Re: Re: Melbourne 842

IS Edit
Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:13 PM

They were nice cars when the controller was working properly but they turned into slow pokes like the rest when they got their sliding doors.

A Clyde without doors was a joy to drive.

I think your notion that Clydes alone were big cars might have been a Brunswick thang since those cars were the same size as all the other "big" cars. We were more indiscriminate in our use of the term at Essendon Depot.

Bob Murphy

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Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Melbourne 842

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "IS Edit" <bobmurphy2@c...> wrote: > Not a W-2 Herman. > > I'm no expert but the "big cars" ran from W-5 to W-7 with the last lot originally having resilient wheels. > I have to respond. "Real" big cars were W5s with EE Clyde controllers attached to Brunswick Depot for work on Sydney Road (Route 19/20). Loved by Brunswick crews, respected by South Melbourne crews and feared by the rest!!!! John Gilmour (ex Brunswick driver back in the days)

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