When Z class were suddenly sent to ‘new’ depots to comply with Kennett’s edict for one manning of trams on some routes nights and weekends, they did not have applicable destinations. Cardboard signs were used some of the time.

When drivers questioned the lack of effort going into adding destinations to the flip-over signs, they told us that ‘the extra layer of paint would make the signs too heavy to work properly’! None of us believed that for a second.

By the way, the conductors who had worked with the driver first half sat around the depot for 4 hours while the driver worked the tram alone after meal break, at least for some months. That would have saved heaps of money, wouldn’t it?

Regards,

On 12 Feb 2019, at 8:58 am, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

Welcome Brad - and thanks for the pics. 880 is now at Bendigo.

See: https://tdu.to/m/238925/bendigo-880
Matthew: The As had roller blinds (plastic film type) like the Z3s.

TMSV's Z class number 5 at Bylands has the Boselli flap destination displays fitted and TMSV have one or two spare mechanisms.

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Mal Rowe - who reckons they would not be easy to maintain in working order!

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> Z2 111 arrived at Loftus with a dot matrix 'flip dot' display (SCC2000) fitted.

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