On 22/01/2013 9:25 PM, Alastair wrote:
> I heard down the trolley wire grapevine that 946 may have ventured out the workshops gates today for a mainline run? Lets hope that now the cabins have been made crash resistant (note: not crash proof) and the car is on overhauled bogies that the speed limiter is raised from the current 35/40kph to something a bit more suitable.

There is lots more gear hanging off the truck ends, and a major relocation of equipment under and inside the tram.
See:946-truck_PrestonWS_22Jan2013.JPG

Last night it was loaded up with sandbags.
http://tdu.to/946-sandbags-PrestonWS_22Jan2013.JPG

Liam Davies phoned me a little earlier this evening to say that he saw it on the road in Brunswick St.
Looks like some serious testing is underway.

This is a very serious re-design - not just cosmetic.

Mal Rowe