Re: Re: Rolling into Eaglehawk

Bob Murphy
Tuesday, April 2, 2002 12:50 AM

Yep.
 
Nice.
 
And only .00001% of the population would appreciate it.
 
Thanks, Mal.
 
Bob Murphy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:52 PM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Rolling into Eaglehawk

Bloody marvellous Mal,that's what I call a really interesting
post,whacky really.Regards,Peter Bruce.  --- In TramsDownUnder@y...,
Mal Rowe <malrowe@r...> wrote:
> The bogie cars in Bendigo had fold up steps on the
> drop centre sections.  They were mechanically linked
> from one side to the other so that when one was lifted
> the other went down.
>
> As this car (see photos) rolled into Eaglehawk in late
> 1971 the conductor had it down to a fine art.  Curl
> the foot under the footboard draw it up and roll down
> the canvas blind in one smooth action.
>
> Poetry in motion...
>
> mal

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