And I was wandering around Balaclava Junction one day around 1990 with
camera in hand and there on the grass verge was a complete trolley base and
pole, just lying there. No sign of any trams that were minus one and
unfortunately I didn't have a big enough bag😉
On 12 August 2017 at 09:08, Richard Youltressteleg@...
[TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:
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> Not a jinx at all, Mal.
>
> Things like this happen all the time. You are just lucky enough to be in
> the right place at the right time from time to time.
>
> Years ago while driving a W up Swanson St, near Franklin St there was an
> enormous BANG BANG BANG BANG.
>
> On the way back I stopped and prised this gear case bolt from the track
> groove. How many trams had run over it to bash the head down this much?
>
> Another day walking in the city I saw an entire gear case cover fall off a
> W. You would know all about that if you tried to run over it!
>
> (Photographed on my sunny breakfast table)
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> [image: image1.JPG]
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> Regards,
>
> On 12 Aug 2017, at 8:35 am, Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder] <
>TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:
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> On 11/08/2017 6:00 PM, Richard Youltressteleg@...
> [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
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> My bet is that it is the skirting from below the bumper of a D2.
>
> Well made modern trams :-)
>
> That's what I reckon - Richard & Steve.
>
> My guess is that the maintenance people didn't turn the locking screws
> visible at the top of the panel.
>
> Mal Rowe - jinx
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best wishes,
David in Avenel.au
{Before you change anything, learn why it is the way it is.)