Sad to hear about Shane myself & Peter bardho drove W2 568 on a charter in
the 1990s I know we went to airport West & possably Napier st siding? R I P
shane. does anyone remember that charter?

On Thu, 19 Nov. 2020, 4:26 pm 'Roderick Smith' via TramsDownUnder, < tramsdownunder@...> wrote:

> This news is happening now.

> I am now in direct contact with Doug (thanks Mal).

> Shane's funeral will be in Bendigo at 2 pm on Fri.27.11. It will be

> small, and will be livestreamed, so most friends from afar will watch that

> rather than travel.

> I will post more details as they become available: we may yet have a group

> travel together (and with restrictions eased to a further extent from the

> Monday of that week).

> I will be going to Bendigo as a eulogist, so all material posted here will

> be included in my speech.

> Already I have insights from Doug and from Noel.

> Already I have that great photo from Roger (Tralaggan? sp?) via Doug,

> which I will clean and retone, and is the front runner to be placed on the

> coffin.

> That is Shane how we remember him.

> We may get a small selection of photos to make a screening, which will

> mean a lot to those viewing online.

> Inevitably, they bring memories: 'I was there that day'; 'That is me on

> the left'; 'I'd forgotten that event'.

> I am simply a go between, but I have always been a keen supporter of the

> hobby giving recognition to those who supported it.

>

> Enclosed: H368 on the night of its transfer from North Fitzroy to

> Preston. This was after the last trams of Thursday night. The towbar is

> almost invisible. You can believe that the H is under power.

> 081010F-P1050555-NicholsonSt-FitzroyNorth-H368-StBrigid's-RSmith-ss.jpg

>

> Roderick

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