Hi Jeff, some minor corrections that I know of, add 817 to those that kept all doors (I have 10ft of the car) and it is not 839 in the US (It's down near Quenscliff as an antique store along with a W2 whose number escapes me for the moment)and it's 756 that operates in Savanah.
Greg
--- InTramsDownUnder@..., jeffrey bounds <jebounds@...> wrote:
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> 38 W5s were never converted to SW5.722 was the last to be converted in October 1986.
> 801 was the first W5 to be withdrawn due to new tram deliveries.That was in April 1987,six months before the last W2 class cars were withdrawn.
> From memory,nos 735,771,774,782,792,799,801,825,826,& 839 never had their centre doorways removed.Only 774,782 &792<not sure>& 826<Newport> survive in Aust.799 & 839 are in the U.S.A.
> Jeff
> --- On Tue, 20/12/11, Roderick Smith <rodsmith@...> wrote:
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> Subject: [transportdownunder] W5.782 (from Jeff) [1 Attachment]
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> Received: Tuesday, 20 December, 2011, 9:46 AM
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> West Maribyrnong terminus: W5.782 in the siding, on what is clearly a
> special tour. Sat.25.2.89. (Jeff Bounds)
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> Only tours used the siding.
> This is a W5 when nearly all others were now SW5s.
> This is a Saturday.
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> Roderick B Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor
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