Re: The tram that Melbourne rejected
  TP

While it was a good move to reinvent the Hedley-Doyle, the same can't be
said for the re-emergence of the two-rooms-and-a-bath - unless you count
manufacturers' profit margins as a good move!

Tony P

On Sunday 24 December 2023 at 14:47:51 UTC+11 Mal Rowe wrote:

> On 24/12/2023 14:21, Matthew Geier wrote:

> >

> > And the ForCity Plus works around the problem with space for the end

> > bogie to pivot by putting them far forward under the drivers cab,

> > which is raised to accomdate it.

>

> I must say that putting the bogie under the driver cab is a good idea -

> one that is represented in Australia by a low floor tram delivered to

> Perth in 1914.

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> It is a very rare survivor and "in the queue" for restoration in Perth -

> see attached pic ... and https://tdu.to/i/16632

>

> Mal Rowe - in the world of tramways where ideas keep getting re-invented

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