Gday  Bob

There are 76E trucks that were 1 motor,looked very similar

Did you get any of these from Japan?

Cheers,    Mick

On 7/11/2023 9:08 am, Bob Pearce wrote:
> Hi all,

>

> Mal, very timely article for TDU. I am preparing an article about the Brill

> 77E trucks PETS imported from Japan, so this will be a handy inclusion.

>

> Are you able to tell if these were 4 motor trucks - the picture seems to

> indicate that?

>

> Bob in Perth

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> On 06/11/2023 21:11, 'Mick Duncan' via TramsDownUnder wrote:

>> I love working on their trams,esp 77E trucks

>>

>> Cheers, Mick, BTM Tram Mechanic

> An impressive truck in the eyes of the VR ,P&MTT, Adelaide and Christchurch,

> but failed to get long term 'traction' in Australia & NZ.

>

> It was a success to the extent of long term copying in Japan - mostly in a two

> motor form.

>

> Mal Rowe - waiting for the forthcoming Bellcord article on Melbourne's W class

> trams

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