Re: Re: Melbourne W2 In Memphis

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From: Don Ross

To: [email protected]

Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:34 PM

Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Melbourne W2 In Memphis

The nickname for 369 is Matilda.

At 11:15 PM 5/14/2002, you wrote:
>How could the yanks know about us ... they have no need to ... they dont
>even know much about canada .... Its so funny seeing Yanks driving over
>the border at Niagara in the middle of  summer holidays with Skiis on
>their cars ...
>
>Cheers
>James :-)
>
>--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "pn1.rm" <pn1@b...> wrote:
> > Goddam it! Failed that geography lesson. But would any Texans riding
> > W2 369 know where Australia is? I've been amazed on my visits to the
> > US how little the locals know about places more than 200 miles "down
> > the interstate"! Australia is obviously somewhere further than 200
> > miles!
> > Neverthless, can I still ride a W2 to Gracelands?
> > Paul in Melbourne
> >
> > --- In TramsDownUnder@y..., Don Ross <don0731@g...> wrote:
> > > Paul
> > > You have got the country right, but not the city.  369 is running
> > in
> > > Dallas, not in Memfiss.
> > > Y'all come see us, ya hear.
> > >
> > >
> > > At 09:18 PM 5/14/2002, you wrote:
> > > >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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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