Re: Melbourne W2 In Memphis

How close does the tourist line go to Gracelands? I would love to go
to Memphis and ride to Elvis Presley's home on a W2!
I think one of the Memphis cars in W2 369; I remember riding it from
Mont Albert to the City on one of my very first tram riding
expeditions on my own in the late 1950s. My parents drove me to the
Mont Albert terminus. I rode W2 369 to Spencer Street. Caught a train
to Flinders Street. I remember purchasing a 3d (threepence) child
single to Flinders Street and then taking the tram to the 70 terminus
at Wattle Park where my parents picked me up. My family home at
Surrey Hills was about one-third the straight line distance between
the Mont Albert and Wattle Park tram termini.
The tram fares were 9d (ninepence) each. So the afternoon's riding
cost me 1s 9d (18c in today's money!).
It also started my "fetish" of only considering tram route "done"
when it is ridden end to end in the same vehicle!
Paul in Melbourne
--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., pcc7407@w... wrote:

The extra long trolley poles on the Memphis cars are due to the fact
that the line crosses main line railroad tracks at grade and

Federal law

dictates a height of at least 22 feet for trolley wire over the
railroad. Many U.S. railroad cars, such as tri-level auto racks and
double stacked containers, are 21 feet high. The track next to the

car

is a railroad track, hence no trolley wire. The Memphis system

started

as a tourist loop line, but is slowly transforming into the first

stages

of a light rail line. It has been extended a few times from its'
original route, and also used single truck cars from Portugal as

well as

the W2s.

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