Re: Block cars Rt 19

--- When I drove trams at Brunswick in 1974, it was not uncommon on
Fridays to have a block car at North Coburg and another in the City
for route 19.
Usually a crew would be DOC'd ( Day off cancelled ) and run the block
car all day.
Sometimes the block car, with a special BLOCK CAR auxillary board
would get almost to Sarah Sands Hotel at Brunswick Road before
changing over to the car going back.
The drivers had a copy of the departure times of cars, and which ones
not to block, ie a run in car.
Some drivers would work Sydney Road all day and NEVER get to Bakers
Road at all.

WGB




In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Haby, Steven" <Steven.Haby@c...> wrote:

Dear all,

Last night I was having a chat with a fellow enthusiast Keith Kings

about St

Kilda / Chapel Street services and the subject of block cars was

raised.

A block car is a tram that waits at the terminus and is supposed to

depart

on time if the normal service car is late/delayed. Keith mentioned

that due

to traffic congestion along Chapel Street block cars were a regular

sight at

North Richmond in the 80s.

Are block cars still used around the system? If so where?

Cheers

Steven Haby
Melbourne

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