Another WH car was PMTT 84 (a James Moore car) later Bendigo 16 later Bendigo 84. It was converted to GE K35 in 2010 as part of its refurbishment.
The WH controller must have been in poor condition, as insulating gloves were used whenever it needed to be moved.
From what I remember from visiting Ballarat, there were a few WH equipped cars there too.
Regards,
Tim
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.
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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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