Greg, during 251s time at Hanna St for several years it had BTH motors and
was a noted flier, spur gears too. I think it was a Hanna St car for most
of its service life.
Regards to all TDUs,
Peter Bruce.
On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 at 09:03, Greg King transitclassics@...> wrote:
> Hi Mal,
>
> You are correct about the fence in the background, should have looked
> closer, the trolley is just a flat floor with nothing on it. I also think
> you are correct about Jolimont area.
>
> As an aside, 251 spent her later years at Preston and was disliked by all
> the crews for being painfully slow (I did not mind it so much but it was
> slow! it had 4 x 40 hp MV 101's and 28" wheels but just no oomph! At some
> stage it had lost its guttering but kept the torpedo vents. IIRC, it was
> one of those that got a 1 in front of its number when the A's started to
> arrive, raised above the other numbers it looked like 1/2 51!!
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>tramsdownunder@...] On Behalf Of Mal Rowe
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> To:tramsdownunder@...
> Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] W 251 with a trailer
>
>
> On 07/06/2019 20:29, Ronald Besdansky wrote:
> > Courtesy Melbourne Tram Museum
> >
> Thanks Ron,
>
> I agree with Greg - the running board is not folded up, although the early
> Ws did have hinged running boards.
>
> The 'trailer' looks to me to be no more than a flat top works trolley as
> used in track work. What looks like some sort of box is probably the fence
> in the background.
>
> 251 entered traffic in mid 1924, and there is a picture in an old
> Destination City showing a motley collection of works trailers in use in
> Royal Park in 1925.
>
> I'm trying to work out the location of the pic, but can't place it.
>
> Mal Rowe - witness to a fold up step in use - see:
> https://tdu.to/m/2286/rolling-into-eaglehawk
>
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