Re: Re: Toolern Vale trams: a "hairy" last day!

--- "pn1.rm" <[email protected]> wrote: > The last day
of operation at Toolern Vale was

incredible! It was a
wild and windy day with lots of "guests" present.
The owner of the property, Jim Baines, (aka "Dirty
Man"), took a low
profile on the day. I remember Richard Youl and
several others being
in charge of the operation.
Towards the end of the day Richard opened up the
Birney on a downhill
section of the return journey and the car gained
speed. It was
getting a little bit of a worry when he screamed out
"we're out of
control"! The Birney was full of passengers
including my son and I.
Fortunately the car made it to the bottom of the
hill and slowed down
on the rising grade. Richard was able to regain
control.
I'm sure I had the video going at the start of the
trip but turned it
off when things became a bit "hairy".
A very interesting day...
Paul in Melbourne

Paul didn't mention the fun we had getting to Toolern
Vale in the Melbourne-Brighton Bus Company bus that
missed the turnoff and ended up in Bacchus Marsh,
where we all agreed that BM would be a pleasant place
to have lunch. The local pies weere great!

One thing I did see on the day when we finally got
there were several people holding up the overhead
which had collapsed! Will anyone get zapped? No, all
were OK.

Richard has a place in Slacks Creek in Brisbane, but I
have no idea whether he has laid any track for the
Birney. If I have a chance I will look out for any
more info.

Dave in Brisbane.


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