On 30/12/2012 10:22 PM, Hinman, Dave wrote:
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> As many of you probably know, it happened in Christchurch in the early 1930s - The 25 newest trams (1921-26) - "Brills" or "PC's" - so called because they had Brill 77E trucks and PC5 equipment but locally built bodies -
Hi Dave,
Now that you have mentioned PC equipment, here's another gem from the on-line repository that holds the Brill magazines.
http://tdu.to/electricrailwayj622mcgrrich_0116.jpg
It's from the Electric Railway Journal of Sep 8 1923 and mentions Sydney and Adelaide as customers, as well as illustrating a Melbourne Tait set.
Many volumes of the ERJ are on-line.
Mal Rowe - wasting far too much time searching this archive