Re: Re: Driver Murphy AWOL?

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Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:50 PM

I reckon I was the only trammie at Essendon with his own Tramways bus.

I brought it up a few times when it was raining. I usually walked or rode my bicycle.

I used to turn into the yard at the upper gate and back straight in along the fence clear of the tracks. 350 looked quite at home amongst all the Ws.

I did point out to the afore mentioned depot starter that the Board was required to provide parking for its employees.

In the end I sued the dickheads and got back pay and got sent back to Footscray.

The poor drivers' seats in the MAN eventually saw me off the road and into the training department to write a bus driver's training manual and then over to Brunswick Depot for awhile as a driver.

There was much more room to park 350 over there along the rail right of way just outside the depot.

Bob Murphy

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

From: oracletttco

To: [email protected]

Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:11 AM

Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Driver Murphy AWOL?

---I recall an incident involving this person and that vehicle at Essendon some years ago. The depot starter had occasion to discuss parking in the depot yard (Up the back) as things had become congested as there was a large green and cream "car" taking up an awfull lot of room. Looking back on the incident, it was rather like a snail bringing its shell with him to work. WGB In TramsDownUnder@y..., "pn1.rm" <pn1@b...> wrote: > Driver Murphy unable to report for duty this evening in AEC Regal Mk > 3 bus #350. > Passengers waiting for special bus to travel from RMIT (following Sir > Robert Risson memorial lecture) to University Cafe at Carlton were > left stranded for about 30 minutes. > Fortunatately spare crews available and a coupled set of Ps was run > out to convey all passengers offering. > Driver P Bruce in charge of cars. Conductor Nicholson 817 on front > car and conductor Davey 3232 on rear car. Standby driver Weedon 2591 > not required and booked off. > All passengers conveyed to Cafe and cars run in without any further > incident.

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