The driver in my days was Milton the Mad Motorman, Mick Duncan will remember him. Thus named by the late and lamented Alan Jungwirth. Not a popular character and an extremely ordinary motorman he was too.

Regards to all TDUs,

Peter Bruce.

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Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 6:10 PM
To:TramsDownUnder@...
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Preston workshops update

The freight car was driven usually by an ex traffic driver.

It would have been far more efficient and cost affective to use a truck to get from the workshops to the various depots,especially after the Holden St.. line was removed.G.Farrar

Also a truck would have

On 12/02/16 14:50, 8800espee8800@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

I would have thought that the freight car job would be a treasured job for someone who liked driving trams but saw it as a way to avoid the public ruffians and perhaps even conductors they wanted to avoid.

On 12 February 2016 at 12:49, Richard Youltressteleg@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

Additionally the crew could well have been made up of men who were on ‘Light Duties’ for some reason.

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