RE: W8 the car that NEARLY made it.

Brent Efford
Monday, February 18, 2002 3:38 AM

There was never any response to my plea for a situation report re the return to service of the Ws. Is anyone on the spot prepared to file an update for us out-of-towners? Thanks!

It looks as though the "W8" would have fixed many of the weak spots in the existing Ws which, as described to me by the Yarra guys, make them difficult to use in a modern tramway system. In which case the National Trust has done the objective of preserving the Ws in regular operation a distinct dis-service!

PS - what is the status of the Box Hill extension, too?

Cheers,

Brent Efford
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-----Original Message-----
From: IS Edit [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, 18 February 2002 2:14 p.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] W8 the car that NEARLY made it.

Oh, good.

That would be the same wankers that are responsible for scores of W class trams slowly decaying with little prospect of ever seeing Melbourne's rails again, yet withholding them from other tramways systems around the world that would have put them to good use?

Bob Murphy

----- Original Message -----

From: David Brown

To: [email protected]

Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 11:56 AM

Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] W8 the car that NEARLY made it.

--- WALTER Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Showing how close 922 had become to being W8 1101, > shortly before being carted off to Newport..... > Fibreglass roof , Z type sand boxes, pantograph > mounting, aluminium window frames, new electrical > cabinets, improved dash lighting,turning signals and > stop lights. etc etc > Shame .....shame....... > > WGB > AFAIK the National Trust objected to the amount of conversion done to the tram which effectively killed off its completion. Dave.

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