Re: Two Birney's at Hanna St. Depot.

-Wash my mouth out,did I say South Melbourne?I meant Hanna
Street.Abject apologies.PBruce.-- In
TramsDownUnder@y..., "demondriver44" <demondriver44@y...> wrote:

-Graeme,I remember that day well,South Melbourne was my old depot

and

it was the first time I had been there since I left in 1976,up the
stairs and into the messroom,not much had changed,except the cast

and

the uniforms,when I worked there we were still wearing navy blue.I
rode the Birney up Kingsway into the City,the driver was
nervous,understandable since he was nearly flung off his seat

before

he got into full parallel,those things hunted from side to side,and
hard,the other single truckers,S and T class I think,gave a

beautiful

ride by comparison.It was a terrific weekend,I think the motto
was"Service Now".Re the SW2s,as I recall,probably from my short

time

at Camberwell,at least some of them had the dreaded RC1 controllers
[Coffee Grinders],destroyers of drivers left elbows,for those who
never drove them as you notched up 9 times out of 10 you bashed

your

left elbow into the drivers door surround[at about transition]am I
right Paul Nicholson?Paul,you must remember Mick Duncan,ex

Camberwell

and Malvern,he was physically incapable of starting work before
Midday and even that was risky.He nearly always made it for last

car

though.Does anyone know where he is now?Regards to all,Peter B. --

In

TramsDownUnder@y..., "Graeme" <grfmack@b...> wrote:

This is a scene that can never be repeated and once took place at

South Melbourne Tram depot on a Sunday the occasion was the open

day

when railway depots as well as tram and government bus depots were
open for inspection through out the state.Both Birney's were

carrying

passenger's .

Trucker Graeme.

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