Gday Mal

Interesting pics of Preston

Tram sand was an art to get it right,It has to be really dry
the sand pile looks just like the one at Camberwell in the 60s

Cheers, Mick, who believed sand was the drivers best friend

On 11/02/2016 1:14 AM, Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
> It has been a while since I posted an update on progress at Preston

> workshops in Melbourne.

>

> As far as I can see, it's still not near ready for hand over to Yarra

> Trams - but there is progress.

>

> First pic shows what was previously the open pits at the northern end of

> the site - used for brake adjustment etc on the high floor cars.

> http://tdu.to/Pits_PrestonWS_11Feb2016.JPG

> It's now a fully enclosed, all weather facility.

>

> A totally gratuitous 'before' pic is at:

> http://tdu.to/a46514/84-44_preston_30may2010.jpg

>

> Further south, the new car barn area, which has a capacity for 75 E

> class trams, is visible - right through both sets of sheds to the

> embankment on the Eastern boundary.

> http://tdu.to/Carshed_PrestonWS_11Feb2016.JPG

>

> I think that the big cylinders suspended above the tracks, and with the

> long hoses attached, are part of the automatic sanding system that is a

> feature of the new depot.

>

> It makes an interesting contrast with sanding facilities at Brunswick

> nearly half a century ago.

> http://tdu.to/a2689/Brunswick_depot_12-4-1966.jpg

>

> Mal Rowe - still watching history unfold

>

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