Thanks Greg for the pics.Was SW2 436 any different to drive to drive
compared to a standard W2 or were the sliding doors the only
difference,seemed to me to be a bit quieter than some others,resilient
wheels perhaps? 246, 268 & 581 were among my favourites.
On Wednesday, 15 May 2019 12:54:56 UTC+10, Greg King wrote:
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> Hi Tim,
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> Somewhere, you will find in archives I think, one of the L’s next to 312 I
> had on Charter, beyond that I can’t help but stay tuned, I plan on a heap
> of L pix shortly from the last round up.
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> Also, none of the other W2’s you wanted, none the less, here are a couple
> of oldies for you, genuine long time Essendon residents. 227 and 447, the
> latter went to Dorrigo in NSW and had a lot of work done to her, would like
> to know her current status. She was a lovely car to drive. My favourite
> W2’s to drive at Essendon that come to mind were, 342 (lovely Spur gears)
> 247, 447, 474(the first car I drove after qualifiying), 595, 607 and 634.
> There were others but I can’t recall any characteristics. I know I drove
> 227 a bit but can’t really recall.
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> Greg
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> *From:*tramsdo...@... <javascript:> [mailto:
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> *Subject:* [TramsDownUnder] Re: Tourist trams
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> Awesome pics once again Greg,i remember 427 as a long time Essendon car.Do
> you have any pics of 104/106 on the Zoo service?A good thing that i
> remember from those days was that if an L was not available for any reason
> usually a W was ru,i remember Popart 340 & decorated 965.Also wondering do
> you have any pics of Essendon W2's in service in the latter years from
> 80-85 namely 268,329 ,366,436 (SW2),486,597,625 & 630.Interesting to note
> is that 3 W2' s 366,486 & 597 were stored for a long time at Essendon up
> on 24 rd and were still there even after Essendon had no W2 's left or even
> depot shots from the day.
> On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 5:57:30 PM UTC+10, Greg King wrote:
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> After all the training on the Light Rail, I was given a break to run the
> historic cars on Route 16, it was a lot of fun but suffered from total lack
> of any publicity so, consequently, few people outside the fan community,
> knew about it, unlike todays CC which everyone knows about.
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> On a rather miserable weekend, I had one of my favourite cars, Y1 613. I
> stopped in front of where the old “St Moritz” ice skating used to be for
> some shots and then down at the junction at Luna Park. My conductor decided
> he should be in every shot, pretending to be the driver but strangely, he
> never wanted to actually become one! At the end of the shift I was able to
> get a couple of nice night shots in the yard at Hanna St. Depot.
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> The next day I had to a shunt so got these shots while I was at it of W2
> 510 and W1 431
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> But the car that kicked it all off before the other arrived (if I recall
> correctly) was W1 427 and here are some earlier sunny shots with pix taken
> in the same locals as the Y1. Must have been a warm day, I didn’t have my
> cap on!! (and I always wore it) Hey Mick, note she is a BTH car too!
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> Cheers
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> Greg
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