Re: Re: Greetings from WGB

I'd be scared to ask which one, buddy. I thought I might have caught up
with
you at Peter Bruce's Leaving Kent Street party a couple of months back.

Thanks for the info about the left pedal power, right pedal brake. Do

prefer that arrangement or the conventional diesel bus arrangement or
doesn't it matter to you? We had left pedal power right pedal brake on
the
1100 series PCC cars in San Francisco and I much preferred it, partly
because in emergencies your foot didn't have to travel to the brake
pedal.

Cheers,

Bob Murphy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graeme Bennett" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Greetings from WGB

Tally Ho Bob

Who are you calling an "Old Sod"?
Did you know it was my birthday yesterday ??

Seriously though, in answer to your queries.......
Yes, the Wellington trolley buses are alive and well.
About 52 of them, all Hawke / Volvo BBC. Operated by STAGECOACH.
There are many examples of the old fleet preserved.
There is also Ian Little's preserved system at Foxton.
Ferrymead museum are also running TB's

All the old trolleys up to the present generation had the power pedal
on the left of the steering wheel, brake on the right.
No deadmans facility.
The current Wellington fleet are the only trolleys in New Zealand to
have conventional pedals as in automatic diesels.

I am currently employed by Melbourne Bus Link, which took over the
last links of the MMTB and METBUS and am based at your old stamping
ground of FOOTSCRAY.

WGB




-- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "IS Edit" <isedit@g...> wrote:

Hi Graeme,

Long time no see.

Since you've been back to the old sod are there any trolley buses

still working in New Zealand?

Did any of the old trolley buses have the English two pedal system

where left pedal is the accelerator and right one is the brake?

Do you still work on the buses or trams in Melbourne, Graeme?

If so, for whom?

Bob Murphy
----- Original Message -----
From: Graeme Bennett
To: TramsDownUnder@y...
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Greetings from WGB


Thanks for the invitation to add yet another Egroup to my list.

Wondered where you had got to and what you were up to, Bob.....

Bob Murhpy and Greg King.......A formidable duo, and a force to

be reckoned with !!!!!!!

Are we starting the Essendon depot "Old Boy's Reunion" Here ?

While on the subject of W2's, heres one that escaped the gunzels.
436 seen on the wharf at Wellington by my brother, couple of

years ago.

This car is now in a factory in Masterton in the Wairarapa with

an undisclosed future.

I called in to see it in June, and apart from some broken

windows, the car is complete and is sitting on its own trucks on a
concrete floor. One bumper and the poles are stored inside,

WGB



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