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

Peter et al:

We had one or two RC equipped W-2s at Essendon when I was there and the
controller handle had been shortened so you wouldn't bash your elbow so
badly.

That rated right up there with the ticket machine stand on one man operated
AEC Mk IIIs as a trap for young players. I used to love watching any
operator on loan from North Fitzroy or a new chum go for his first drive in
a bobtail. There was only about two inches of clearance between the steering
wheel rim and the angle iron of the ticket machine stand. That used to
really smart.

Bob Murphy
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From: "demondriver44" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:32 PM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Two Birney's at Hanna St. Depot.

-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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