Steve, I never spoke to him but you get to remember some of the faces you see through the windscreen.

I published Part 2 last night so I will post it on TDU now.

I started on the job at Brunswick November 1987 so you beat me by a few months.

Richard

Posted from one of those railmotor things heading to Ballarat and beyond. Unlike QR interurban services, no free Wifi ☹️

On 16 Feb 2019, at 8:02 am, Steven Altham steventrams53@...> wrote:

Richard on part 1of video 1983-1990 with W2s Preston driver at 3mins22secs who gets out of cabin was at Preston when I started there Feb 1987 his nickname was catfish great footage on video enjoyed watching

> On Sun, 3 Feb. 2019, 9:48 am 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder tramsdownunder@... wrote:

> I did not realise I had this video until recently and it took awhile to work out who the cameraman was. It turned out to be a former East Preston tram driver by the name of Barry Jones who sadly is no longer with us.

>

> Much of it was taken in 1983 when there were still plenty of W2s around and although I did not edit out much from this video, I left all the W2s in. While at first glance scenes may seem repetitive, it gives some idea of the intensity of services at that time.

>

>

> Melbourne Trams 1983 - 1990 with W2s Part 1 https://youtu.be/2L5VDFAjauQ

>

> Regards,

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