Re: Re wee Birney

What happened to Colin Hurst's AEC Regal Mk III bus No. 560?

Oops! He was younger than me. What happened to him?

Bob Murphy

----- Original Message -----
From: "oracletttco" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:09 PM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re wee Birney

That car was built by Richard Youle, one time tram driver at South
Melb.
He used to run it at Albion Park in NSW and I have seen pics of it on
temp track in a street in the "Gong".
When he came down to Melbourne he bought it with him and ran it at
Toolern Vale with Barry Neilson's toastrack car.
Also it visted many events in Melbourne as in Hanna Street and Kew
running on temporary track.
There were also two powered trolleys with poles and two diesel locos
and some wagons at Toolern Vale.
Jim Baynes built the line and the boys electrified it, powering it
from ex VR locomotive starting batteries that Richard bought cheap
from VR Spotswood reclamation depot.
Motors were rewound bus generators.
Overhead was often suspended from trees.
The two cars were able to run in multiple.
A third car was under construction by John Murdoch,an ex Brunswick
trammie and member of the Diamond Valley Railway... It was an MMTB X1
about 14 feet long.
When Toolern Vale folded, this car, half built, was going to the tip,
but it was saved at the last minute and hopefully it may be completed
and run on a line being developed in Bendigo.
Barry has sold his toastrack to this operation.
One loco and the track from Toolern Vale was bought by the late
Collin Hirst of Drouin, I believe the track was moved on to
Queensland.
I have pics "In the files" and will post when found.........
WGB





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