That's a Comeng photo by the way. More of these in Dunn's book.
Tony P
On Tuesday, 6 April 2021 at 09:56:27 UTC+10 TP wrote:
> The shame is that Melbourne didn't take them - a more modern-looking,
> comfortable and better-designed tram than the Ws of the time.
>
> Tony P
>
> On Tuesday, 6 April 2021 at 08:52:30 UTC+10 Michael Giddey wrote:
>
>> Uploaded from Pinterest. Sydney's last traditional tram nearing
>> completion at Comeng's works at Clyde. It was to have been the 100th car of
>> 250 but the rest of the order was cancelled at enormous penalty costs. It
>> didn't survive until the end of the system less than 8 years later. It was
>> burnt after a comparatively minor argument with a truck. Some older W cars
>> are still running in Melbourne. What a waste! STM has sister cars 2001 and
>> 2044.
>>
>> Sent from Outlook http://aka.ms/weboutlook
>>
>