

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> Mal Rowe - with more questions than answers

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