Mal Rowe wrote:
> The event had a very good turn out and it was a great opportunity for

> TDU members to explore the various sheds and find long forgotten

> tramcars and gems of tramway history.


One of the gems that a few of us spent a lot of time pondering was the
grinding truck of the MMTB No 1 grinder ... what a fabulous piece of
Heath Robinson design! It's all too complicated to explain and
ilustrate here, but it would make a great display item fully
'interpreted' at the Exhibition Shed at Bylands or perhaps on loan to
Hawthorn.

I'm guessing that it would have been written up in the Engineering
journals of the 1920s and would be fascinated to see that description.

Meanwhile, I was also delighted to see both 'Q' 199 and X2 680 looking
bright and fresh with new external paint and (for the Q especially) lots
of TLC on the body.

http://tdu.to/199_Bylands_4Apr2009.jpg
http://tdu.to/680_Bylands_4Apr2009.jpg

Seeing 680 looking so shiny almost made me stop describing the X2s as
mis-shapen footballs - and seriously ugly (Almost!!!)

Mal Rowe - admiring the work of our tram restorers