Re: Z Class 1

-Peter,Z1s and Z2s seem to be the backbone of MTrams Southside
service,they are a bit crude and rough edged like W2s once were but
do the job,Z3s are a much smoother riding car,Yarra seems to have
scored most of them,not to mention the A class cars.I've never driven
any of the Z and later cars so I don't know if it is possible to get
a good smooth ride out of a Z1 or 2,certainly as a passenger I've
never had one,The later cars are fine given a competent motorman,as
were Ws.I must say I like the look of the Z2s especially,they have a
wider bumper and anti-climber.Regards,Peter Bruce.-- In
TramsDownUnder@y..., Bill Bolton <billbolton@c...> wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:52:07 -0800, Peter wrote:

How many of the Z class cars--in their various subclasses--are

still

running? Or are these the "Boeings" of Melbourne?

I don't know what the exact numbers are, but there are still plenty

of

the later Z sub-classes to be seen running in Melbourne for M-Tram.

Despite the sour grapes poured on the Z classes by some here, they
have are generally well accepted by the Melbourne travelling public,
and comparison at any level with MUNI's Boeing Vertol cars is, IMO,
quite inappropriate.

Cheers,

Bill


Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia

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