Thank you, Roderick,

David

> On 5 Jun 2023, at 12:30 pm, 'Roderick Smith' via TramsDownUnder tramsdownunder@...> wrote:

>

> David was well known in railway and tramway hobbies, as a career tramway officer and for his travel passion.

> After prolonged ill health, he died in hospital on Wednesday 31 May, and was buried on Thursday 1 June.

> The service is online at https://www.mck.org.au/recordings/1685593800000_108668

> but this will be deleted automatically on Wednesday or Thursday.

> The key section are the eulogies, starting at about 9.30 and running for 10 minutes.

>

> I can't recall when I first met David. As with so many in the hobby, you feel that you have known each other forever.

> He was an occasional contributor to Rail News Victoria, which I ran from 1989 to 2014, often in conjunction with Peter Carwardine (ARHS archivist).

> Most of our conversations were on the small-scale tours through this era. My memory may be muddled, but I think that he travelled with all of the groups: AREA, RTA, GSRS, ARHS lunch outings, and the now-rare tram tours.

> David was born in 1953, and was interested in railways from an early age. At the end of schooling, he spent a year in Israel. He became a tram driver. I don't know if he reached inspector status before the reorganisation with privatisation. He then became a timetabling officer with Yarra Trams, working on services for special events. He travelled overseas, but I'm not sure how extensively. I recall (possibly wrongly) that he had been on one of the few ARHS overseas tours. He did travel privately.

> In recent years he was plagued with medical troubles, but always coped cheerfully. They were not allowed to stop him from enjoying his travels.

>

> I will have photos, but not easy to find fast.

>

> Roderick Smith

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