And to think after that setback and a hard life, No 65 still survives, as
Balllarat 11.

On Thursday 21 March 2024 at 13:34:23 UTC+11 Andrew Cook wrote:

> The Whitehorse Road crossing of the Outer Circle railway at Deepdene was a

> nightmare for all concerned. The short-lived AEC rail motor service was

> also involved in accidents there too, and one motorist crashed into a rake

> of wagons being shunted across the road at night. See the attached press

> cuttings.

>

> Cheers,

> Andrew Cook.

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> *From:* 'David Batho' via TramsDownUnder tramsdo...@...>

> *Sent:* Thursday, 21 March 2024 10:06 AM

> *To:*tramsdo...@... tramsdo...@...>

> *Subject:* Re: [TramsDownUnder] A puzzle for you

>

> A seized bearing is my first guess.

>

> David

>

> Sent from my iPhone

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> > On 21 Mar 2024, at 9:59 am, Mal Rowe mal....@...> wrote:

> >

> > The attached rather striking picture shows an axle from a Melbourne

> tram.

> >

> > How did the damage occur?

> >

> > Mal Rowe - who worked it out with a bit of help from the pencilled note

> on the back

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