Re: Another remnant (?) - Nth Fitzroy depot

I think the project was being managed by Shane Moore. Does he
subscribe to TramsDownUnder? If so, may be Shane could bring us up to
date on the project.
There is also the restoration of the cable tram at Malvern. And the
W2 that was under a tarpaulin last time I saw it in November 2001.
Doug Prosser, former MMTB trainer who who taught me to drive trams in
1975, was magnazing the project at that time.
Have management changes at the TMSV had any impact on any of this
work?
Paul in Melbourne

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Roy Winslow" <rwinslow@b...> wrote:

Not only was the U there but Q199? was also being restored under

the same

programme. There has been no news in Trolley Wire about it since

the trams

were moved there last year some time...

Roy
-----Original Message-----
From: southernhealth2001 [mailto:b.weedon@s...]
Sent: Monday, 2 September 2002 12:49 PM
To: TramsDownUnder@y...
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Another remnant (?) - Nth Fitzroy depot


Possibly we have a definitional issue here. From an operational
point of view, North Fitzroy depot is definitely a remnant. I

don't

have its closing date to hand, but I think it was last used as an
operational depot in the early '90s before National Bus Company

moved

into the co-located bus depot / workshops.

However this depot is still physically connected to the system
although the track grooves are filled with muck. And as far as I

am

aware, it still houses a privately preserved W2 class tram. Also

the

TMSV U class single trucker was being restored there - not sure
whether or not this project is finished. Does the fact that Nth
Fitzroy could potentially be used as a depot again and is being

used

to store historic trams preclude its classication as a remnant?

Pedants and/or obscurantists are welcome to clarify the

definition of

a remnant.

Can any TUDites also advise whether the W2 and /or the U class

trams

are still at Nth Fitzroy.

Cheers,

Brian Weedon


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