David

The dreadnoughts were actually bogie trams. 99, a four whealer(single trucker), was called a baby dreadnought

Keith Tidey

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Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 5:56 PM

From: "David McLoughlin" mcloughlin.dj@...>

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Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: A Puzzle for You

Tram Gunzle wrote:

> Why were the newest trams in Brisbane called "Iron Dukes" ?


 

I've always thought they were called "Silver Bullets," which is what Brisbane people called them when I was a kid.

They were also called "FMs", and the last eight of them "Phoenixes."

A particular class of Brisbane single-truckers were called Dreadnoughts. A kind of iron duke.

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