It's quite possible that Pengelly was involved in the conversation as well.
It would be interesting to see the correspondence of the day.
Mark
On Thu, 1 Apr 2021, 3:24 pm Radcliffe, John (L&W, Waite Campus),
John.Radcliffe@...> wrote:
> Do you think Alex Cameron and William Goodman may have compared design
> notes? The first Adelaide F type “dropcentre” car entered service on 22 May
> 1922, about 13 months after L101.MTT reports show that there were eight
> Adelaide F type cars in traffic by 30 June 1922.
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>
> John Radcliffe
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>
> *From:*tramsdownunder@... tramsdownunder@...> *On
> Behalf Of *David Featherstone
> *Sent:* Thursday, 1 April 2021 2:12 PM
> *To:* TramsDownUnder tramsdownunder@...>
> *Subject:* [TramsDownUnder] Ron # 71
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>
> Ron Scholten, who knows a thing or two, has brought it to my attention
> that L Class 101 entered service - variously put as 13 or 31 April, in
> 1921.
>
> She is 100 years old! Alex Cameron, the visionary Chairman of the PMTT,
> thereafter the first Chairman of the MMTB, ordered these wonderful cars.
> Considered ahead of their time when new. When it was decided to build a
> fleet of 4 motor cars for the MMTB - the L Class design was just too
> expensive, so a stripped down cheaper car was designed - our wonderful W
> class and its derivatives.
>
> Who would have thought the RAAF has also has celebrated their centenary
> at the same time.
>
> Happy birthdays all round.
>
> A lovely shot from Ron of 101 in the Sth Melb Per Way yard in August 1972.
>
> Cheers.
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